{"id":6184,"date":"2010-03-13T22:42:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=6184"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:53:28","slug":"stm-to-finally-launch-airport-bus-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/03\/13\/stm-to-finally-launch-airport-bus-service\/","title":{"rendered":"STM to finally launch airport bus service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On March 29, the STM will launch the 747 “Express Bus”<\/a> which will shuttle travellers and airport employees between downtown Montreal and the airport.\u00a0 For anyone who has ever tried to take the bus to the airport, this is more than welcome news.\u00a0 Currently, one must take a ridiculously convoluted route to make the simple and more than common trip from Montreal to Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport in Dorval.\u00a0 It consists of taking the Metro to Lionel-Groulx, catching the almost-always crowded 211 bus to the Dorval train station then transferring to the 204, a bus that comes about once every half hour.\u00a0 It is not unusual for people to skip the transfer and trek across the highway to catch one of the parking lot shuttle buses instead.\u00a0 All this with however much luggage one’s trip requires.\u00a0 The bus ride from the airport to Montreal is even less fun with the 204 going in both directions stopping at the airport with only a confusing handwritten sign saying which bus goes which way.\u00a0 I always felt sorry for the 204 driver.<\/p>\n

It seems as if a shuttle bus would be a given considering the fact that Montreal’s airport is the third busiest in Canada<\/a> and that almost any other city on Earth has some sort of direct airport to central core shuttle service.\u00a0 No matter, we have our bus now, so how will it work?\u00a0 Fagstein, as per usual, breaks it down excellently<\/a> but here are the basics:<\/p>\n

Fares: <\/strong>A single fare will cost 7 dollars and will come with a day-long unlimited use pass.\u00a0 Such passes already exist for this price so this isn’t really a deal.\u00a0 Any other pass (CAM [reduced or regular], TRAM, 3 day tourist passes, and day-long passes) will be accepted like any other bus, with no additional cost.<\/p>\n

Frequency:<\/strong> The bus will pass every 20 minutes during the weekday rush-hours; every 30 minutes between rush-hours, in the evening, and on weekends; and every hour between 1am and 5am.<\/p>\n

Stops: <\/strong>There will be 9 westbound stops and 10 eastbound stops.\u00a0 The downtown terminus is at Station Centrale where it will either depart or terminate.\u00a0 The bus will run on boul Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque, stopping at major intersections along the way.\u00a0 There is another stop at Lionel-Groulx Metro station then non-stop to and from the airport.\u00a0 This route allows boardings and departures near most of the major downtown hotels and attractions. A map of the bus’s route can be downloaded from these links: French<\/a>, English<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bus: <\/strong>The bus will be a regular STM NovaBus retrofitted with luggage racks and fewer seats.\u00a0 The exterior of the bus will feature a modified version of the STM’s “Movement Collectif”\u00a0branding with a picture of an airplane and the route number.<\/p>\n

It should also be noted that this new route will make the (more expensive) private A\u00e9robus service redundant and it will cease to operate when the 747 begins service on the 29th.\u00a0 Taxi service won’t be affected but they’re not happy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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