Montreal bus rapid transit

2022 future service

Service is project to be restored by 2022, with two dedicated lanes in the middle of the street and 24-hour service. The service will be transferred from the MUCTC, which operated the BRT line until its suspension in 2002, to the AMT. The rebuilt line was originally projected to cost $150 million CDN. The new service will extend into Laval, and is projected to cost $300 million CDN, as of 2010. The portion in Laval will extend 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), and include parking lots. As the portion in Laval will operate on a grade separated expressway (the former trace of Autoroute 25, since moved to a new right-of-way further east) and have dedicated on-ramps and off-ramps. The system will extend from Autoroute 440 in Laval, all the way to Notre-Dame Street near the southern shore of Montreal Island against the Saint Lawrence River.

List of 2022 revised system BRT stations

As originally envisioned, the BRT route would extend from Henri Bourassa Boulevard to René Lévesque Boulevard.

At the issue of an early planning study made by Genivar/CIMA+ for the AMT, the planned line is to have the following stop.

Replacement with LRT

There are plans to replace the BRT with a true LRT tramline on the street using the shared right-of-way. A Montreal Metro line was also once planned to run underneath Pie-IX Boulevard, but this never came to fruition. At one time, a tram line ran on Pie-IX, prior to the establishment of regular bus service along the thoroughfare.

Henri Bourassa BRT line

There is a planned BRT line along Henri Bourassa Boulevard, running for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), projected for operation in 2018. It would create two dedicated reserved lanes in the middle of the street, and operate 24 hours a day. The plan is projected to cost $25 million CDN as of 2010.