Metro lady galore...
On Saturday, August 25, 2007, I was on the blue line in the Montreal metro system, and I heard two "attention" messages within five minutes of each other. I was at Station St. Michel, and there was an electrical outage on the blue line, when I talked to the ticket seller, it was between St. Michel and Snowdon, but when I heard the message, it was between Parc and Snowdon.
So, what I heard was: "Dun dun dun dun... Attention: Une panne d'éléctricité nous oblige à interrompre le service, pour une durée indeterminée, sur la ligne bleue entre les stations Snowdon et Parc. Attention: Service interrompu, pour une durée indeterminée, sur la ligne bleue entre les stations Snowdon et Parc. D'autres messages suiveront."
Translation in English: Attention: An electrical outage forces us to interrupt service for an undetermined period of time on the blue line, between Snowdon and Park stations. Attention: Service interruption, for an undetermined period of time on the blue line, between Snowdon and Park stations. Other messages will follow.
And then, it was followed by, within about two minutes: "Dun dun dun dun... Attention: Un incident nous oblige à intrrompre le service, pour une durée indeterminée, sur la ligne verte entre les stations Lionel-Groulx et Berri-UQAM. Attention: Service interrompu, pour une durée indeterminée, sur la ligne verte entre les stations Lionel-Groulx et Berri-UQAM. D'autres messages suiveront." (This is due to the big structural damage/cave in thing at McGill metro station.
Translation in English: Attention: An incident forces us to interrupt service for an undetermined period of time on the green line, between Lionel-Groulx and Berri-UQAM stations. Attention: Service interruption, for an undetermined period of time on the green line, between Lionel-Groulx and Berri-UQAM stations. Other messages will follow.
Of course, the bus drivers also don't really know what's happening with the shuttle buses either. There's a shuttle bus service for the green line stations between Lionel-Groulx and Berri-UQAM, because the metro is shut down during that part for the entire weekend. The STM website and the Autobus phone line say that the shuttle buses run on Ste. Catherine street and Rene Levesque street (going east and west), but the drivers don't know where the buses stop... One driver stated that the shuttle buses (even though they drive on Rene Levesque) stop at the stations. So, we're the second day into the crisis, and I personally don't know how to get onto these shuttle buses...
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