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Hi everybody, bit of breaking news... 461 kicks in on Monday 13 December 2021. I expect the website to be updated momentarily. At the time of typing, there is no news release or schedule available online. Please note that the RTL platforms at Radisson for routes 61 and 461 will move to the new terminal on rue du Trianon north of rue Faradon beside Place Versailles. The reserved lane on A20 is only open partially westbound, still nothing eastbound, and the RTL expects to open segments once they become available...

Yesterday I drove 22118 on the interline of 44/43/60/132. Currently it is on the 21.

To my disgust, 31-166 has the clown font on the sides of the bus ?

The terminals are not yet ready (neither are the bus lanes) so the unveiling of the 461 has been put off indefinitely. Drivers who signed this work are forced to sit spare in the break room at GALO and may be sent out based on seniority. At the same time, service has been beefed up on the 61, and the return of rush hour route 9 on a 30 minute headway was implemented as of 1 November 2021 instead of 3 January 2022. Speaking of January 2022, I do have some spoilers of what is to come (major changes only). Return of route 9 (already taken place) Route 22 extended to stationnement de Mortagne Route 35 to receive 15 min headway instead of 30 during AM and PM rush. Don't forget that route 135 is not likely to return. Return of route 37 during rush hours operating every 30 mins and will load at Panama at platform 17 (routes 13 and 526) Routes 41 and 43 will see a service increase of every half hour at rush hours, therefore combined average of 15 mins. Route 50 will see a service increase of every 30 mins during rush hours Route 77 will see service increases at rush hours (not specified) Return of route 82 with half hourly service during rush hours Route 99: increased service during AM rush only Return of route 199 wth 2 morning trippers and 3 pm trippers Return of SkiBus 299, with stops added. 534 Centennial extended to Place Java (I really don't know why, this is an industrial park. Maybe trips will be interlined with the 35) 607 Agora will have an additional departure in the PM 613 Colleges will be extended to Tiffin and Patenaude 640 Antoine-Brossard, 1 extra trip in PM. Same for 656 and 664 660 Antoine-Brossard will have 1 extra trip in AM and PM. Same as 670. Seems to be the covid extras given out in OT are becoming permanent additions in the crews. Minor changes for 675, 676, 678 Jacques-Rousseau. 695 Lucille-Teasdale will have 1 extra trip in AM and PM. PS I managed to download a 461 schedule before it was taken down, so if anyone is interested, maybe I can upload it here for your viewing pleasure.

After two weeks of much deserved vacation, I decided to come in and do a little overtime on my off day. I merely did some extras 20704 on 532 Centennial AM (1 regular 1 extra) 20904 on 660 Antoine-Brossard PM (2 regulars 1 extra)

Dead link! Like the train! Hard to be a fan of a train that doesn't even move! OK I'll just show myself out now

As of 1 November, new route 461 will kick in between Métro Radisson and Stationnement de Touraine (located at Montarville / A20) via Stationnement de Mortagne. The route will operate 7 days a week with the worst headway being every 30 mins, typical rush hour headway is every 10 mins (sometimes 5 mins, sometimes 15 mins). Obviously, with work in the tunnel every weekend until December, 61 (and ostensibly 461) will be going to Terminus Longueuil instead of Radisson. If anyone likes annual reports, 2020 was published a few weeks ago: https://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/en-CA/press-room/documents-and-practical-information/annual-reports/

Hey guys, unfortunately I had to drive Longueuil bus 21420 on St-Hubert routes 3, 21 and 121 in pm rush yesterday but when I ran it back in to GASH, the vehicle was put aside to be shunted back to GALO along with 21903. There were a few accessibility violations last pm rush as well particularly on the 3 and 6 with 2008 amd 2009 units, the usual dispatcher is not there so obviously the replacements are not exactly on the ball when it comes to respecting ramp equipped buses. Oh well nobody died right.

A buddy and I took a trip to Cornwall early last week, strange to see the place running with almost nothing but LFS after all the years of EZ Burners. We passed by the garage, still friendly as ever. Sorry to see the division manager took his retirement before we could say goodbye, I hope his successor is just as good and as easy to work with for future fan trips (unknown). Special props to our man Dean on the Riverdale run with a cutaway.

