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STM replacing 24 escalators throughout its Metro network

This summer the STM will start replacing 24 escalators and repairing 39 others.

Replacements and repairs expected to be finished by end of 2018

About 60 of the STM's escalators date back to the 1970s and '80s. (Raffy Boudjikanian/CBC )

This summer the STM will start replacing 24 escalators and repairing 39 others in its Metro network.

According to Montreal's publictransit corporation, these escalators, many of which date back to the 1970s and '80s,have reached their life expectancy.

Work is already underway at the Jean-Talon Metro.

Work is expected to begin this summer on escalators in the Saint-Michel, Cte-des-Neiges, douard-Montpetit, De La Savane, Namur and Fabre stations all on the Blue and Orange lines.

Most of the escalators in the underground system were replaced over the past few years. (STM/www.stm.info)

The transit authority said parts for older escalators are getting harder to find.

Work is expected to be finished by the end of 2018.