Montreal bus rapid transit

Montreal Bus Rapid Transit is a bus rapid transit service in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The original service was terminated in the 2000s, with a new network planned for the 2020s.

ParentSociété de transport de Montréal (STM)
Founded2022
LocaleMontreal, Laval
Service typeBus rapid transit
Routes2 (planned)
Stations17 (planned)
Daily ridership70,000 (projected)
OperatorSTM
Website

The new network is planned to start operations starting 2022 on Pie-IX Boulevard.

New BRT Network

2022 future service

Service is project to be restored by 2022, with two dedicated lanes in the middle of the street and 24-hour service.[1][2] The service will be transferred from the MUCTC, which operated the BRT line until its suspension in 2002, to the AMT. The rebuilt line was originally projected to cost $150 million CDN.[3] The new service will extend into Laval, and is projected to cost $300 million CDN, as of 2010.[4] The portion in Laval will extend 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), and include parking lots. As the portion in Laval will operate on a grade separated expressway (the former trace of Autoroute 25, since moved to a new right-of-way further east) and have dedicated on-ramps and off-ramps.[5] The system will extend from Autoroute 440 in Laval, all the way to Notre-Dame Street near the southern shore of Montreal Island against the Saint Lawrence River.[6]

List of 2022 revised system BRT stations

As originally envisioned, the BRT route would extend from Henri Bourassa Boulevard to René Lévesque Boulevard.[7]

At the issue of an early planning study made by Genivar/CIMA+ for the AMT, the planned line is to have the following stops.

  • Saint-Martin (Laval) (500 park-and-ride spots)
  • de la Concorde (Laval)
  • d'Amos
  • Castille
  • Fleury / Forest
  • 56e Rue / Gare Montréal-Nord — intermodal station with Mascouche commuter rail line.
  • 47e Rue
  • 39e Rue
  • Robert
  • Jarry
  • Jean-Talon — intermodal station with Metro Line 5 Blue
  • Belanger
  • Beaubien
  • Rosemont
  • Laurier
  • Mont Royal
  • Pierre-de-Coubertin — intermodal station with Metro Line 1 Green (Pie-IX Station)
  • Ontario
  • Notre-Dame, (proposed intermodal station for the Grand Tramway de L'Est project)

Replacement with LRT

There are plans to replace the BRT with a true LRT tramline on the street using the shared right-of-way. A Montreal Metro line was also once planned to run underneath Pie-IX Boulevard, but this never came to fruition. At one time, a tram line ran on Pie-IX, prior to the establishment of regular bus service along the thoroughfare.

Henri Bourassa BRT line

There is a planned BRT line along Henri Bourassa Boulevard, running for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), projected for operation in 2018. It would create two dedicated reserved lanes in the middle of the street, and operate 24 hours a day. The plan is projected to cost $25 million CDN as of 2010.[7]

1990s original BRT line

505 R-Bus BRT
Old BRT shelter on Boulevard Pie-IX at Bélanger.

The STCUM 505 R-BUS Pie-IX (Express Pie-IX), running along Boulevard Pie-IX (Pope Pius the Ninth), provided supplementary, limited-stop service to the 139 Pie-IX bus route during rush hours. It operated from 1989 to 2002, being the first reserved-lane bus service and first BRT service in Montreal. The system had 10 dedicated stations, and a regular stop and terminus at the Pie-IX metro station.[8]

Prior to 2002, this route used to run against traffic on the part-time dedicated bus lanes on the opposite side of the traffic median. It featured dedicated sheltered BRT stations, a high frequency of service, and priority traffic signals. The use of these bus lanes were suspended indefinitely after a passenger, unaware of the traffic contraflow, was struck by a bus.[1] In the interim, from the suspension of service, until its planned resumption, alternate service occurs on the reserved-lane rush-hour bus 505 Reserved Lane Pie-IX. There were plans to restart the service once safety cones and fences are installed along Pie-IX Boulevard.[8]

List of original 505 BRT stations

The stations were dismantled as of August 2010, to make way for the revised service system.[6]

  • Pie-IX Metro
  • Laurier
  • Rosemont
  • Beaubien
  • Belanger
  • Jean Talon
  • Jarry
  • Robert
  • 47e rue
  • Fleury
  • Monselet

See also

References
  1. CTV Montreal, "Reserved bus lane coming to Pie-IX Boulevard", Thu Dec. 17 2009 7:07:00 PM
  2. (in French) Montreal 2025, VOIE RÉSERVÉE SUR PIE-IX - MONTRÉAL LANCE LES TRAVAUX AU CARREFOUR HENRI-BOURASSA / PIE-IX Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, 11.02.10
  3. (in French) La Presse (Montreal), "Voie réservée sur Pie-IX: 154 millions pour faire rouler les autobus", Bruno Bisson, 23 octobre 2009 à 06h43
  4. (in French) 24H (Montreal), "Le Service rapide par bus du boulevard Pie-IX coûterait 305 M $", QMI, 18/09/2010 10h42
  5. The Gazette (Montreal), "Reserved bus lanes from Laval to Montreal to cost $305M", René Bruemmer, Monday, September 20, 2010
  6. (in French) Metro (Montreal), "Disparition des derniers vestiges de la voie réservée sur Pie-IX" Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, Jennifer Guthrie, 03 août 2010 21:49
  7. McGill University, "Bus Rapid Transit: Montreal's Plan" Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, Julie Bachand & Julie Lafrance, 2010
  8. Fagstein, Montreal Geography Trivia No. 75, Steve Faguy, April 26, 2010 – 12:00 pm
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