January 6, 2020: Closure of the Mont-Royal tunnel and disruption in service of the Deux-Montagnes line between the Bois-Franc station and the Central Station
The REM work will be performed in two phases in Montréal West Island: in January 6, 2020, the closure of the Mont-Royal tunnel will cause a disruption in service between the Bois-Franc station and the Central Station; in mid-2021, the Deux-Montagnes line will be completely closed.
Mitigation measures in place
- Starting January 2020: improvement of the bus service to the Côte-Vertu metro station
- Preferential measures for buses (bus priority signals, passing lane to avoid queues, reserved lanes)
- Increased use of reserved lanes to ease traffic
Public transit mitigation measures
Preferred route – At all times
- Shuttle 968 STM – Trainbus Roxboro/Côte-Vertu from the Roxboro-Pierrefonds station to the Côte-Vertu station, with a stop at the Sunnybrooke station (±40 min)
- Metro STM from the Côte-Vertu station to the Bonaventure station (±25 min)
SHUTTLE 968 – Trainbus Roxboro/Côte-Vertu
- Service on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 12:45 a.m.:
every 8 minutes during rush hours
every 15 minutes off-peak
every 20 minutes in the evening - Service on weekends between 6 a.m. and midnight
- Use of reserved lanes on boulevard Pitfield, boulevard Gouin, and on the axis of Côte Vertu during rush hours
- Transit priority signals for the shuttle during off-peak periods
Travel options
- Line 470 STM – Express Pierrefonds
- Additional service toward Côte-Vertu with 3 new departures
- Use of reserved lanes on boulevard Saint-Jean and the shoulder on autoroute 40
- Service with transit priority signals on boulevard Côte-Vertu
- Line 475 STM – Express Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Fare measures – Deux-Montagnes line (exo6)
The rail shuttle between the Deux-Montagnes and the Bois-Franc stations, as well as the shuttle between the Bois-Franc and Côte-Vertu stations, will be free until the commissioning of the REM. No registration is needed to use these shuttles.
The fare measure for the exo6 Deux-Montagnes line is offered only to customers who were registered to the 2018–2019 fare measure as of September 8, 2019. Only yearly subscribers can receive free fares for the first four months of 2020.
Customers benefiting from a fare reduction since 2018 and subscribed to the OPUS + or OPUS + entreprise program as of September 8, 2019
- The current subscription has to be changed to the new discounted fare in the My Account section of the exo website between November 11 and December 10, 2019, to benefit from the fare measure as of January 2020.
- Monthly transit fares will be free for the first four months of 2020 (January to April).
- For the following months, a monthly fare of $86.50 (regular fare) or $52 (student or reduced fare) will be applied.
Customers benefiting from a fare reduction since 2018 and not subscribed to the OPUS + or OPUS + entreprise program as of September 8, 2019
- The subscription to the OPUS + or OPUS + entreprise program has to be made in the My Account section of the exo website between November 11 and December 10, 2019, to benefit from the fare measure as of January 2020.
- Monthly transit fares will be free for the first four months of 2020 (January to April).
- For the following months, a monthly fare of $86.50 (regular fare) or $52 (student or reduced fare) will be applied.
Customers benefiting from a fare reduction since 2018 and using public transit to access stations
- Users who use public transit in zone 3, 5 or 6 to reach one of the Deux-Montagnes line stations can buy a fare, which gives access to public transit services, for $86.50, as well as obtain free transit fares from January to April 2020 if they subscribe to OPUS + or OPUS + entreprise.
- OPUS + or OPUS + entreprise subscribers will be able to change their transit fares in their customer account on the exo website between November 11 and December 10, 2019. Users will have to enter the unique code they received.
Customers who do not want to subscribe to the OPUS + or OPUS + entreprise program
These customers can buy a monthly transit fare for $86.50, but will not obtain the four free months.