Helen's Island (initially single-tracked). That same year the Habitat '67 station (closed in early 1967) was physically relocated to Notre Dame Island, near the Man and Agriculture pavilion, and renamed Notre-Dame East station. The Habitat '67 station (outbound only), and its eventual replacement, the Notre-Dame East station (inbound only), only allowed for bordering trains in one direction. In 1972 all stations on Notre Dame Island closed, making the route direct from Place des Nations to La Ronde station with no stops in between. History The Expo Express ran from April 1967 to October 1972. After Expo, when service continued during the early days of Man and his World, the Express only ran for two months during the summer each year. In 1968, the New York City Transit Authority looked into the feasibility of modifying the cars for use on the Staten Island Railway, but this plan never came to fruition. That same year, the Societe des Transports Rapides Incorporated made a bid to modify the cars for a monorail system running from Laval to Montreal, but that plan also fell through. In the end, the Montreal Transit Commission (now the STM) purchased the cars for $1.8 million dollars and took over operation of the train–simply renamed The Express, and kept its rolling stock, route and stations unmodified throughout 1968. In 1969 service at Cite du Harve was ceased, and the line south-west of St. Helen's Island was demolished along with its two stations. That same year St.Helen's Island became the new starting point for the train and the Notre-Dame East station opened. In 1972, the Express saw its final year of operation, and at this point both stations on Norte-Dame Island closed (Notre Dame Island was inaccessible to the public that year onward), making it a non-stop ride to La Ronde. In 1973, with service permanently ceased, the trains were moved and put in storage on the Concordia Bridge between Saint Helen's and Notre Dame Islands. In 1974, the line north of Notre-Dame Island was demolished for the construction of the Olympic basin, leaving the trains stranded on the bridge with the line now cut in both directions. In 1979, the trains were sold to a Montreal business man for $380,000 and that summer the trains were moved again, to the Port of Montreal via a temporary track, and stored at the nearby CN Point St-Charles Shops. In 1984, unable