A lot of these tracks still exist in Montreal, but are buried beneath layers of asphalt and tend to spring up during construction season and pothole season (as seen to the left). The streetcars stopped running when the newly constructed metro opened, thus rendering the above-ground rails "useless". The cost to remove the streetcar rails would have been too expense so the solution was to just pave over them. Currently, the STM and transit supporters have been debating bringing the streetcars back for years, but it all comes down to lack of funds for its infrastructure. In 2006, the tracks on St. Catherine's street were removed
between Atwater and Guy Street.
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