Are the new express routes run by LFS? I am worried that the Northrop Frye bus will be a cutaway which is what we rode before the renumbering.

Very well, thread closed. SMS

Hi everybody... this AM, they needed an extra on the 901 am departure of the 1 (for the private schools on Tiffin) so I whipped out accessibility violation 20722 for a fin de parcours trip. Do not worry, a 2020 bus was tailing me 1 minute later. For anyone chasing BYD, today only the 284 has 32093. For the record, yesterday we were 0 for 5, no BYD for 294. Unsure about 208.

Seems there is consensus above. Topic locked. SMS

Bang on the money. 14 to operate midday albeit on an hourly basis I believe. Finally a little respect for those wishing to travel between Metro Longueuil and DIX30 without being forced to transfer at Panama. Some 21 trips in AM and PM rush will be converted to 121 trips. 30 and 33 will short turn at Panama (no TCV service). Still waiting for destination signs to be updated to this effect. The 33 never directly served Panama so this is a first. The local stop will be at the 15/115 flag. It would have made more sense to share the 44 flag (to M-N-O sectors of Brossard), oh well! Both routes will run strictly every 30 mins which is a far cry from pre covid levels. 35 and 39 will see rush hour service increased to ever 30 mins, therefore combined average between Panama and DIX30 every 15 mins. 86 and 87 allegedly to return to platform 5 at TCV (where routes 37 and 59 used to serve). It is currently vacant since the 59 still short turns at Panama, so it works in theory. 93 replaces 91 and 92. 98 sees a slight service increase. 128 has a new routing via route de l Aéroport and ultimately ends at Virette Parent in St Bruno. The long term plan is for this route to absorb the 98. 442 (Express Cousineau) will offer 2 AM and 2 PM trippers on an hourly headway. All 4 runs interline into or from accessible routes, so I would not expect vehicles older than 2011 on this new route.

Anyone want to take bets when this route will be renumbered to 16? ??

It has come to my attention that a few photos of retired buses were removed from the STM wiki page. No problem! I replaced those low-res pics with scanned photos from the extensive archives of Robert "Bob" Lacombe. He was kind enough to showcase some great photos that ultimately were not accepted in the "40 years" book published in 2019. Bob hopes that everyone will enjoy the new photos! BTW the thumbnails of the removed photos will live on forever in the Internet Archive in spite of the deletion. Here is a link for posterity: https://web.archive.org/web/20210124092431/https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Société_de_transport_de_Montréal

Slight bump. 7 copies remain on Boutique STM website.

Hi everyone, The long awaited details of the new RTL network once the REM opens is now available online: https://www.consultationrtl.ca/

Some friends and I went to check out the first day of the 810 shuttle so here are the results 810: 28-113, 28-114, 30-161, 31-081, 37-045, 37-062, 37-073, 37-080, 38-077, 40-148, 40-184 17: 28-132 64: 26-072, 40-162 128: 37-046, 37-078 177: 30-098 470: 30-859 (signed En Transit in black surrounded by orange pixels), 31-200, 33-818

Our schedules are HASTUS, last version is 2012. Can't answer more. Hope this helps.

AM rush RTL 21105, 21116, 21506, 21517 (later HLP), 21709, 21829 on 5 21515, 21839, 22013 on 15 C20707, 20715, 21101, 21307 (shot twice), 21832 on 42 21103, 21115, 21127, 21510 (later HLP), 21847 (later interline to 43) on 44 20721, 21110 (shot twice), 21052 (shot thrice), 21056 (shot twice), 21057 (shot twice), 21514 (shot thrice), 21714, 21904 (shot thrice), 22005 (shot thrice) on 45 C20704, 21117, 21125, 21836 (defective Axion sign) on 47 20516 on 55 20723, 21501 (shot twice), 21503 (shot twice) on 60 20715 (later HLP), 20717, 21118, 21119, 21306 (shot thrice), 21315, 21501 (interline from 60), 21509, 21513 (later HLP), 21527 (later HLP), 21704 (shot twice), 21820 (later HLP), 21821 (later HLP) on 90 20722, 21702, 21833, 21846, 22001 on HLP STM 40-244 on 21 26-022, 26-027, 26-030, 26-031, 26-034 (shot twice), 26-039, 26-068 (with crooked front logo), 31-167 (bike rack), 31-182, 31-232, 38-006, 38-010, 38-096, 39-021, 40-067 on 168 31-128, 38-006 on 168 École 26-040, 26-043, 31-151, 31-173 (bike rack), 39-039 on 178

