A busier metro in 2018
The metro got 4% busier last year, with more than a million users on some days for the first time. The STM also heard more complaints last year, but these were mostly about bus service.
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DeWolf 22:44 on 2019-04-13 Permalink
Since there’s often so much negativity in the air, I just want to say how impressed I am with the metro these days. I moved back to Montreal last year after a decade in Hong Kong, a city with arguably the world’s best and most efficient metro system, the MTR. I was expecting to be frustrated by the metro. But just the opposite. The metro is better than I can ever remember, thanks to service improvements and the new Azur cars, and the dramatic stations are a refreshing change from the MTR’s very busy, utilitarian, brightly lit and commercial environment.
Now the bus system on the other hand…
Mark Côté 23:35 on 2019-04-13 Permalink
I recently started regularly commuting at rush hour from NDG to downtown and back for the first time in quite a few years. I’m really impressed with the 105 service. In the morning they come every few minutes, and sometimes they aren’t even completely full. In the afternoon they have buses pulling in every few minutes, with someone outside directing passengers onto them and letting drivers know when to leave. They’re still crowded, but I rarely have to wait outside more than a few minutes, despite the fact that the line is normally rather long.