Mostly cribbed from last year's guide.
Here's what to expect from the Montreal-area transit authorities for service this holiday season, including special holiday service schedules and free service days.
Once again, I ask that you have some sympathy for the bus or metro driver who has to work during the holidays getting whiny vomiting drunk people from A to B in thick snow.
The AMT on Tuesday finally released its fare table for 2010 to the public, becoming the first major transit agency to do so. Neither the RTL, STL or STM have released a table, though they are all expected to increase slightly (the STM board was expected to vote on an increase at their meeting Tuesday night, but apparently that's going to happen at another meeting, possibly next week).
The AMT fares are going up by 1.5 to 2%, which is much less than the 3-4% they went up at the beginning of 2009. So a $100 pass would go up by $2 on Jan. 1, 2010, when it went up by $3.50 on Jan. 1, 2009.
Here's the skinny by zone and type:
| Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | Zone 4 | Zone 5 | Zone 6 | Zone 7 | Zone 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas in this zone | Downtown Montreal | North end, St. Laurent, eastern West Island, between Pie IX and Highway 25 | Longueuil, Laval, eastern and western tips of the island | La Prairie, Île Perrot | Vaudreuil, Deux Montagnes, Terrebonne, Repentigny, Sainte Julie, St. Bruno, Chambly, Candiac, St. Constant, Kahnawake, Châteauguay and Mercier | Saint Lazare, Hudson*, Rigaud*, Blainville, Mascouche, Verchères, Beloeil, Marieville, Beauharnois | Les Cèdres, Oka, Mirabel, L'Assomption, St. Sulpice | Valleyfield, Laurentides, St. Jerome, Sorel, St. Hyacinthe, |
| Train stations in this zone | Central Station to Montpellier, Lucien L'Allier to Lachine, LaSalle and Chabanel | Du Ruisseau to Roxboro, Dorval to Cedar Park, Bois de Boulogne | Beaconsfield to Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Île Bigras, St. Lambert, St. Hubert, plus all stations in Laval | Île Perrot, Pincourt | Grand Moulin, Deux Montagnes, Dorion, Vaudreuil, Rosemère, Ste. Thérèse, St. Bruno, St. Basile le Grand, Ste. Catherine, St. Constant, Delson, Candiac, Hudson*, Rigaud* | Hudson, Rigaud, Blainville, McMasterville, St. Hilaire | St. Jérôme | None |
| TRAM (regular fare) | $81 (79.50 + 1.9%) | $94.50 ($93 +1.6%) | $111 ($109 +1.8%) | $121 ($119 +1.7%) | $140 ($138 +1.4%) | $168 ($165 +1.8%) | $194 ($191 +1.6%) | $222 ($218 +1.8%) |
| TRAM (intermediate fare) | $65 ($63.50 +2.4%) | $75.50 ($74.50 +1.3%) | $89 ($87 +2.3%) | $97 ($95 +2.1%) | $112 ($110 +1.8%) | $134 ($132 +1.5%) | $155 ($153 +1.3%) | $178 ($174 +2.3%) |
| TRAM (reduced fare) | $48.50 ($47.50 +2.1%) | $56.50 ($55.50 +1.8%) | $66.50 ($65.50 +1.5%) | $72.50 ($71.50 +1.4%) | $84 ($83 +1.2%) | $101 ($99 +2.0%) | $116 ($115 +0.9%) | $133 ($131 +1.5%) |
| TRAIN only (regular) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $111 ($109 +1.8%) | $119 ($117 +1.7%) | $143 ($140 +2.1%) | $165 ($162 +1.9%) | N/A |
| TRAIN only (intermediate) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $89 ($87 +2.3%) | $95 ($93.50 +1.6%) | $114 ($112 +1.8%) | $132 ($130 +1.5%) | N/A |
| TRAIN only (reduced) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $66.50 ($65.50 +1.5%) | $71.50 ($70 +2.1%) | $86 ($84 +2.4%) | $99 ($97 +2.1%) | N/A |
| Six tickets (regular) | $16 (no change) | $19 ($18.50 +2.7%) | $22 (no change) | $24 (no change) | $28 ($27.50 +1.8%) | $33.50 ($33 +1.5%) | $39 ($38 +2.6%) | N/A |
| Six tickets (reduced) | $9.50 (no change) | $11.50 ($11 + 4.5%) | $13 (no change) | $14.50 (no change) | $17 ($16.50 +3.0%) | $20 (no change) | $23.50 ($23 +2.2%) | N/A |
*Hudson and Rigaud are technically in Zone 6, but the AMT is extending its "reduction tarifiaire" so people who use those stations need only a Zone 5 pass.
