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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Wed Sep 17, 2003 @ 10:53am |
 Coolness: 2749630 | Important dates in STM's history
1861 Population of Montréal: 118,000 May 18 - Creation of the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company. Its assets: 6 miles of railway, one stable, one shed, 8 vehicles and ... 14 horses. November 27 - Opening of the first stretch of the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company between Harbour (du Havre) and McGill Streets (on the actual Notre-Dame Street). 1868 The Montreal City Passenger Railway Company has an annual ridership of 2 million. 1886 The company changes its name to the Montreal Street Railway Company. 1892 September 21 - Nicknamed Rocket, the first electric streetcar starts running on Craig St. 1894 The entire network is powered by electricity. October - The last horse-drawn car is retired. It ran on Notre-Dame St. West. 1901 The Park and Island Railway Company is bought by the Montreal Street Railway. Double truck cars are put into service. 1904 Introduction of larger cars with transverse seating. Air brakes are introduced. 1905 May 4 - A world premiere in Montreal! Introduction of the P.A.Y.E car (Pay As You Enter). Streetcar 890, (later followed by 900) becomes the first streetcar in which passengers have to pay as they board. Previously, the conductor had to go up and down the vehicle to claim the tickets. 1910 The Montreal Street Railway has 140 miles of railway, 600 cars and carries 143 678 529 passengers. Fare is 5¢ 1911 Merger of all public transit companies on the island of Montreal into the Montreal Tramways Company. 1914 Two-cars trains are introduced into service. 1919 The first two buses run on Bridge St 1925 Begining of regular bus service. Buses are looked upon more and more as a true urban transit alternative. 1937 First modern trolley bus service in Canada, on Beaubien St. 1939 The Montreal Tramways Company now has 929 streetcars, 7 trolley buses, 224 buses and carries 200 million passengers per year. 1950 A provincial bill sets up the Montreal Transportation Commission. 1951 June 16 - The Montreal Transportation Commission starts to operate. Its first objectives are to conceive a plan for a rapid transit system and to replace as soon as possible the tramways by buses and trolley buses. 1959 August 30 - The last tram is pulled off the road and stored at the Mont-Royal depot. 1966 June 18 - The last trolley bus enters the Saint-Denis garage for good. October 14 - Inauguration of the Montreal metro. Line 1: Atwater to Frontenac (except for Beaudry and Frontenac stations) Line 2: Henri-Bourassa to Place-d'Armes December 19 - Opening of Frontenac station December 21 - Opening of Beaudry station 1966 February 6 - Opening of Square-Victoria station February 13 - Opening of Bonaventure station February 6 - Inauguration of Line 4: Berri-de-Montigny to Longueuil. (With the exception of Île-Sainte-Hélène station). April 28 - Opening of Île-Sainte-Hélène station (line 4) just in time for Expo 67. 1969 February 18 - The last trolley's overhead cable is taken down by the Montreal Transportation Commission. 1970 The Montreal Urban Community Transportation commission (MUCTC) succeeds the Montreal Transportation Commission. 1971 March 3 - Snowstorm of the Century; the metro runs all night for the first time in history. 1974 Mr. Lawrence Hanigan is named chairman and general manager of the Commission. March 13 - New colours are adopted: white, blue and aluminum. 1976 June 6 - Line 1 is extended to Honoré-Beaugrand. November 8 - Automatic train control is introduced on line 1. 1977 October 24 - The first of the new bus stop signs (white and blue on a clear blue backdrop) is put up at the corner of De La Gauchetière and Peel Streets. October 31 - For the first time, a woman bus driver takes the wheel. 1978 September 3 - Line 1 is extended to Angrignon. 1980 April 1 - Launching of the monthly transit pass (CAM) April 28 - Line 2 is extended to Place Saint-Henri. 1981 September 7 - Line 2 is extended to Snowdon. 1982 January 4 - Line 2 is extended to Côte-Sainte-Catherine. June 29 - Line 2 is extended to Plamondon. July 1 - The CN Montréal/Deux-Montagnes train line is integrated to the MUCTC. October 1 - The CP Montréal/Rigaud train line is integrated to the MUCTC. 1984 January 9 - Line 2 is extended to Du Collège. 1985 The Montréal Urban Community Transportation Commission (MUCTC) becomes the Société de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal (STCUM - Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation). March 20 - Ms. Louise Roy becomes the new President and Director General 1986 June 16 - Line 5 starts operating from De Castelneau to Saint-Michel. October 27 - Line 2 is extended to Côte-Vertu. 