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Once again this year, the STM is partnering with Nuit blanche and making preparations to ensure that festival participants can easily move between activity sites all night long. Here are 5 reasons to rely on the STM to get around the downtown area during this popular, all-night event.
Once again this year, the STM is partnering with Nuit blanche and making preparations to ensure that festival participants can easily move between activity sites all night long. Here are 5 reasons to rely on the STM to get around the downtown area during this popular, all-night event.
1 – Exceptionally, the métro is open all night
The thousands of festival participants can enjoy métro service all night. For that one night only, the entire métro will be accessible to those holding a valid transit fare.
Throughout its history, only on rare occasions has the Montréal métro remained open all night. The first time was during the storm of the century, on March 4, 1971, followed by the transition to Y2K and, since 2009, for Nuit blanche. Normally, the STM performs daily preventive maintenance on métro equipment, tracks, electrical installations and signalling systems, and must usually suspend métro service for a few hours every night.
It is technically impossible to maintain such equipment and systems during the day when the métro is running and high voltage runs through the tracks. It is also why it would be unrealistic to try to operate the métro day and night, except on rare occasions, as for Nuit blanche.
2 – Free special shuttles
Participants can enjoy riding aboard four free shuttle routes, offered in collaboration with Montréal en lumière, on their way to discovering over 200 activities: visual arts, cinema, poetry, storytelling, literature, dance, exhibitions, fantasy, comedy, musical performance, sports and theatre.
3 – All-night bus service
The STM’s all-night bus service will also be available as usual. For schedules and routes, customers can go to the STM website. For a hassle-free Nuit blanche, the STM encourages all night owls to purchase the Unlimited Evening fare card. For only $5, they can ride the bus and metro as much as they want from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day.
4 – All-night paratransit service
In addition to using the free shuttle bus service to travel to and from festival sites (low-floor buses with front ramp), Transport adapté customers can also reserve transportation to and from their home to the festival site. To find out more.
5 – Étoiles du métro musicians are also spending Nuit blanche with you
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At Berri-UQAM station (Saint-Denis exit)
- 7 p.m.: Brass Plus One
- 8:30 p.m. : Flash-Back 57/97
- 10 p.m. : Eclectic Django
- 10:30 p.m. : Gypsy Vadrouille - Aboard a few shuttle buses, with time enough for a song!
- At the Eaton Centre food court, L’Espace Restos (De Maisonneuve exit)
- 6 p.m.: Flash-Back
- 7 p.m.: Boléro
- 8 p.m.: Jitensha
- 9 p.m.: Boléro
- 10 p.m.: Jitensha
- 11 p.m.: Flash-Back
In short, regardless of your interests and which Nuit blanche activities you are planning on taking part in, you can count on the STM to get you there and back safely!