The released table doesn't list prices for single fares, I guess because there won't be any of those anymore. Which is a shame.
Late November has always been transit fare increase season, as the various agencies rush to approve fare hikes in time to give users the requisite 30-day notice.
But in the past couple of years, the transit agencies have been lazy, pushing late November into early December, giving people only a few weeks to prepare.
Now, this may seem trivial. In the past, the only real effect of cutting it this close has been printing monthly passes without prices on them (AA$ and BB$) for January and February. But it seems just another disrespect of users for these transit agencies to not follow their own rules.
La Presse points out that the STM and RTL haven't yet given notice of their fares for 2009, the STL didn't respond to say whether or not it had, and the AMT has apparently given notice to the government but not its users about fares for 2010.
The 30 days notice comes from Quebec's law concerning public transit corporations, section 90:
Titres de transport.
90. Une société établit, par règlement, différents titres de transport et en fixe les tarifs selon les modalités et pour les catégories d'usagers qu'elle détermine.
Tarifs.
Le secrétaire publie ces tarifs dans un journal diffusé dans le territoire de la société et les affiche dans les véhicules de la société. Ils entrent en vigueur le trentième jour qui suit cette publication ou à toute autre date ultérieure qui y est fixée.
Entrée en vigueur accélérée.
Cependant, lorsque la société est d'avis que des circonstances exceptionnelles le justifient, les tarifs peuvent entrer en vigueur à compter du dixième jour de leur publication pourvu qu'elle publie également les motifs de sa décision.
2001, c. 23, a. 90.
It's unclear if the transit agencies are ignoring the law, if this law somehow doesn't apply to them (or maybe I've read it wrong) or they're using that "exceptional circumstances" rule.
One thing is clear, as far as public notice goes, this is becoming a habit. Last year, the RTL, STL and AMT all announced fare schedules less than 30 days before Jan. 1. Only the STM announced its fares in November.
There are no exceptional circumstances. We should have fare tables by now.
File photo of a train for illustration win!
At midnight Friday night, CN locomotive engineers went on strike, following their 72-hour notice that sent everyone in a panic because two AMT train lines (Deux-Montagnes and Mont-Saint-Hilaire) are run by those engineers and would have been disrupted or even shut down if there was a strike.
Fortunately, late Friday night the union agreed (or was forced to through an AMT injunction) to keep service on the AMT trains running as normal through the strike.
As you can expect from the AMT's deficient customer service, there's no mention of this late-night, last-minute change - or even of the strike itself - on their website's homepage, despite all the media attention it has been getting. Even under "avis aux voyageurs", there's no mention of the potentially crippling strike, and users get the very unhelpful "aucune information disponible" for the status of all five train lines. You have to know to go to the AMT's corporate website to find a press release saying service won't be affected.
Contrast that with VIA Rail, which has its own engineers and so wasn't going to be affected in the first place. Nevertheless, there's a section of its homepage for travel advisories, and it says very clearly that service won't be affected by the CN strike. (VIA has some experience with this, going through a strike of its own this summer.)
At GO Transit in Toronto, it's not as clear if there will be disruptions (and there's nothing on the homepage), but the status page (updated regularly even on weekend afternoons) makes it clear the service is still running normally.
As for CN itself, the homepage makes it look like nothing's wrong at first, but under "news releases" there's mention of the strike, and the "state of the railroad" page has a few details about what's going on.
I realize nobody likes to work weekends, and those who do can't change the elaborate web page design that the boss's nephew was paid lots of money to put together, but when engineers go on strike, we don't care about your new train cars or how you're fighting for the environment. We want to know what's going on.
