Montreal Metro's Berri-UQAM station enters new phase of repairs

Major repairs to the green line platform at the Montreal Metro's Berri-UQAM station are expected to take six months and will have an impact on Metro users, the STM says.

Major work at green line metro platform will affect passengers for 6 months

CBC News Posted: Jan 21, 2016 12:52 PM EST | Last Updated: January 21, 2016

The STM says the next phase of work at the Berri-UQAM Metro station will take six months to complete and will affect Metro users. (Sarah Leavitt/CBC)

Montreal's public transit authority is gearing up to beginmajor repairs to theBerri-UQAMMetro station's green line platform, which the Socitde Transports (STM) sayswill take six months to complete and will affect metro users.

CBC Montreal reporter Sarah Leavitt joined other journalists at theBerri-UQAMstation for a media tour of the continuing work.

The STM says work will be ongoing for six months and will affect users.
—@sarahleavittcbc

TheBerri-UQAMstation is the busiest in the Montreal Metro system with 12.9 million users per year.

The STM is getting set to do major renovation work at Berri station. Among the work: making movement more fluid. pic.twitter.com/Uk9brO6WAR
—@sarahleavittcbc

The STM says the work underway at theBerri-UQAMstation will enter an important phase next week when theescalatorsonthe green line's Angrignon platformwill be reconfigured.

One of the reasons for the renovations: water infiltration. Water is leaking from Angrignon platform ceiling now. pic.twitter.com/2p2aL4OUqV
—@sarahleavittcbc

Work at theBerri-UQAMMetro station began in 2010 and is expected ot be completed in 2017.

All over Berri platforms, temporary walls and scaffolding has been set up during the work. pic.twitter.com/nDhKFLeNu3
—@sarahleavittcbc

Work has already begun to make lighting better within the metro stations. pic.twitter.com/CuF34gznQI
—@sarahleavittcbc

Passersby also caught a glimpse of the new AZURtrainas it went by for a test drive.

The Azur train does tests as we tour the Berri station. Very slick looking. pic.twitter.com/ajHzq9XvWg
—@sarahleavittcbc

The STMestimatesthe cost of seven-yearproject at $87 million.

STM uses example of yellow line platform renovations as how to do work without completely shutting access. pic.twitter.com/Kg566Bfdax
—@sarahleavittcbc

Example of renovations to yellow line area of Berri. Wall to far right has yet to be covered for aesthetic purposes pic.twitter.com/irtYndLQW2
—@sarahleavittcbc

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|About CBC News

Corrections and clarifications|Submit a news tip|

Montreal Metro's Berri-UQAM station enters new phase of repairs

Major work at green line metro platform will affect passengers for 6 months

Related Stories