Post Time: 2025-07-20
Error: No content files found.This has to be the most intriguing sound in the Montreal Metro System: The four tones that sound before either an emergency code is announced (Code 900 โ ๏ธ) advising metro staff of an incident such as a fire, metro intrusion, etc; or when the metro current is restored โก; and at the end of a Code 900 ๐ In this incident, I was at Montmorency Metro Station when the announcement came that the emergency Code 900-02 (metro tunnel Intrusion), had just ended. Before the Code 900-02 conclusion was announced, a similar announcement was made notifying that electrical current had been restored to the Orange Line ๐ , the line which I happened to be on. ----- Note: Code 900 is the emergency code when there is an emergency in the metro system. The four tones will chime, followed by the Code 900 announcement which is then followed by two digits corresponding to the emergency. The metro line(s) then station(s) effected will also be announced. For a list of corresponding Code 900 announcement codes, see below. 900-01 = Police intervention ๐ 900-02 = Unauthorized tunnel Intrusion ๐ 900-03 = Bomb threat ๐ฅ 900-04 = Suicide / incident event ๐ 900-05 = Fire ๐ฅ 900-06 = Power outage / blackout Our Web Site โก 900-07 = Hazardous materials incident โฃ๏ธ 900-08 = Flooding / water infiltration ๐ 900-09 = Demolition ๐๏ธ 900-010 = Structural damage ๐๏ธ 900-011 = Train collision or derailment ๐ 900-012 = Rider(s) in distress ๐ 900-013 = moved here Medical assistance needed โ๏ธ For example, if there is a fire at Peel Metro Station, the four tones will ring, and then in french it will be company website announced, "Attention all personal, Code 900-05 on the Green Line at Peel Station." When the emergency is over, the four tones will sound and it will be announced, "Attention all personal, end of Code 900-05 at Peel Station". A few second before the current is restored to the tracks, the four tones will sound and it will be announced, "We are turning the current back on to the Green Line between X and Y stations". ----- Another interesting note (no pun intended), this is very similar to the the same tone that chimes when a fire station in Montreal gets a call.