The AMT and STM have decided to give reduced-fare Opus users a one-time grace period to renew their ID cards (probably since many of them - including my little brother - didn't know they had to renew their cards, thinking they were good for two years).
Students now have until Nov. 15 (which I guess means they can buy their November passes but they can't use them past that date?)
The STM says it is buying ads on Facebook to reach many of those students and remind them of this weird new policy.
This week, the national Super 7 lottery was replaced with a new one called Lotto Max. Loto-Quebec, which handles this voluntary tax on the stupid here, has been using some of its vast fortune to promote the new gambling scheme.
Among them is sponsoring free passage on all Montreal transit networks on Tuesday, which is the AMT's car-free day (in case you haven't paid attention to the news, that means a few blocks of downtown will be closed between the two rush hours, providing minimal disruption to commuting traffic).
To take advantage of free transit, people have only to clip the coupons that appeared in major newspapers, or download one from Loto-Québec's website (from a PDF so compressed the fine print is illegible).
This might be of little use to people who already have monthly passes, but because this also applies to RTL, STL and AMT transit, it means you can freely travel on commuter trains and on off-island transit networks. Want to take a trip to Carrefour Laval? Dix-30? Or just take the comfortable train to the West Island after work? Might as well take advantage.
First edition of La Page AMT, August 26, 2009
The Agence métropolitaine de transport has announced that, starting Wednesday, it will be communicating with customers via a page in the free daily 24 Heures once a week. The first such page, announcing their new train cars, is available as a PDF. It appears on Page 12 of Wednesday's edition.
If this idea sounds eerily similar to the Info STM page in Metro, it's no coincidence. It all goes back to how these two newspapers got started.
Metro began publication on March 1, 2001, a partnership between Swedish-based Metro and Montreal-based Transcontinental. A key part of the business plan for this newspaper was a deal it struck with the Société de transport de Montréal (then the Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal or STCUM). In exchange for exclusive distribution inside the metro system, the newspaper would give 2% of its advertising revenues (guaranteed at $900,000 for the first three years) to the transit agency. It would also give a free page in every issue to the STM so it could more easily offer information to metro users.
Before Metro's first issue went out the door, Quebecor Media launched a campaign against the deal. Cease-and-desist letters went out to both the STM and Metro, followed by a lawsuit. Even a letter from former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, a member of Quebecor's board of directors. Quebecor's argument was that a restriction against other newspapers distributing freely in the metro was a violation of its right to free expression.
The lawsuit was rejected in 2003, and in 2005 the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal. (A similar lawsuit happened in Philadelphia against Metro, and it too ended up losing in court.) Quebecor was clearly not going to win this battle in court.
24 Heures from four years ago (Aug. 26, 2005)
24 Heures, Quebecor's answer to Metro, was launched as Montréal Métropolitain less than two weeks after Metro began distribution. Because of the agreement between Metro and the STM, the paper is distributed outside metro stations. And because of Montreal's ban on newspaper distribution boxes, the company has to hire people to actually hand copies out to commuters. Without a distribution system in the metro, 24 Heures suffered, and constantly lags behind Metro in circulation figures.
At some point since its launch, 24 Heures decided to focus more on places Metro doesn't distribute (which is basically everywhere outside the metro). One of those places is commuter train stations, where you'll find yellow 24 Heures boxes but no Metro.
So it makes sense that the AMT and 24 Heures team up with this page.
What's unclear is whether the AMT is paying 24 Heures for this page, or whether it's being offered as part of an agreement with the AMT. I've asked the AMT about it, and will update this post with what they say.
La Page AMT will be published every Wednesday in 24 Heures starting August 26. 24 Heures is available in virtual format free online.
Lots of news out of the Agence métropolitaine de transport this week.
Among them:
The Agence métropolitaine de transport has announced that, effective immediately, children under the age of 12 can ride free on commuter trains if they're accompanied by a paying adult.
Buried in the release is that this only applies to July and August (though The Gazette reports they might consider making it permanent). Children 6-11 who aren't accompanied by an adult still have to pay their fare (and have to get an Opus card to take advantage of reduced fare).
Children who already have a pass for July can get a refund.
