STM to take heat off orange line
The STM has announced plans, to begin in September, for additional trains on the orange line at rush hour, as well as new bus routes and adjustments to existing ones.
What Blork wrote last week is so true: on the worst parts of the line, you’re often standing, wedged in by other riders, unable either to reach a handhold or look at your phone. It’s a little easier now that people have shed their heavy coats, but on some winter mornings the orange line down from Momo has been wicked.
Meezly 12:40 on 2019-05-14 Permalink
This is heartening news though I’ll have to see it to truly believe it! Great that they’re planning on enhancing bus service along Ave du Parc and Papineau, but curious there was no mention of the 55 St-Urbain/St-Laurent bus, which commuters must surely use to avoid the orange line. I guess there are limits to what they can do.
Alex L 16:03 on 2019-05-14 Permalink
The problem with the 55 is that it’s always late, because it’s stuck in traffic. And I guess they’re not ready to put a reserved lane on Saint-Laurent.