Montreal Transit

• Montreal transit agency reinstates ‘move along’ rule to boost sense of security

  The Société de transport de Montréal says the measure helped decrease assaults on staff and increased users’ sense of security when it was implemented as a pilot project.

  Canada

  Jun 19
  
• Negotiations expected to resume as Montreal public transit strike enters 3rd day

  Negotiations between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers are expected to resume on the third day of a strike causing headaches across the network.

  Politics

  Jun 11
  
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• ‘It’s insane’: Frustration over persistent parking problems at Brossard REM station

  Officials stress that alternative bus services and active transportation to get to the station are means that could help alleviate the issue.

  Traffic

  Sep 23, 2024
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• STM investigates ‘dangerous’ online video stunts inside metro cars

  Montreal's transit agency is investigating after videos on TikTok appear to show thrill seekers breaking into the rear operator cabin of trains where the car control panel is.

  Traffic

  May 24, 2024
• 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, 2023
• 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, 2023
• 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, 2023
• 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, 2023
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• 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, 2023
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• 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, 2023