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The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) informs its customers of the closure of Fabre, d'Iberville and St-Michel métro stations as a preventive safety measure, for an indefinite period. No trains will be stopping at these stations.
Work currently underway at Saint-Michel station has revealed significant degradation of some of the main beams above the footbridge, following assessment by the engineering teams. Given the location of the turnouts, Fabre and d'Iberville stations will also have to be closed.
Further assessments will have to be made to determine the structural work to be carried out, which is likely to take several days, if not weeks.
As the STM's priority is to ensure the safety of its employees and customers, the company has made the difficult decision to cease metro service at these three stations immediately.
Mitigation measures now in place
To mitigate the impact of this exceptional closure on customers, the STM is introducing a shuttle bus service (line 809) between Saint-Michel and Jean-Talon stations, starting this evening. The shuttle will stop at each metro station on this section of the blue line, and will run in both directions.
For all details on the special shuttle bus, please visit this dedicated page.
STM personnel are already in place, and will be for the next few days, to accompany customers on their journeys.
To find out about bus travel options, the STM also invites customers to use the route planner, unchecking the metro option, available on the website or mobile applications.
The importance of maintaining assets
This event comes at a time when the STM has received confirmation of the absence of funding from the Quebec government's Plan québécois des infrastructures for its asset maintenance and universal accessibility projects. Despite the STM's requests and representations, no additional credit has been granted by the provincial government in this area since 2022. To avoid an increase in our investment deficit, $560 million a year would be needed to ensure the maintenance of aging assets and infrastructures that have reached the end of their useful life.
Press conference
The STM will hold a press briefing at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, October 4, at Saint-Michel station. For the occasion, Marie-Claude Léonard, CEO of STM, will be available to answer questions from the media.