{"id":673425,"date":"2026-05-16T12:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673425\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:43:20","slug":"canadiens-playoff-run-has-increased-ridership-on-montreals-light-rail-network-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673425\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens playoff run has increased ridership on Montreal\u2019s light-rail network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778935400_253_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A sign displaying the REM light rail system&#8217;s station stops is shown at the Anse-\u00e0- l&#8217;Orme REM station during its inaugural run on the West Island line in Montreal, on Friday, May 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Graham Hughes<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay 16, 2026 | 4:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 The Montreal Canadiens\u2019 quest for the Stanley Cup has been giving the city\u2019s light-rail network a boost. <\/p>\n<p>The Bonaventure station of the REM \u2014 R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain \u2014 connects to the Habs\u2019 home arena, the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Julien Hurel is the vice-president for the REM project at the Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec, the province\u2019s public pension fund manager and owner of the light rail.<\/p>\n<p>Hurel says transit officials have a goal of increasing ridership to 150,000 daily rides by the time the network is completed in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sign displaying the REM light rail system&#8217;s station stops is shown at the Anse-\u00e0- l&#8217;Orme REM station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-673425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}