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The STM Redid The Montreal Metro Map With 'Star Wars'-Themed Station Names For May The 4th

Creative the STM social media team is. The Montreal metro map got a Star Wars-themed makeover to mark May the Fourth, the unofficial holiday celebrating the beloved sci-fi franchise. Now, if only the metro could move at light speed...

The reimagined map replaces all 68 real station names with Star Wars puns. Pie-IX becomes "C3Pie-IX." Lionel-Groulx is rechristened "Lionel-Grogu." "Chewbaccadie" replaces Acadie. Georges-Vanier is designated "Georges-Lucas."

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The STM Has Reopened The Green Line After A Huge Shutdown Due To Tunnel Cracks

Normal Montreal metro service resumed Tuesday morning after the discovery of cracks in the tunnel between Berri-UQAM and Saint-Laurent stations led the STM to shut down a huge swath of the green line Monday afternoon.

The STM says it made the decision to reopen after experts determined the cracks in the concrete are "superficial" and that "the integrity of the [tunnel] vault is not in question," the transit company said in a statement.

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Montreal's New Pie-IX Rapid Transit Route Is Finally Opening — Here's Where You Can Go

After over a decade of planning and construction, the Pie-IX bus rapid transit route (BRT, or SRB in French) will finally begin operation on Monday, November 7. The 11-kilometre line crosses the whole width of Montreal Island from east to west, from Mercier–Hochelaga Maisonneuve to Montréal-Nord, and pokes into eastern Laval.

The BRT consists of dedicated centre-running bus lanes and large enclosed bus shelters. It gives Lavallois.es and East-End Montrealers a new way to (hopefully) quickly connect with other transit along an east-west axis without relying on the crowded eastern arm of the orange metro line.

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Montreal's Controversial REM de l'Est Light-Rail Project Has Been Delayed

The REM de l'Est, a planned 32-kilometre light-rail network connecting the East End, Montréal-Nord and downtown, has been delayed as the company behind the project, CDPQ Infra, postpones a critical environmental review process.

Consultations through the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE), which CDPQ Infra had outlined as a final step before the beginning of construction, were initially planned for sometime this year.

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Montreal's Controversial REM de l'Est Got Roasted By The Regional Transit Agency

The Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) has released their official opinion about the REM de l'Est. They say the light-rail network wouldn't attract enough users to be worth the initial cost of building it, let alone the costs to maintain it.

The first reason cited for their decision was that the new rail wouldn't adequately meet the needs of the communities of Montreal's East End. The REM de l'Est would link Montréal-Nord and Pointe-aux-Trembles to the centre of the city via two branches that would converge in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and then run roughly parallel to the STM's green line to boulevard Robert-Bourassa.

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