Holiday Schedule for STM Services

On Friday, December 26, 2008, and January 2, 2009, some bus routes will follow either Saturday or Sunday timetables, while others follow a special timetable.

As for Transport adapté’s paratransit service, regular transportation schedules are cancelled for the December 25, 2008 to January 2, 2009 period. However, a special reservations procedure is in place. Thus, anyone needing transportation services during that time should make a reservation from three to seven days prior to their travel date.

It should be noted that requests to modify a return time for December 24 can be processed as of December 17.

Paratransit customer service will be open Wednesday December 24 and 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. On Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30, the office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Normal business hours will resume Monday, January 5, 2009. For more information about other services provided by Transport adapté, clients are invited to call 514 280-8211 (option 4).

Public taxi services are cancelled on December 25 and 26, as well as on January 1 and 2, 2009.

The Comments and complaints office will be open on Wednesday, December 24 and 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and on Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will be closed on Thursday, December 25 and January 1 and on Friday, December 26 and January 2.

The Lost and Found will be open on Wednesday, December 24 and 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and on Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office will be closed on Thursday, December 25 and January 1 and on Friday, December 26 and January 2.

The Information Centre will be open from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24 and 31, and on Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30. It will only be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26, and again on January 1 and 2.

The Opus Services Centre will be open on Wednesday, December 24 and 31, and on Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Thursday, December 25, 2008, and January 1, 2009, as well as on Friday, December 26, 2008, and January 2, 2009, only the Berri-UQAM Service Centre will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Opus Call Centre will be open on Wednesday, December 24 and 31, and on Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., as well as on Friday, December 26, 2008, and January 2, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will be closed on Thursday, December 25, 2008, and January 1, 2009.

Métro service
On Thursday, December 25 and January 1, intervals between trains will be about 10 minutes on all four lines.

On Friday, December 26 and January 2, Sunday service levels will be offered throughout the network. However, trains will be added on the Green line from 12 p.m to 5:45 p.m. and on the Orange line from 9:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on December 26, to accommodate Boxing Day shopping.

For all those attending the Grand bal at Place Jacques-Cartier on December 31, the STM reminds you that the last métro departures from Champ-de-Mars station are at 00:52 a.m. toward Montmorency and at 00:59 am toward Côte-Vertu. From Place-d’Armes station, the last departures are scheduled at 00:51 a.m. heading to Montmorency and at 01:00 a.m. heading to Côte-Vertu.

When planning their transportation, transit users are invited to consult their Planibus timetable or call A-U-T-O-B-U-S (514 288-6287). For all other information, including travel directions within Montréal, they can call STM-INFO (514 786 4636). More useful transit-related information can be found on the STM website ( www.stm.info ), as well as the complete list of five-digit bus stop codes and Planibus timetables.

The STM wishes the very best holiday season to all and invites everyone to make a responsible choice by using public transportation to get to and from their holiday celebrations.

Recharging OPUS cards and CAM cards for sale
The January 2009 bus and métro CAM card will be available December 25 and 26, 2008, and from January 6, 2009, at the following metro stations: Jean-Talon, Berri-UQAM, McGill, Lionel Groulx and Côte-Vertu. From December 27, 2008, to January 5, 2009, it will be available at all métro stations.

And those who already have an OPUS card can recharge it with the monthly fare for January as of December 20, 2008, at any métro station and at all transit fare agencies. For a complete list of agencies and their addresses, click here