March 30, 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 March 30, 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 March 30, 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)
