The bus line connecting Parc Jean-Drapeau to the Casino de Montréal will now make a third stop to get to Bonaventure station, downtown. It will connect to the future Metropolitan Express Network (REM) and its Central Station station.
These changes will come into effect on June 19, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced on Monday. The new 777 line will therefore run every 20 minutes all day. Until now, on weekdays, you had to wait an average of 15 minutes to board this bus.
During periods of “high traffic”, especially during the Grand Prix du Canada, the route connecting only the casino and Jean-Drapeau will nevertheless be maintained. This line will henceforth be called the “777X Short Line” and it will remain at an average frequency of 15 minutes.
Moreover, the new line 777 will also serve the Cité du Havre and the Cité du multimedia, two neighborhoods less well served by public transit located in the borough of Ville-Marie. It will run all week long in both directions, at the same opening hours as the metro.
Its extension will also “improve service along Robert-Bourassa Boulevard”, further supports the company, which intends to combine the new line with lines 168 Cité du Havre and 74 Bridge, which will also be modified with the arrival of the REM. .
The STM says that a “geolocated information campaign” will be deployed over the next few days along the entire route of line 777. Posters are planned in particular at Bonaventure and Jean-Drapeau stations, to inform the public, as well as only on social media and online.
For the president of the transport company, Eric Alan Caldwell, the extension “will expand travel options for citizens, workers and tourists in these sectors”. “We are pleased with the extension of the 777 bus line, which meets a need expressed for a long time by area residents. This is excellent news for sustainable mobility in this neighborhood where public transit options were limited,” said the head of urban planning on the Montreal executive committee and councilor for Saint-Jacques. Robert Beaudry.