The move not only encourages family outings on public transit (the STM has a similar program for kids under 12 on weekends and holidays), but means a lot of kids won't have to worry about getting Opus cards (under the pre-Opus system, only those age 13 and up needed student ID) until they start school in the fall.
The STL in Laval has a similar system in place for the summer.
The STM has released summer schedules for its bus network. Among the notable changes that take effect June 22:
UPDATE: The Gazette has a story on the changes based off the STM press releases. Both misspell "Bois-Franc".
Meanwhile, the AMT is reducing service on the new schedule for its Nuns' Island express bus, increasing intervals from 20 minutes to 30. Mitigating this news somewhat is that the STM has just approved a new bus route, probably to take effect in the fall, connecting Nuns' Island with the LaSalle metro station.
Does this picture send you into an uncontrollable fit of rage? Tell it to the Man!
After lots of promises to setup public meetings so it could actually converse with its users, the Agence métropolitaine de transport held its first one on Tuesday night in Baie d'Urfé. There came the mini-announcement that the agence is planning to have text-message alerts of delayed trains and real-time updates on arrival times at train stations.
The AMT meets the public again next Tuesday, this time to hear about the Deux Montagnes train line. The meeting is at 7:30 p.m. in the building across the street from the Sunnybrooke train station.
Not only are the AMT's diesel locomotives old and noisy, but they pollute.
The Agence métropolitaine de transport on Tuesday launched a call for tenders on a feasibility study for full electrification of the commuter train network. So far only the Deux-Montagnes line uses electric power (and it uses it exclusively).
CJAD (who I guess read La Presse this morning) quotes the AMT's Joel Gauthier saying the process would take 15 years to complete. This is a decade faster than he predicted last year in an interview with the Hudson Gazette. The Gazette gets a figure of $300 million from an AMT document submitted in December.
The AMT is acquiring 20 dual-mode (diesel/electric) trains which will serve on its Train de l'Est. That route uses the Mount Royal tunnel, which prohibits diesel locomotion because it is not ventilated and everyone would, you know, die.
Electrifying the other four routes would cut down on pollution, cost and noise, which would no doubt satisfy this family who apparently have just realized that they live next to a century-old railway.
Of course, since AMT doesn't actually own those tracks (they're owned by CN and CP), this process certainly still has a way to go before anyone starts putting up wires.
This tiny platform at the LaSalle commuter train station, which has sat unused in favour of its longer twin on the other side, is coming back to life on Monday because of work being done on the track. That means train users will have to figure out which car to be in (much like they have to do on the Saint-Hilaire line because of the length of its platforms).
Toward Montreal, the platform will line up with the tail of the train. Toward Delson/Candiac, it will line up with the head.
Opus card validator at Central Station
The AMT has issued notices to users of its five commuter train lines that it will be ending the use of paper tickets this month. Saint-Hilaire and Candiac riders get cut off on Friday April 17 and Blainville, Deux-Montagnes and Dorion users get cut off on the 24th.
This move is part of the metropolitan area's move from paper and magnetic-strip based fare systems to the new Opus smart card, whose long phasing-in process is expected to be complete in June.
As of the dates above:
That leaves commuters with three options:
What's not clear here is what option there is for someone who just wants to take one ride on a train. Unless the Solo card is available in single-use format (which would be a huge waste), tourists who want to explore the city using its public transit system will be forced to purchase an Opus card or get more tickets than they need.
I'm hoping I'm mistaken.
AMT Deux Montagnes rebate coupon
The AMT announced today that it is adding yet more coupon distribution dates for coupons for partial rebates for its April passes. Originally it was only supposed to be Wednesday (March 18). But March 23 and March 30 have been added to the schedule.
On all three dates, the coupons will be handed out:
As per the AMT's compensation plan, the idea is to give 25% discounts on April passes only for users of the Deux-Montagnes train line. Another 25% discount is planned for May.
Though the reduction is less than last month's 50% discount, my TRAM scam will still get you a (modest) discount if you just take the bus and metro. A TRAM 1, which gives access to the entire STM network (except metro stations in Laval) as well as commuter trains in the areas immediately surrounding downtown, costs $59.63 with the discount (normal price is $79.50), which is $8.87 less than the regular $68.50 STM pass. The TRAM 2, which will get you as far as Roxboro or Cedar Park, would cost $69.75, which is only $1.25 more.