AM Rush exo Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan (all BLUS livery is green unless otherwise noted) 3622231 on 401 (car blocked) (BLUS blue livery) 803014 on 400 and later 500 (exo aqua blue livery) 804515 on 400 (exo aqua blie livery) 805015 on 400 (exo pink livery) 8047235 on 401 (white livery) 8056236 on 500 and later 401 (BLUS livery) 8062230 (last digit unsure) on 400 (BLUS incomplete livery) 8073238 on 400 (white livery with Transdev small logo) 8599230 on 401 (BLUS livery) 8609230 on 400 (BLUS livery) 508819 cutaway on 600 (carblocked - cannot comment on livery) 508919 cutaway on 600 (white livery with Transdev small logo) Ménard 2113 on 401 exo Le Richelain 308118 on 323 (shot twice) (exo aqua blue livery) 308318 on 124 and later 323 (exo baby blue livery) 308518 on 323 and later HLP (exo light pink livery) 308718 on 321 (exo blue livery) 308818 on 321 (exo pink livery) 308918 on 321 (shot twice) (exo baby blue livery) 309018 on 323 and later HLP (exo purple livery) 309118 on 323 (exo baby blue livery) 309218 on 323 (exo jade green livery) 309418 on 321 (exo light blue livery) 309518 on 123 and later 321 (shot thrice) (exo blue livery) 811612 on 121 (white livery with black exo circle) 811712 on Express Magdelaine (white livery with black exo circle) 812910 on 323 (white livery with black exo circle) 813109 on 123 (white livery with black exo circle) exo Roussillon 309618 on 100 (exo light blue livery) 8059226 on 100 (shot twice) (white livery with small Transdev logo) 806116 on 100-P (exo aqua blue livery) 811207 on 100 (exo aqua blue livery) 811412 on 100 (shot twice) (white livery with black exo logo) 811512 on 100 (white livery with black exo logo) 811228 on 100 (white livery) exo Vallée du Richelieu 362307 on 300 (CITVR livery) 303214 on 300 (exo jade green livery) 303514 on 300 (exo pink livery) 303614 on HLP (exo pink livery) 305917 on 300 (exo aqua blue livery) Ville de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (all vehicles in SJSR livery unless otherwise noted) 3568257 on 96 Local (and later on 96A) 8028256, 8043256 (later HLP) on 96A 3014253, 307218, 8003252 (white livery), 8055256, 8058256, 810619 on 96 Express 8020253, 8027256, 8048255 (later to 96-E), 8055256, 8598259 (later to 96-A), 810719 on 96 Super Express (shot twice) Other 803414 on route 600 (Ste-Julie?) (exo blue livery) 803514 on unknown route (exo pink livery) 806717 on route 600 (Ste-Julie?) (shot twice) (exo pink livery) 809807 on unknown route (white livery with black exo circle) 811305 on unknown route (white livery with black exo circle) 812810 on unknown route (white livery with black exo circle) 812910 on unknown route (white livery with black exo circle) 813009 on either exo Le Richelain 123 on 323 (white livery with black exo circle) 811612 on unknown route (white livery with black exo circle) 886059 on 10 Montréal Express (Sherbromontreal) 811228 on route ?00 (Roussillon 100?) (white livery) 8046235 on unknown route (white livery with small Transdev logo)

Hey guys! Wednesday PM rush 21844 was on the 44!

My understanding was that Garage 1 (the closest to Grande-Allée) dates back to Chambly Transport and was built in 1962. Their original garage was located at the intersection of Churchill and Victoria. I can say with certainty that Garage 2 (Satellite) was built in 1978; a plaque by the main entrance proves this. I have seen on a fire escape plan that GALO is internally referred to as Garage 3 (since it was built third), but nobody ever calls it as such. GALO has been expanded twice over and there is no more room on this site to build further. It is about time that GASH received some love. My expectation is that they build the new garage closer to Boul. Payer before they scrap Garage 1 right down to the ground.

Yesterday I was spare at the garage and was asked to send a changeoff for the 39 at Panama, so I brought the driver (mat. 10) 21839.