UN TOUR LA NUIT Bicycles barred from métro and other modifications to STM bus service

Press release


 

UN TOUR LA NUIT
Bicycles barred from métro
and other modifications to STM bus service

Montreal, May 30, 2007 - For safety reasons, carrying a bicycle in the métro will not be allowed as of 3 p.m. while the Un tour la nuit cycling event is held next Friday, June 1. The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) reminds all transit users once again that riding a bicycle, using a foot scooter or a skateboard, and wearing rollerblades inside a métro station or aboard a bus is forbidden at all times.

Bus service modifications

In addition to deviating several bus routes, the event will require the cancellation of service on the 29 – Rachel from 7:30 pm to 11:15 pm, 34 – Sainte-Catherine from 7:30 pm to midnight, 47 – Masson from 7:30 pm to 10:45 pm and
94 – D’Iberville from 7:30 pm to 11 pm.

The following bus routes will be slightly altered during the indicated periods:

  • 10 – De Lorimier, from 7:30 pm to 11 pm

  • 11 – Montagne, from 7:30 pm to 11:15 pm

  • 15 – Sainte-Catherine, from 7:30 pm to 11:15 pm

  • 24 – Sherbrooke, from 7:30 pm to 11:15 pm

  • 27 – Boul. Saint-Joseph, from 7:30 am to 10:45 pm

  • 30 – Saint-Denis/Saint-Hubert, from 7:30 pm to 11:15 pm

  • 45 – Papineau from 7:30 pm to 11 pm

  • 67 – Saint-Michel, from 7:30 pm to 10:45 pm

  • 85 – Hochelaga from 7:30 pm to midnight

  • 94 – D’Iberville from 11 pm to 11:45 pm

  • 97 – Mont-Royal, from 7:30 pm to 11 pm

  • 125 – Ontario, from 7:30 pm to midnight

  • 132 – Viau, from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm

  • 139 – Pie IX, from 7:30 pm to 10:45 pm

  • 197 – Rosemont, from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm

When planning their transportation to this event, transit users should check their Planibus and Infobus or call A-U-T-O-B-U-S (288-6287) for bus schedules at their stop. For all other information, including travel directions, please call STM-INFO (786-4636). Bus timetables updated according to daily events are now available from the STM’s website up to seven days in advance at www.stm.info, along with more useful transit information.

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