That probably won't be enough to repeat the experiment I did last month, but for those who think $9 is worth the effort, the option is there for you.
Today, as the Agence métropolitaine de transport handed out its rebate "compensation" coupons, I decided to put my game-the-system idea to the test. And it worked flawlessly.
You'll recall I pointed out that the AMT "compensation" system was billed as a refund but wasn't being organized in that way. Instead of asking people for their January passes and giving people half-refunds based on those passes (as the STM did in 2007), the AMT has instead discounted the price of its March, April and May monthly passes for anyone who can procure a coupon.
Normally, AMT multi-zone TRAM passes are more expensive than passes from individual transit agencies for obvious, logical reasons. But with this 50% rebate, that math is broken, and it's cheaper to get a discounted AMT pass (which allows access to the entire STM network) than a regular STM-only pass.
The AMT's way of controlling who got rebates was particularly stupid: Hand out coupons at train stations and assume that anyone there regularly takes that train and is entitled to a refund.
AMT employee hands out coupons at Central Station, complete with reflective vest (coupon disbursement is dangerous, don't you know?)
In my previous post, I suggested that you might need to pay for a train ticket if the coupons are being given out in a fare-paid area. As you can see, that isn't necessary as the coupons are being handed out in front of the gates. Just go up and ask for one and you will receive.
And that's what I did.
AMT Deux Montagnes rebate coupon
At the Lucien L'Allier station, it was similarly easy to procure a coupon. Only the one there was red. As far as I can tell, the only differences between the two coupons were the colour and the name of the line. Both were for 50% discounts for March, so I'm not quite sure why they bothered.
Just to be sure I wasn't breaking any laws or anything, I read the fine print:
AMT Dorion/Rigaud coupon front and back
Well, that's interesting. There really isn't much fine print, other than a prohibition against using photocopies. Most of one side is instructions on how to get the rebate, and the other side is a simple form.
I filled it out while I was waiting in line. Even though it was only the 24th of the month, and 2:30 p.m., the line was pretty long:
Lineup at AMT service counter at Central Station
When I got to buy my pass, I noticed two anti-fraud measures being used, though neither stopped me from saving on my pass. The first is that the serial number of the pass is written onto the coupon. This would be useful if any verification was made to the name on the coupon, but it isn't. I could have put Patrick Lagacé's name on there and they wouldn't have known the difference. The second is that the pass given out has a star-shaped hole punched out of it, to denote the fact that it was sold with the rebate. This prevents someone from using the pass to try to get the second half of the rebate after the fact. (The procedure is obviously different for those using Opus.)
Though I could have checked the TRAM 1 box and gotten a pass for only $39.75, I decided I wouldn't go that far. Instead, I opted for the TRAM 3 pass, which would not only allow me to take the train to the West Island, but use the Laval and Longueuil transit networks as well. It was only $15 more expensive than the TRAM 1, and still $14 cheaper than what I would have paid for an STM pass.
So next month I'll do some travelling to Laval and Longueuil and see what's going on over there.
Either way, mission accomplished. Any ideas what I should do with that extra $14?
The last day of coupon distribution is Thursday. The schedule is as follows:
Discounted passes are on sale only at Lucien L'Allier, Central Station and Vendôme. You can also buy passes or charge up Opus cards at the full fare and then bring your pass or receipt with the coupon to these stations after the fact to get a refund.
UPDATE (Feb. 26): The AMT is extending hours of its service centres to handle rebate requests, including being open Saturdays and Sundays. This won't add chances to get coupons, but will make it a bit easier to get refunds once you have them.
UPDATE (Feb. 27): The Gazette's Andy Riga reports that the AMT has given away more tickets than the two train lines have regular users. He theorizes this could be because of three reasons:
The AMT has just announced that it is adding even more days to its coupon distribution for that 50% rebate off next month's train passes for people who were inconvenienced by train problems over the past month and a half.
