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Bikes in the métro
Authorized hours
August 19, 2024 to May 18, 2025
Monday through Friday:
- From opening until 7:00 AM
- From 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- From 6:00 p.m. until closing
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: at all times
May 19 to August 17, 2025
Authorized at all times
Restrictions may apply during major events.
Notice concerning motorized transport devices
For safety reasons, motorized scooters and electric personal transport devices, such as electric bikes, are no longer allowed inside métro infrastructure and buses. Exceptions apply for mobility aid devices.
Rules
You can bring your bike (including unicycles, tricycles and other similar equipment) into the métro, as long as you follow these safety rules:
At all times :
- Customers carrying bikes must ride in the middle or rear cars, and must avoid using the first car to ensure priority access for wheelchair users, school groups and day-care centers.
- A maximum of 1 bicycle per door for boarding is allowed
- A maximum of 2 bicycles per car is authorized
Safety rules
- You must be at least 14 years old or accompanied by an adult
- Let other passengers exit the train before boarding
- Hold your bike close to you at all times and maintain control of it; do not rest it against seats or any other métro facilities.
See By-law R-036.
It is strictly forbidden to...
- Ride a bicycle or use any other means of transportation, including scooters, skateboards, in-line skates, unicycles and tricycles inside métro facilities.
- Transport gas-powered scooters; see By-law R-036, which prohibits the transportation of hazardous materials.
- Park a bicycle or any other object for any length of time inside a métro station or on a métro car; you must hold it at all times.
Accepted on board our trains
- Bicycle
- Kick scooter
- Unicycle
- Tricycle
Do you have a folding scooter or folding bicycle?
At any time, it is permitted to transport a scooter or a folding bike as long as they remain folded for the entire duration of your trip.
- Gasoline scooters are prohibited for safety reasons.
- You must not interfere with the circulation of passengers and staff.
- It is important that your folding bike or scooter does not compromise the safety of our employees, other passengers or vehicles.
Bicycle stands
Located next to métro stations, parking for bicycles is available at all time. First come, first served.
Station | Number of parking for bicycles |
|---|---|
| 49 |
| 84 |
| 42 |
| 59 |
| 63 |
| 8 |
| 21 |
| 21 |
| 8 |
| 77 |
| 14 |
| 14 |
| 85 |
| 42 |
| 21 |
| 14 |
| 36 |
| 98 |
| 21 |
| 54 |
| 14 |
| 217 |
| 84 |
| 39 |
| 93 |
| 42 |
| 35 |
| 56 |
| 42 |
| 14 |
| 185 |
| 95 |
| 7 |
| 56 |
| 263 |
| 245 |
| 35 |
| 42 |
| 42 |
| 42 |
| 56 |
| 42 |
| 14 |
| 21 |
| 39 |
| 35 |
| 31 |
| 72 |
| 14 |
| 63 |
| 105 |
| 28 |
| 10 |
| 14 |
| 77 |
| 72 |
| 56 |
| 28 |
Bike shelter at Lionel-Groulx métro station
If you are an STM customer, you could enjoy free use of our controlled-access shelter located only a few steps from Lionel-Groulx station. More info here.
Bicycle slides
Available at the following stations, they allow you to access the platform without carrying your bike:
Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke (unavailable due to works in the station)
Viau
Step 1 - Place the bicycle’s front wheel on the slide
Step 2: Position the pedal above the slide at its maximum height
Step 3: Move the bicycle forward slowly to place the rear wheel on the slide
Step 4 - Keep both hands on the brakes
Step 5 - Walk down the stairs slowly and carefully, holding on to your bicycle
On buses
Bicycle racks
It is forbidden to transport a bicycle, unicycle, tricycle or any other similar object aboard buses. However, folding scooters and bikes are authorized, so long as they remain folded for the entire duration of your trip.
Bike racks are now available at the front of the vehicle on 8 bus lines.
These racks allow the transport of a maximum of two bikes!
Most bicycles can fit on our bike racks. However, some restrictions apply:
- Any bicycle with a wheelbase of more than 111 cm;
- Any bike with wheels less than 40 cm or more than 74 cm in diameter;
- Any bicycle with rear support wheels;
- All electric bicycles
The maximum width of bicycle tires that the rack allows is 5.97 cm. Maximum weight per bike is 110 lbs (50 kg).
Please note
It is prohibited to transport bikes on the front bike racks of buses that are travelling in the dedicated Pie-IX BRT lane. Read section 23, paragraph 2, of By-law R.4(2022) regarding bikes (French only).
34 Sainte-Catherine
50 Vieux-Montréal / Vieux-Port
94 D'Iberville
140 Fleury
146 Christophe-Colomb / Meilleur
180 De Salaberry
185 Sherbrooke
769 La Ronde / Station Papineau
When the bus arrives, inform the driver that you want to use the bicycle rack. If someone else wants to remove their bike from the rack, wait for them to finish before loading yours.
- If the bike rack is in the closed position, hold your bicycle with one hand and, with the other, pull the handle upward to release the latch, then lower the rack.
- Lift your bicycle and place the wheels in the wheel slots. The first bicycle should be loaded in the space closest to the bus.
- Raise the support arm over the front tire as high as it will go without touching the bicycle’s frame or fender.
- Before reaching your destination, inform the driver that you need to remove your bicycle from the rack.
- Raise the support arm and return it to the horizontal position.
- Lift your bicycle and remove it from the rack.
- If the rack is empty, fold it up until it locks into place.
- Move away from the bus and signal to the driver that the path is clear.