I don't get why you keep saying this. Look at this list of systems that use the exact same trains that the REM will be using, the Alstom Metropolis. Notice a pattern? They all call it a metro : What is it that makes the REM different from these metros in your mind? From what I read (but...

Actually, I was wrong : 600 people per train is the average ridership forecasted, per train, at rush hour. The maximum capacity is 780 people per train. Source Also, about the REM capacity (from the same source) : The REM has been designed to accommodate increases in ridership. Once...

The STM and RTL bus networks are supposed to be reorganized before the REM opens. The plan is to provide efficient connections to the REM stations, in the same way that almost all bus lines in the central part of the city connect to the métro stations. The STM has also discussed increasing bus...

The CDPQ/REM's functionning language is French, not English, so I'd trust their French version more than the English one. And in any case, here's an example of a recent communication in English where they use "metro" instead of "light rail"

The connection is indeed much more complicated than it should have been. I'm quite sure the original 1970's plan called for a direct connection from the métro platform to the train station below.

I guess they have not updated their English web site. In French they've been using "métro léger" for a while. On Facebook it's always métro léger too.

This I fully agree with. The future looks brighter, though!

The STM's ridership has increased from 363.3M in 2016 to 429.5M in 2017, and close to 450M in 2018, although they have not published the official number AFAIK. A 24% increase from 2006 to 2018. Not necessarily ; seems to me they're both moving in the same direction. The STM will increase...

The REM is a metro, not a LRT. Even the CDPQ calls it a metro now. Trains are shorter than current Montreal metro trains, but will still be able to carry 600 passengers per train, every 2-3 minutes. It uses the same trains as the Copenhagen metro, and over there they don't call it LRT...

The $6B includes the trains, construction of the entire 68km line, including maintenance sheds, plus the purchase of the right of way (Mont-Royal tunnel, Deux-Montagnes railway right-of-way and CN viaduct south of Gare Bonaventure). AFAIK, the CDQP doesn't have to pay for the right-of-way on...

Yes, that's it, but this $180 subsidy not only covers the operating costs, but also the $6B construction costs, which the government didn't have to pay upfront. And it is expected that riders will pay fares similar to what they're paying now. So it's a good deal for Montrealers, really...

The ARTM has said multiple times that all fares will be "integrated". The formula isn't clear yet, but based on the surveys they did, it will probably be rates per zone, which will include all transit authorities of the Greater Montreal area (i.e. STM, REM, STL, RTL and exo). So most probably...

Until the CDPQ came along with the REM project, line 3 was never a serious project, though. Just a "vision". Town of Mount-Royal and St-Laurent never wanted to contribute financially to the project (at a time when they were paid by the cities and not the provincial government), so the...

What concerns? I havn’t heard anything about delays at station stops with the Azur trains. I take the metro everyday and havn’t noticed any delays either.

Yes they have started construction on all branches of the REM, including Kirkland and Pointe-Claire.

Here's Montreal métro's most recent frequency info (scroll down to "Fréquence de passage"). It's 6 minutes during the day on weekends, every 12 minutes in the first and last hours of service. But... Montreal has early service on Sunday mornings, starting at 5:30! ;) But I must admit that...

Actually, the worse frequency (presumably late nights) on the REM will be every 15 minutes on the 3 branches, but every 5 minutes on the main trunk (from Bois-Franc to Rive-Sud). From Deux-Montagnes, there will be a train every 5 minutes in the morning rush-hour instead of 8 morning trains ...

I transfer from the green line to the orange line everyday at Lionel-Groulx where there are markings, and at rush hour, 99% of the people say clear of the area indicated by the markings. Sometimes you have lines-ups on each side of the markings that go almost all the way to the opposing...

Actually, with the REM, the morning rush hour sitting capacity is reduced from 8,100 to 6,480 vs the Deux-Montagnes current suburban train. Overall capacity, however, will increase from 17,100 to 42,120 with 54 rush hours departures instead of 9. Source

Montreal’s métro stations are typically much deeper than in Toronto, so it’s quite complicated and costly to retrofit them with elevators. But they’re slowly getting there. They are accelerating the plan. Neutrino, what is it that you’d like to know specifically?