As I said previously, the AMT has no way of distinguishing those who were inconvenienced or delayed by train breakdowns from any other form of transit user. They are simply assuming that anyone who takes the train does so on a monthly pass and will continue to do so over the next two months.
So why not take advantage of that? Here's how you can save $25 off your next STM transit pass, even if you've never taken the train and never plan to:
With those steps, you not only save $24.75 ($28.75 if you can get the coupon without taking the train) on your next monthly pass, but you can use the train all you want in Zone 1 (to Montpellier on the Deux Montagnes line and to Lachine on the Dorion line) during the month of March.
Better still, this scheme will also save you money with the 25% discounts in April and May.
If the AMT wants to throw money away, why not grab some?
Coupon distribution starts Wednesday during the morning rush hour. It continues Thursday and Friday, and Feb. 24 and 26 (where coupons will be given out during the day and evenings as well). People can also call 514 287-TRAM to find out where/when/how to get coupons.
*You can also grab a paper metro transfer and buy a "combined" train ticket for a smaller price.
The AMT today announced that they are going to be compensating users who have been inconvenienced by all the delays caused by train breakdowns and other issues over the past month.
Well, kind of, anyway.
What they're actually doing is discounting the price of March, April and May TRAM passes for people who take the Deux Montagnes and Dorion/Rigaud lines. (The discounts are steep too, 50% for March, and 25% for the other months - though those are just for Deux Montagnes users.)
And how are they going to determine who uses these lines? Well, the brilliant strategists at the AMT have come up with this:
Un coupon de compensation sera distribué le mercredi 18 février en pointe du matin à l'embarquement dans toutes les gares des lignes Montréal/Deux-Montagnes et Montréal/Dorion-Rigaud.
In other words, they're handing out coupons to people taking the train the morning of the 18th, and anyone who has the coupon can get the discount (but only if they get their passes at Central Station, Lucien L'Allier station or Vendôme station). There is no way to get the coupon other than using the train during morning rush hour on Feb. 18 (and then you have to repeat the process on March 18 and April 16 for the April and May passes).
UPDATE: The AMT has added Feb. 19 and 20 after complaints from transit users.
I can't begin to describe how stupid this is. But I'll take my best shot:
Among the other things contained in the announcement, the AMT is reducing the capacity of trains on the Deux Montagnes line during rush hour, going from 10 cars to eight, so that repairs can be made. Since these cars are already overfilled, they're setting up special buses to shuttle people between train stations and metro stations near the Deux Montagnes line. The STL is also increasing service to bus #26, which goes between the Ste. Dorothée station and Montmorency metro.
Another measure being taken is reversing schedule changes that were made earlier in the year on the Deux Montagnes line. The morning rush hour schedule, which involved more trains departing from Deux Montagnes, will be reverted to the 2008 schedule starting Feb. 16, since the rolling stock will be unable to handle the increased number of passengers and the increased hours of service.
Finally, the AMT put on its website a page which gives real-time information about train service.
Last year's guide seems to have been well received, so I'm doing it again.
Here's what to expect from the Montreal-area transit authorities for service this holiday season, including special holiday service schedules and free service days.
Once again, I ask that you have some sympathy for the bus or metro driver who has to work during the holidays getting whiny vomiting drunk people from A to B in thick snow.
The AMT today finally released its fare table for 2009 (PDF), after previously announcing that rates would go up about 3.5%. (You'll notice their release last week put the increased service and parking in ALL CAPS, but left the fare increases in lowercase.)
The 3.5% figure had actually been leaked through La Presse's Bruno Bisson in October (he had said in September the AMT was considering a 4.3% fare increase). While they kept to that 3.5% for most of the monthly passes, the cash fares have gone up much higher (if only to keep to round numbers).
