Montreal Transit

• Montreal metro gets more tailored teams for police patrols

  In January, the city's civilian mobile psychosocial intervention teams will start patrolling the metro taking care of vulnerable people before their situation becomes an emergency.

  Canada

  Nov 23
  
• Montreal STM officers could soon be equipped with pepper gel weapons

  The STM's special constables already carry telescopic batons, but the authority says the gel would be a better de-escalation tool during interventions involving people in crisis.

  Crime

  Oct 4
  
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• Metro’s blue line expansion once again delayed

  The winning bidder will be announced next year. The blue line is now set to start running in 2030. The delay is disappointing for merchants banking on the project.

  Traffic

  Sep 26
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• Montreal’s multi-billion-dollar REM light-rail shuts down on first official day

  Montreal's hotly anticipated new light rail system the REM launched Monday morning, but within hours the system shut down because of technical glitches.

  Canada

  Jul 31
• All aboard! Montreal’s light-rail train network officially inaugurated

  The majority of the rail system, called the Réseau express métropolitain, or REM, will open late next year, with an airport link to come in 2027.

  Canada

  Jul 28
• Montreal’s REM trains ready to roll in 2 weeks

  Montreal's new multi-billion-dollar electric light rail system is set to launch its first phase of operations at the end of July, a project seven years in the making.

  Canada

  Jul 17
• Montreal Metro strikes back with Star Wars-themed stations

  Montreal's transit authority (STM) didn't want to miss out on the fun and released a new version of its metro map with the caption "From a network far, far away..."

  Canada

  May 4
• Man urges other victims to come forward following Montreal metro assault

  Montreal police are also looking for potential victims after two incidents at the Viau metro station, allegedly committed by Paly Odimboleko-Okitaloshima, who was arrested Jan. 6.

  Crime

  Mar 16
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• The wait for a bus in Montreal just got longer

  As of Monday, the Montreal transit authority has scrapped its 'ten minute max' service guarantee on the remaining eight lines that still offered it this year.

  Traffic

  Jan 9
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• What’s open and closed in Montreal for Christmas and into the New Year

  Here are the business and services you can count on to be open in Montreal — and those that will be closed - from Christmas and heading towards 2023.

  Canada

  Dec 24, 2022