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Un tour la nuit
STM service modifications

Montreal, 2 June 2005 - For safety reasons, carrying a bicycle in the métro will not be allowed as of 3 p.m. while the Un tour la nuit cycling event is held next Friday, June 3. The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) reminds all transit users once again that riding a bicycle, using a foot scooter or a skateboard, and wearing rollerblades inside a métro station or aboard a bus is forbidden at all times.

Bus service modifications

In addition to deviating several bus routes, this event will require the cancellation of service on the 15 – Sainte-Catherine bus route from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., as well as on the 34 – Sainte-Catherine from 8:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The following bus routes will be slightly altered during the indicated periods:

10 – De Lorimier, from 8:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ;
11 – Montagne, from 8:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. ;
24 – Sherbrooke, from 8:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. ;
27 – Boul. Saint-Joseph, from 8:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ;
29 – Rachel, from 8:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ;
30 – Saint-Denis/Saint-Hubert, from 8:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ;
45 – Papineau, from 8:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. ;
47 – Masson, from 8:15 p.m. to midnight ;
67 – Saint-Michel, from 8:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ;
85 – Hochelaga, from 8:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. ;
94 – D’Iberville, from 8:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ;
97 – Mont-Royal, from 8:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ;
125 – Ontario, from 8:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. ;
139 – Pie IX, from 8:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ;
197 – Rosemont, from 8:15 p.m. to midnight.

When planning their transportation to this event, transit users should check their Planibus and Infobus or call A-U-T-O-B-U-S (288-6287) for bus schedules at their stop. For all other information, including travel directions, please call STM-INFO (786-4636). Bus timetables updated according to daily events are now available from the STM’s website up to seven days in advance at www.stm.info, along with more useful transit information.

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