The biggest change to the fare structure is that "intermediate" will mean not just students 18-21, but now 18-25, bringing it in line with the STM's "Carte Privilège" and similar systems at other transit networks.
| Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | Zone 4 | Zone 5 | Zone 6 | Zone 7 | Zone 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas in this zone | Downtown Montreal | North end, St. Laurent, eastern West Island, between Pie IX and Highway 25 | Longueuil, Laval, eastern and western tips of the island | La Prairie, Île Perrot | Vaudreuil, Deux Montagnes, Terrebonne, Repentigny, Sainte Julie, St. Bruno, Chambly, Candiac, St. Constant, Kahnawake, Châteauguay and Mercier | Saint Lazare, Hudson, Rigaud, Blainville, Mascouche, Verchères, Beloeil, Marieville, Beauharnois | Les Cèdres, Oka, Mirabel, L'Assomption, St. Sulpice | Valleyfield, Laurentides, St. Jerome, Sorel, St. Hyacinthe, |
| Train stations in this zone | Central Station to Montpellier, Lucien L'Allier to Lachine, LaSalle and Chabanel | Du Ruisseau to Roxboro, Dorval to Cedar Park, Bois de Boulogne | Beaconsfield to Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Île Bigras, St. Lambert, St. Hubert, plus all stations in Laval | Île Perrot, Pincourt | Grand Moulin, Deux Montagnes, Dorion, Vaudreuil, Rosemère, Ste. Thérèse, St. Bruno, St. Basile le Grand, Ste. Catherine, St. Constant, Delson, Candiac | Hudson*, Rigaud*, Blainville, McMasterville, St. Hilaire | St. Jérôme | None |
| TRAM (regular fare) | $79.50 ($77 +3.2%) | $93 ($90 +3.3%) | $109 ($105 +3.8%) | $119 ($115 +3.5%) | $138 ($133 +3.8%) | $165 ($159 +3.8%) | $191 ($185 +3.2%) | $218 ($211 +3.3%) |
| TRAM (intermediate fare) | $63.50 ($61.50 +3.2%) | $74.50 ($72 +3.5%) | $87 ($84 +3.6%) | $95 ($92 +3.3%) | $110 ($106 +3.8%) | $132 ($127 +3.9%) | $153 ($148 +3.4%) | $174 ($169 +3.0%) |
| TRAM (reduced fare) | $47.50 ($46 +3.3%) | $56 ($54 +3.7%) | $65.50 ($63 +4.0%) | $71.50 ($69 +3.6%) | $83 ($80 +3.8%) | $99 ($95.50 +3.7%) | $115 ($111 +3.6%) | $131 ($127 +3.1%) |
| TRAIN only (regular) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $109 ($105 +3.8%) | $117 ($113 +3.5%) | $140 ($135 +3.7%) | $162 ($157 +3.2%) | N/A |
| TRAIN only (intermediate) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $87 ($84 +3.6%) | $93.50 ($90.50 +3.3%) | $112 ($108 +3.7%) | $130 ($126 +3.2%) | N/A |
| TRAIN only (reduced) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $65.50 ($63 +4.0%) | $70 ($68 +2.9%) | $84 ($81 +3.7%) | $97 ($94 +3.2%) | N/A |
| Six tickets (regular) | $16 ($15.50 +3.2%) | $18.50 ($18 +2.8%) | $22 ($21 +4.8%) | $24 ($23 +4.3%) | $27.50 ($26.50 +3.8%) | $33 ($32 +3.1%) | $38 ($37 +2.7%) | N/A |
| Six tickets (reduced) | $9.50 (no change) | $11 (no change) | $13 ($12.50 +4.0%) | $14.50 ($14 +3.6%) | $16.50 ($16 +3.1%) | $20 ($19 +5.3%) | $23 ($22 +4.5%) | N/A |
| Single regular fare | $4 ($3.75 +6.7%) | $4.75 ($4.50 +5.6%) | $5.50 ($5.25 +4.8%) | $6 ($5.75 +4.3%) | $7 ($6.75 +3.7%) | $8.25 ($8 +3.1%) | $9.50 ($9.25 +2.7%) | N/A |
| Single reduced fare | $2.50 ($2.25 +11.1%) | $2.75 (no change) | $3.25 (no change) | $3.50 (no change) | $4.25 ($4 +6.3%) | $5 ($4.75 +5.3%) | $5.75 ($5.50 +4.5%) | N/A |
*The "promotion" that allows Zone 5 passes at Hudson and Rigaud stations continues in the new year.
For those who missed them, the fare tables for STM, STL and RTL were released earlier.
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