Here’s a visual map of the STM bus network redesign for the Lachine area from the simulator. I already notice several interesting proposed changes to some lines here:
- 496 Express Victoria becomes the flagship line to Lionel-Groulx Métro Station with more frequent service.
- 191 Broadway/Provost is to be abolished and much of its routing in Lachine becomes 198 Broadway where the line turns off at Dollard Avenue toward LaSalle Hospital and Angrignon Métro Station following parts of the 495 Express LaSalle/Lachine via Champlain, Bishop-Power and de la Verendrye serving CÉGEP André-Laurendeau. Note in West Lachine, the 198 stays on St-Joseph instead of diverting onto René-Huguet.
- 495 Express LaSalle/Lachine becomes 198 Broadway and much of its current itinerary is absorbed into parts of the 191 and 123 north of Newman Blvd.
- 195 Sherbrooke/Notre-Dame is to be renamed 195 Dorval/Angrignon. The bus route hardly changes in Lachine, but it is streamlined to be more direct in LaSalle to Carrefour Angrignon and Angrignon Métro via Cordner, Laplante, Clément, Lafleur, Jean-Milot, Bergevin, Clément, St-Patrick, du Musée and 6e Avenue. For some reason on this map, the new 195 bypasses Bouchard Blvd in Dorval and takes Autoroute 20 which worries me as Dorval residents have yet been consulted on the redesign.
- 491 Express Lachine is to be renamed 491 Express Provost and plans to modify the eastbound route onto 1st Avenue northbound and Montreal-Toronto Blvd eastbound onto Autoroute 20 to access the reserved bus lane.
- 90 Saint-Jacques is maintained with frequent service. It will soon be the only line serving the exo Du Canal train station as the proposed 198 follows Victoria instead of St-Joseph east of 1st Avenue.
- 110 Centrale is the same routing in Lachine, though once in LaSalle, it is planned to make less meandering east of Lafleur Avenue by not serving the Lafleur/Newman bus terminal, travel on Raymond, George and Bishop-Power to reduce travel time, and takes Lapierre and Newman to serve Carrefour Angrignon before terminating at Angrignon Métro station.
- 190 Norman replaces the 116 Lafleur/Norman and follows St-Jacques, Notre-Dame, des Tanneries (formerly Pullman) and St-Jacques to Lionel-Groulx Metro Station before taking Atwater and St-Antoine back west. It’s a weekday route (Monday to Friday). Not known yet whether it will operate in between peak hours, though I anticipate much better service offered here for the St-Pierre area.