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They've been doing very frequent test runs for a year and a half already, covering two winters. These are the final tests.

The green line reopened. The damage to the concrete vault was only superficial, fortunately. Métro | Le service reprend sur la ligne verte

The digging of the métro's blue line tunnel will be the subject of a call for tenders before Christmas and the demolishion company that will free up space for the stations has been found. Prolongement de la ligne bleue : Des firmes intéressées à creuser le tunnel Google Translation of the...

I tried the 439 Pie-IX SRB on Monday, its first day of operation. It was a great experience. I saved a good 15 minutes from Montréal-Nord to métro Pie-IX compared to the 139 bus, pretty much as promised by the STM. It will be even better when the bus doesn't have to do a long detour at...

They have started the prep work and are moving the underground utilities, like sewers, water mains etc that are in the way of the tunnels and new stations.

Construction has also started on the Blue line extension: https://www.facebook.com/projetmontreal/posts/pfbid033bwA3q8fRfHFdfubfZWY51EebQtE1UxmMZpeVfGhWWgS7v24KrdgEkHdo4MZN3uNl

Don't you mean 240 L instead of 2 400 L? 240 L * 1.36$ / L = 326$ of gas, not 3 200$.

The ARTM has announced the next step of its fare reform. The highlights are new "All Modes" fares (i.e. regular fares will now include exo trains, buses and métros within the selected zones), and bus-only fares. Full details on the ARTM fare-reform site. New harmonized transit fares...

True, but contrarily to the Mascouche line, it doesn't connect to the métro network before it reaches the city centre.

I'm part of that trial. I loaded my OPUS card with my phone; it works really well. The app is well designed, easy to use, and it's very quick. I purchased ticket and loaded them onto the card in probably less than 30 seconds.

And with the harmonized fares next year, taking the train will cost the same as taking the bus or the metro, so I expect it will boost its popularity.

The Orange line already runs under Viger from Champ-de-Mars to Bonaventure

There are basically only 4 east/west options in Montreal's city centre : René-Lévesque, the widest street Ste-Catherine, which is currently being rebuilt (similar to the Yonge st project), so it wouldn't be acceptable to reopen the street for a few more years. De Maisonneuve, but the métro's...

That's a case of apples and oranges. The Montreal street is much narrower and older - from the 1910's or possibly before. There's just very little room to plant trees. But still, here's what they managed to do one block north. Here are some examples from 4 different Montreal neighbourhoods...

Mayors from the North Shore want their own REM, that would link Oka to Terrebonne along Autoroute 640. : North Shore mayors call for extension of REM commuter train The area extends from Oka to L'Assomption and has a population of more than 600,000. Les maires de la couronne nord confirment...