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Montreal's 'Tube That Jean Built'
It took 50 years for the city to get a subway, so it's no surprise the mayor who pulled it off got all the credit.
The Montreal Metro system debuted on October 14, 1966, starting off with three lines and 26 stations.
Construction first began in 1962, the same year Montreal was awarded the 1967 World's Fair, and the subway system was up and running a year before Expo 67. In fact, the 25 million tons of fill needed to construct Expo 67's manmade islands came from the subway excavation process.