1987 June 15 - Line 5 is extended to Parc. 1988 January 4 - Line 5 is extended to Snowdon. Change of name for two métro stations: Berri-de-Montigny becomes Berri-UQAM Guy becomes Guy-Concordia December 14 - A unique dust-blower robot called Mistral is entirely conceived, designed and developed at the STCUM. 1989 The first magnetic pass for the STCUM personnel. 1990 January 1 - The regional transit pass is introduced. 1992 November 2 - Mr. Trefflé Lacombe becomes the Director General of the STCUM. 1996 January 1 - The responsibility of commuter trains is transfered to the newly created Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT - Metropolitan Transit Agency) 1997 April 17 - The STCUM official web site is launched. May 1 - Mr. Jacques Fortin becomes the Director General of the STCUM. 1998 January 6 - Beginning of the ice storm - the worst natural disaster in Québec's history. Despite frequent slowdowns, buses and metro will never cease operation! August 24 - Inauguration of the acessible buses. Wheelchair users can travel outside rush-hour on five bus routes. September 18 - Launching of the CAM hebdo (weekly pass). 1999 March 17 - A first in public transit, the STCUM sets up a customer service committee. 2000 January 1 - In order to mark the passage to the new millennium, STM's transit services are free and operate all night long from December 31st to January 1st. This is the second time the metro runs for 24 consecutive hours since its inauguration. 2001 February 29 - Launching of the Montréal version of journal Métro. May 17 - Île-Sainte-Hélène métro station is renamed Jean-Drapeau. June 18 - Accessibility to wheelchair users on board low-floor buses is extended to rush-hour. October 9 - An exibition is held at McGill metro station to celebrate the metro's 35th anniversary. 2002 January 1 - Merging of all municipalities on the island of Montreal to form one city : The Montréal Urban Community becomes the City of Montréal. Consequently, the Société de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal (STCUM) becomes the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). In accordance, the [ www.stcum.qc.ca ] is changed for [ www.stm.info ] Full-time students aged between 18 and 25, who reside in the City of Montréal, can now use public transit with a reduced fare CAM (monthly pass) thanks to the all new carte Privilège. March 25 - Biobus Project : For one year, 155 STM buses to run on biodiesel in downtown Montreal. June 4 - Three prototypes of metro cars with modified interior layouts are put into regular service in order to study the possibility of increasing the capacity of cars. August 26 - New extended hours for metro line 5 - Blue. October 18 - Director-General Jacques Fortin leaves the company to pursue his long-time dream of managing a private Québec foundation dedicated to the prevention of poverty. Francine Gauthier takes over as interim Director-General. November 14 - Longueuil métro station is renamed Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke 2003 February 19 - Pierre Vandelac is appointed as Director-General. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Wed Sep 17, 2003 @ 10:59pm |
 Coolness: 149530 | very informative actually
these are things i like to know |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Wed Sep 17, 2003 @ 11:02pm |
| Coolness: 142080 | this is some much more boring because it's all about the STM...
noah, post new REAAL useless facts like, i want creature spits it's guts out at it's foes to scare em away, then grows new ones...tell me, i don't know |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Wed Sep 17, 2003 @ 11:11pm |
| Coolness: 149530 | did you know that the male skunk pisses all over the female before they mate?
a male skunk will uriante on the female skunk to invite her to mate... if shes pleased, and when the amount of urine is enough, she will turn away from the male a life on of her hind legs... at which point they fuck like animals |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» OMGSTFUDIEPLZKTX replied on Thu Sep 18, 2003 @ 1:07am |
| Coolness: 67230 | you forgot to mention the time when a fire broke out and people realized how bad the draft in the tunnels are as thick black smoke from metling plastic traveled throughout the metro system.
Also, the natural gas explosin that shutdown the entire metro system. |
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