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As of January 11, 1997
Shorter Trains on Weekends on the Métro's Line 1 - Green
{C}Montréal, January 6, 1997{C} - The STCUM wishes to advise its customers that as of Saturday January 11, 1997, trains on the métro's line 1 - green will consist of six cars instead of nine on weekends and holidays. This measure, already in effect on line 2 - orange, has allowed the STCUM to make substantial savings while maintaining the same frequency and quality of customer service.
New Rates for the New Year
Montréal, December 30, 1996 - The STCUM wishes to advise its customers that new fare rates will be in effect as of next January 1st. The new rates are as follows: regular fare bus/métro pass - $45, reduced fare CAM monthly pass - $19, regular fare 6-ticket strip - $8, reduced fare 6-ticket strip - $4. Cash fares will remain the same: regular fare - $1.85, reduced fare - $1, as will the cost of a tourist pass - $5/1 day, $12/3 days.
Information for STCUM Customers - Holiday Period Schedule
Montréal, December 20, 1996 - The STCUM wishes to advise its customers that buses will run on different schedules on next December 25 and 26, as well as on January 1 and 2.
December 25 and January 1
Buses will run on the Sunday schedule except for routes 33, 43, 44, 48, 141, 187 and 193 which will be on a modified schedule. To find out more about these schedules and better plan your trips, please contact Telbus at the number posted at your bus stop.
The STCUM CAM (Bus-Métro Pass) Will be Accepted at the Longueuil Métro Station as of January 1st.
Montréal, December 20, 1996 - The Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation (STCUM) wishes to inform its customers that as of January 1st, 1997, the Bus-Métro pass will be accepted at the Longueuil station, on the métro's yellow line.
A New Planibus
Montréal, December 19, 1996 - The STCUM has reprinted all of its Planibus for the network's regular and night service routes to reflect the changes that will come into effect on January 6, 1997. These Planibus pamphlets - in effect until June 15, 1997 - will be available as of January 3, 1997:
Extra! Extra! An Extra CAM Monthly Pass for Christmas Gift-Giving!
Montréal, December 16, 1996 - Next December 18, 19 and 20, in a number of métro stations, a team specially appointed by the STCUM will be promoting the Bus-Métro Pass (CAM) which will be made available exceptionally as of December 20, 1996 at the Berri-UQAM and McGill métro stations before being put on sale on December 26 in the rest of the network.
Its Concern for Women's Safety in the City Leads the STCUM to Make it's Between Two Stops Service Permanent
Montréal, December 16, 1996 - In view of its successful six-month trial run, the STCUM is happy to advise its female ridership that the Entre deux arrêts (Between Two Stops) project is now a permanent service. Thus, women travelling alone after 9:00 p.m. can ask the bus driver to be let off between two stops of a regular route at a location they judge to be safer.
Transfers: A One-Way Trip
Montréal, December 12, 1996 - Effective January 1st, the following rules will apply to the use of transfers: commuters who take a transfer will no longer be able to use it to make a round trip or to temporarily interrupt their commute and resume their trip on the same route. As is the case in most major North American public transit companies, transfers will permit them to board another vehicle in order to complete a trip and, as before, within a 90-minute period.