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Montreal's STM strike: Here are the full metro & bus schedules for November

In case you haven't heard, employees from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) will soon kick off their third major strike of 2025.

This time, maintenance employees will walk off the job from November 1 to 28. The job action will seriously limit metro and bus service outside of rush hours, much like the previous strikes in June and September.

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The 8 "ugliest" metro stations in Montreal, according to STM riders

Many Montreal metro stations are admired for their unique art, colour patterns, and architecture. But not every Société de transport de Montréal (STM) entry point is a masterpiece. Some are drab, dark, or downright depressing, at least according to MTL Blog readers.

So when we asked our Facebook followers which Montreal metro station they think is the "ugliest", hundreds of answers came pouring in. From cold concrete designs to stations that feel stuck in the 1970s, people didn't hold back.

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Montreal's metro is shutting down for hours at a time during a week-long STM strike

If you rely on the Société De Transport De Montréal (STM) to get around, brace yourself: a wave of service disruptions is set to hit Montreal's public transit system from June 9 to 17, as maintenance workers begin a multi-day strike.

According to a document released by the province's labour tribunal, métro and bus service across the island will be reduced to three limited windows per day — except for the Grand Prix weekend, when full service will resume temporarily.

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Tap payments are finally being tested on STM buses and metros — But access is limited

If you've ever stood at an STM turnstile fumbling for your OPUS card, your life might get a little easier soon — at least if you're one of the chosen few.

First announced by La Presse on Monday, May 26, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) confirmed to MTL Blog that it will begin testing mobile tap payments on STM buses and metro stations this summer. Starting in July, a limited group of users will be able to buy transit fares through the Chrono app and validate them with their smartphone at card readers and turnstiles.

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7 bizarre Montreal Metro facts you won't believe are actually true

Montreal's Metro has been running like clockwork since the 1960s, but there's more happening underground than most STM transit riders realize.

From train cars that clean to secret codes, the city's subway network is packed with fascinating facts that would surprise even the most seasoned STM riders.

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'Major work' on the STM's blue line extension is FINALLY starting

Although completion of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM)'s blue line extension has been postponed, "major work" on the project is finally set to begin soon, providing transit users with a shred of hope regarding the future of eastward travel in the city.

On Monday, the STM announced that "construction will officially begin for the new stations in the Pie-IX, Viau and Langelier sectors" this fall.

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Bye, OPUS cards — Here's when Montreal transit riders can expect to pay with smartphones

Montreal's public transportation authority has taken the first step toward giving transit riders the option to trade OPUS cards for smartphones. So, kiss your OPUS card goodbye (though not actually because it's probably filthy and you'll still need it for quite a while) and get ready to (eventually) pay your fare by tapping your phone.*

On August 6, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) officially issued a 'call for tenders' for the "Implementation of mobile OPUS card emulation solutions" on the Système électronique d'appel d'offres du gouvernement du Québec. This essentially means the ARTM has kicked off the process of digitizing OPUS cards by asking IT contractors to bid for the opportunity to work on the project with them.

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MONTREAL THIS WEEK: Grand Prix 2024 activities, YUL detours, must-try frozen coffee and more

Hi, Montreal! 👋 Happy first week of June.It's Ilana from MTL Blog here with a brand-new edition of MONTREAL THIS WEEK, a newsletter-style article rounding up everything you need to know to crush the seven days to come (aka your guide to #NoFomo).

How was everyone's weekend? I hope you had the exact number of run-ins with Tour la Nuit and Tour de l'Ile that you wanted: many, if you're into watching cycling, and none if you needed to drive somewhere or simply cross the street.

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Montreal metro stations got renamed for Star Wars Day — These are Hans down the best ones

Hello there, Montreal Star Wars fans. With Star Wars Day fast approaching on May 4, we thought it only right to say, "May the fourth be with you" — and we're not the only ones who have started celebrating.

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) has updated its Montreal metro map for the occasion, giving the names of our city's underground stations Star Wars-themed makeovers.

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The STM 'Updated' 10 Montreal Metro Station Names In Time For Valentine's Day

Montreal's STM is at it again, and this time they're playing Cupid with the metro map. The Société de transport de Montréal has slapped a fresh coat of love-themed puns on station signs, just in time for Valentine's Day. Whether you're a cynic or a sap, you can't help but crack a smile — or roll your eyes.

Jolicoeur, already the flirt of the network, didn't need much of a makeover to fit the lovey-dovey theme. Lionel-Groulx, with its usual gravitas, has been rebranded as Lionel-Chou because who wouldn't want their daily commute seasoned with a term of endearment that also means cabbage?

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A Brief History Of The Montreal Metro's Fantastical, Shape-Shifting, Still Nonexistent Pink Line

A new "pink" Montreal metro line was supposed to one day provide new rapid transit between Montréal-Nord, downtown and Lachine. More than six years after Mayor Valérie Plante and her party, Projet Montréal, began campaigning on the proposal to radically expand the metro network, Plante says the project is beginning to take shape — though it hardly resembles the original plan.

Here's the recent history of the proposal, how it has changed and where it could go from here.

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These Montreal Metro Station Google Reviews Reveal What Passengers Really Think

Few vehicles for review-writing capture the spectrum of human thought quite like Google reviews. Not just for restaurants or services, these reviews exist for plenty of labelled structures on the map, including (but not limited to) Montreal metro stations.

From wrong-headed diatribes about unhoused people to dedicated essays about metro architecture, metro station Google reviews unlock a special passion in reviewers that is just about unmatched. For this little experiment, I looked at some of the most popular stops in the city's more central boroughs, arranged here from lowest to highest rating.

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