Transit fares to increase July 1
Transit fares in the Montreal area will be going up on July 1 except for people 65 and over, for whom it will be free of charge.
Update: As noted in comments below, there was a protest downtown on Tuesday.
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Nicholas 12:41 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
The free fares are only for agglo residents riding within the agglo (Zone A) with a photo OPUS ($15 for 7 years). Fares for non-residents (off-island, tourists, etc) in Zone A are more than doubling from $1.25 to $2.75, etc. (And without a photo card, e.g. tourists, and riders who don’t know you need a photo card, it’s full adult fare, as before.) (They used to be half the price of student fares, but will now be the same price, and since those are going up with inflation the price increase is >100%.) Fares in zones AB/ABC/ABCD are going up slightly if at all. Laval (and some MRCs) already has free 65+ travel for its residents on its networks, but it means no one is eligible for free travel between any two sectors as you only get free travel within your sector where you’re a resident. It’s still a nice benefit, but will confuse lots of people.
Kate 12:54 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
ARTM promised to simplify the old fare system but inevitably brought in a new system that’s confusing in a whole new way.
st 13:49 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
how long will tickets I buy today be valid?
shawn 14:04 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
I had the same question: my assumption is tickets bought today won’t be accepted as of July 1. Is that so?
Kate 14:14 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
During previous fare increases I’ve always been able to go on using any tickets I had already bought, till they were used up. After all, they’re just bits on a chip and the STM machine has already placed them there.
Meezly 16:17 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
I think I heard on the radio that there was a protest at Square Vic earlier today about the STM fare hikes.
Spi 20:08 on 2023-06-27 Permalink
Tickets purchased before the fare increase remain valid until their expiry (which I think is 2’ish calendar years).