STCUM Charter 1300

 

Next stop was downtown, at the Atwater terminus and Métro station, once the hub for transit service to the south and central west end, and although that role has been scaled back significantly since the Métro was expanded to those areas, Atwater still plays a role to all these areas, as well as to the downtown core. As discussed previously, reserved lane service was introduced along Park Avenue in 1992, much to the distaste of the area merchants, who were upset about lost parking and a centre lane that changes directions mid way through the day to match the heaviest traffic flow. Along with the introduction of reserved lanes on Park, the STCUM rerouted the south end of the 80 du Parc route to terminate at René-Lévesque Boulevard, and created the rush hour 535 R-Bus du Parc, which followed the 80's new routing to and from René-Lévesque Blvd., and along René-Lévesque Blvd. to and from Atwater Métro station (the previous south-end loop of the 80 to St.-Antoine St. was switched with route 129 Cote-Ste.-Catherine so that continuous service could be operated down to there). Service on the 535 to Atwater station ended in 1995 when the route was merged with the 545, which now operates in a U shape on the Park Avenue portion, René-Lévesque from Jeanne Mance to St.-Mathieu St., and on the Cote-des-Neiges portion. In the back of the photo is the former Montreal Forum, presently under reconstruction as a shopping and entertainment complex.

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