Montréal, June 05, 1997 - The STCUM wishes to inform its ridership that modifications will be brought to the service this coming Saturday

Press release

Reminder on Sunday June 8, at 12:01 am

Modifications to Service due to Fireworks and the Tour de l'Île

{C}Montréal, June 05, 1997{C} - The STCUM wishes to inform its ridership that modifications will be brought to the service this coming Saturday and Sunday due to the fireworks at La Ronde and the Tour de l'Île de Montréal.

Fireworks - Saturday June 7
The service on several bus routes south of Sherbrooke Street - between Papineau and Frontenac - will inevitably be slowed. From 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm, the circuit of route 10 - DeLorimier will end at the intersection of DeLorimier/De Maisonneuve while those of routes 34 - Sainte-Catherine and 94 - Iberville will end at the Frontenac métro station. Lastly, it should be noted that service on bus routes 11 - Montagne and 160 - Île Ronde will be interrupted as of 8:00 pm and will start up again after the fireworks, at approximately 11:30 pm.

Tour de l'Île - Sunday June 8

Service will be interrupted on the following bus routes due to the Tour de l'Île:

  • 15 (9 am to 4:30 pm);
  • 61 and 150 (5:30 am to 5 pm);
  • 171 (7 am to 3 pm).

Also, the circuit of the following bus route will be modified due to this event:

11, 14, 24, 29, 30, 37, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 64, 69, 92, 93, 97, 11, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 117, 121, 125, 128, 146, 160, 164, 168, 170, 179, 180, 191, 193, 195, 202.

Service should be back to normal over the entire network as of 6 pm.

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For additional information, customers can phone A-U-T-O-B-U-S (288-6287).