🚍 STM: final bus ride on the 78 route: Laurendau - in Southwest, Montreal - before the route is gone

Here is my final bus ride aboard the STM bus 78 route. The STM will be eliminating this bus route - among 7 others - as part of the bus redesign in the Lachine, LaSalle, Verdun, Sud-Ouest and south Ville-Marie sector starting August 26, 2024.
More info on the bus network redesign can be found here:
montreal.ctvne...
Here is the official STM website regarding the bus network redesign in these sectors, including a trip simulator:
www.stm.info/e...
The list of STM bus routes being eliminated are:
15 Sainte-Catherine
58 Wellington
75 de la Commune
78 Laurendeau ✅
109 Shevchenko
116 Lafleur/Norman
191 Broadway/Provost
406 Newman (will merge with the 106 to become the 106 and will be a frequent service bus) 🚌
I will be trying my best to film one more bus ride on each of these routes before they are gone.
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In this video, we are aboard the STM bus 78 route going westbound between Angrignon metro station and Place-Saint-Henri metro station.
The 78 bus route was one of my favourite bus routes that cut through the Southwest sector of Montreal, Canada.
Note that in this video, the route took some detours and terminated at Place-Saint-Henri metro station, while it normally terminates at Lionel-Groulx metro station when going westbound. The detours and termination at Place-Saint-Henri metro stations are because of construction going on where the bus normally passes.
We are aboard a Nova Bus LFS diesel bus from the year 2009. This is STM bus registration number 29-090.
This video was filmed on Monday, August 5, 2024 starting at approximately 11:16 am Eastern Canadian Time.

[@mauriceazzouz5585]

Thank you for writing in the video description the bus routes that will be eliminated, now it’s clear for me, I know all the bus routes that will be eliminated.

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

My pleasure!

[@GeorgeAdams-GA1953]

Its interesting to see many familiar places along this route. As I mentioned I was using the #78 many years ago when I was a teenager. 🙂 Before Angrignon Metro was opened the end of the #78 bus route was at Desmont street and Allard, there was a loop on the south side of Allard the bus turned around on and would wait there for five minutes or so. There was also a railway crossing, a branch line for the nearby industries. Now when you approach this boundary between Ville Emard and Lasalle there are all these hi-rise condos/apartment buildings and the Carrefour Angrignon. Much has changed !!!

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Thanks for the comments and stories George. I should do a walking video throughout this whole area someday.

[@markfinn0]

I remember two phases of the 78 - (1) Atwater to the De Monts loop on Allard at the Ville Emard/LaSalle border. The loop has since been built on. (2) It was then extended to LaSalle, near the Mercier Bridge - mostly following part of today's 106 route. A long ride from Atwater.

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Wow very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@ryanhector7201]

Great Ride Patrick

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Thank you mate

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

peace be upon you sir

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Thank you! Same to you

[@AnyAdamThing]

buses such as the 15, 58, 75, 78, 109, 116, 191, 406 are all gonna be eliminated unfortunately. sad to see most of these go, but there'll be room for newer extensions and lines such as the 38, 50, 114, 190, and 198 that are also gonna be exciting!

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Yes we will have to see how it goes eh?

[@magnabaddelta-thriller5603]

Still dumb that they removed the 191 The 15 I can see why considering that the Green Line runs under Maisonneuve Blvd 75 was a useless line, glad they removed it. The 78… I mean it’s not bad merging it with the 35 but still…. Though why splitting the 37 in half… but glad to have a new 38 109… man one of the few lines I fully did… I don’t think deleting it was necessarily necessary but ok 116, yeah it was kinda useless, 58… I can understand why having 2 Wellington bus could be a bother but I would have rebranded it as “58 LaSalle” instead of Running on Wellington, it could have run all the way on LaSalle Blvd (along with the 107 and 37) and follow its old route but at Bishop Power it goes all the way to Jean-Brillon and finish at André-Laurendeau CEGEP

[@glaframb]

29-090 (2009) 15 ans sur la route déjà / 15 years on the road already !

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Time flies

[@VROMVRO]

Hurricane debby is coming to montreal this friday

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Yep.

[@mistermister9791]

The line 35 Griffintown will run where this line use to run at Laurendeau street starting August 26, I do feel sad that this line will disappear because it was there long time ago and now in 2024, gone forever

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Yes I agree 100%

[@animeshtalukdercanada.784]

No I love this route 78 Laurendu 😢😢😢😢 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Thenovabusphotographer28]

It was quite good to have 2008s

[@magnabaddelta-thriller5603]

The 58 is what will hurt me and the 191 too

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Yeah some nice routes too and convenient. The 107 will apparently go from downtown all the way deep into the LaSalle sector.

[@magnabaddelta-thriller5603]

@@SkyOfTheUniverse the only line I find it dumb to abolish is the 191

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

I agree

[@magnabaddelta-thriller5603]

RIP 78

[@Nonameatallok]

Ive never seen that bus model before

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

From 2009.

[@truenorther]

15- 58 191, some historic lines deleted! But for better efficiancy! 491 all week Express is better for Lachine. and new lines like 198 Broadway. faster to Angrignon.. many of these bus lines followed Tram lines, which hasn't worked since Metro was built. It will be better!!! R.

[@SkyOfTheUniverse]

Yes it will be very interesting to see how it goes.

[@animeshtalukdercanada.784]

No man Leave it their oh my God why not

[@VROMVRO]

Nooo