Montreal bus rapid transit

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Parent
Founded
  • 1989 (defunct system)
  • 2022 (planned system)
LocaleMontreal, Laval
Service typeBus rapid transit
Routes
  • 1 (defunct)
  • 2 (planned)
Stations
  • 11 (defunct)
  • 17 (planned)
Daily ridership70,000 (projected)
Operator
  • STCUM (defunct system)
  • STM (planned system)
Website[1] (planned system)

Montreal bus rapid transit is a bus rapid transit service in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The original service was terminated in the 2000s, with a new network planned for the 2020s.

The new network is planned to start operations starting 2022 on Pie-IX Boulevard.

New BRT Network[]

Pie-IX BRT line[]

2022 future service[]

Service is project to be restored by 2022,[citation needed] with two dedicated lanes in the middle of the street and 24-hour service.[1][2] The service will be transferred from the MUCTC, which operated the BRT line until its suspension in 2002, to the AMT. The rebuilt line was originally projected to cost $150 million CDN.[3] The new service will extend into Laval, and is projected to cost $300 million CDN, as of 2010.[4] The portion in Laval will extend 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), and include parking lots. As the portion in Laval will operate on a grade separated expressway (the former trace of Autoroute 25, since moved to a new right-of-way further east) and have dedicated on-ramps and off-ramps.[5] The system will extend from Autoroute 440 in Laval, all the way to Notre-Dame Street near the southern shore of Montreal Island against the Saint Lawrence River.[6]

List of 2022 revised system BRT stations[]

As originally envisioned, the BRT route would extend from Henri Bourassa Boulevard to René Lévesque Boulevard.[7]

At the issue of an early planning study made by Genivar/CIMA+ for the AMT, the planned line is to have the following stops.

  • Saint-Martin (Laval) (500 park-and-ride spots)
  • de la Concorde (Laval)
  • d'Amos
  • Castille
  • Fleury / Forest
  • 56e Rue / Gare Montréal-Nord — intermodal station with Mascouche commuter rail line.
  • 47e Rue
  • 39e Rue
  • Robert
  • Jarry
  • Jean-Talon — intermodal station with Metro Line 5 Blue
  • Belanger
  • Beaubien
  • Rosemont
  • Laurier
  • Mont Royal
  • Pierre-de-Coubertin — intermodal station with Metro Line 1 Green (Pie-IX Station)
  • Ontario
  • Notre-Dame — intermodal station with the Rem de l'Est

Replacement with LRT[]

There are plans to replace the BRT with a true LRT tramline on the street using the shared right-of-way. A Montreal Metro line was also once planned to run underneath Pie-IX Boulevard, but this never came to fruition. At one time, a tram line ran on Pie-IX, prior to the establishment of regular bus service along the thoroughfare.

Henri Bourassa BRT line[]

There is a planned BRT line along Henri Bourassa Boulevard, running for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), projected for operation in 2018. It would create two dedicated reserved lanes in the middle of the street, and operate 24 hours a day. The plan is projected to cost $25 million CDN as of 2010.[7]

1990s original BRT line[]

505 R-Bus BRT[]

Old BRT shelter on Boulevard Pie-IX at Bélanger.

The STCUM 505 R-BUS Pie-IX (Express Pie-IX), running along Boulevard Pie-IX (Pope Pius the Ninth), provided supplementary, limited-stop service to the 139 Pie-IX bus route during rush hours. It operated from 1989 to 2002, being the first reserved-lane bus service and first BRT service in Montreal. The system had 10 dedicated stations, and a regular stop and terminus at the Pie-IX metro station.[8]

Prior to 2002, this route used to run against traffic on the part-time dedicated bus lanes on the opposite side of the traffic median. It featured dedicated sheltered BRT stations, a high frequency of service, and priority traffic signals. The use of these bus lanes were suspended indefinitely after a passenger, unaware of the traffic contraflow, was struck by a bus.[1] In the interim, from the suspension of service, until its planned resumption, alternate service occurs on the reserved-lane rush-hour bus . There were plans to restart the service once safety cones and fences are installed along Pie-IX Boulevard.[8]

List of original 505 BRT stations[]

The stations were dismantled as of August 2010, to make way for the revised service system.[6]

  • Pie-IX Metro
  • Laurier
  • Rosemont
  • Beaubien
  • Belanger
  • Jean Talon
  • Jarry
  • Robert
  • 47e rue
  • Fleury
  • Monselet

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b CTV Montreal, "Reserved bus lane coming to Pie-IX Boulevard", Thu Dec. 17 2009 7:07:00 PM
  2. ^ [dead link](in French) Montreal 2025, VOIE RÉSERVÉE SUR PIE-IX - MONTRÉAL LANCE LES TRAVAUX AU CARREFOUR HENRI-BOURASSA / PIE-IX Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, 11.02.10
  3. ^ (in French) La Presse (Montreal), "Voie réservée sur Pie-IX: 154 millions pour faire rouler les autobus", Bruno Bisson, 23 octobre 2009 à 06h43
  4. ^ (in French) 24H (Montreal), "Le Service rapide par bus du boulevard Pie-IX coûterait 305 M $", QMI, 18/09/2010 10h42
  5. ^ The Gazette (Montreal), "Reserved bus lanes from Laval to Montreal to cost $305M", René Bruemmer, Monday, September 20, 2010
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b (in French) Metro (Montreal), "Disparition des derniers vestiges de la voie réservée sur Pie-IX" Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, Jennifer Guthrie, 03 août 2010 21:49
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b McGill University, "Bus Rapid Transit: Montreal's Plan" Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, Julie Bachand & Julie Lafrance, 2010
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Fagstein, Montreal Geography Trivia No. 75, Steve Faguy, April 26, 2010 – 12:00 pm

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