MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens’ quest for the Stanley Cup has been giving the town’s light-rail community a lift.
The Bonaventure station of the REM — Réseau categorical métropolitain — connects to the Habs’ dwelling area, the Bell Centre.
Julien Hurel is the vice-president for the REM mission on the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the province’s public pension fund supervisor and proprietor of the sunshine rail.
Hurel says transit officers have a objective of accelerating ridership to 150,000 every day rides by the point the community is accomplished in 2027.
He says mixed ridership on the 2 different operational branches is round 78,000 every day passages.
However he says ridership has elevated to roughly 104,000 every day rides, for the reason that begin of the Nationwide Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
“And thanks, by the best way, to our Canadiens, who’re serving to us out so much for the time being with the nice matches they’re placing on,” Hurel advised reporters on Friday. “The development is wanting good.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Might 16, 2026.
Erika Morris, The Canadian Press
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