West Island commuters confused after Fairview bus terminal relocates - BERITAJA

The Fairview autobus loop successful Pointe-Claire has been serving West Island commuters for decades.

But connected Tuesday, galore transit users were still showing up, not realizing their autobus extremity has moved.

One commuter told BERITAJA she was confused — she knew the REM started,  but didn’t cognize the autobus stopped picked up commuters from the aged terminal.

As of Monday, the STM officially moved the terminal to the REM’s Fairview-Pointe-Claire station, a fewer 100 metres away.

In an email, an STM spokesperson said autobus routes are being rerouted to the caller terminal to facilitate transfers betwixt buses and the REM.

“Most routes will proceed to work the shopping centre via stops on Brunswick boulevard.”

But amid the reshuffling, location are different routes that nary longer exist..

“I knew they were going to alteration the routes but I did not cognize they were going to decorativeness the bus,” said a West Island commuter. “I can’t find my autobus complete present – it’s not anyplace – not moreover connected the app. So it’s a disorder – everyone is stepping about for illustration zombies.”

The caller terminal is simply a much modern group up – built straight beside the REM station.

It includes covered boarding areas, an indoor waiting space, a customer work counter, and washrooms.

But for riders utilized to quickly stepping into the shopping centre while waiting for the bus, the caller terminal is simply a longer locomotion to the mall.

And while the aged terminal whitethorn not beryllium glamorous, for galore West Islanders, it’s been portion of regular life for decades.

The STM says activity to reconstruct the tract will statesman shortly, earlier its lease ends connected July 31.

There are reports the abstraction could beryllium converted into a parking batch for the mall.