Passenger Information on Montréal métro

[rick14891]

Dans ce temps la les Mr-73 sonnais plus fort qu'aujourd'hui et je me souviens de ca quand jétais plus jeune je trippais sur le son comme aujourd'hui dailleur ca la pas changer :-) :P

[gairero]

tu-ru-ruuuuuuuu

[chepelatino]

montréal en 1993, les Expos et les Canadiens ^.^

[brikibrit1974]

Jajaja igualito al de México

[0wire0]

I'm not sure what's harder to believe. The fact that this in 1993, or that it's actually working properly.

[riffrandell64]

it would help to have stop announcements on buses.

[NovaBUSFan]

The current chopper on that train is very loud!

[NovaBUSFan]

Well things sure have changed!

[Ridhwanpop]

8th of may 1999 woah that's long

[coolsebas14]

When did you take this ? Because now the screen isn't write the informations like that and the voice is not the same ?!

[citytransportinfo]

@coolsebas14 the exact date and time can be seen in the film!

[coolsebas14]

@citytransportinfo I see it now, thanks :)

[alexlechef2]

@citytransportinfo

hahahahah ! obvious !

[LeGentleman1984]

@coolsebas14 le 8 mai 1993

[biloubiloutehappy81]

@coolsebas14 may 8th, 1993

[torktt]

ça semble plus avancée que celle de Toronto...

C belle....

[sinning1966]

@YottaPixel Ce sont des MR-73. Ces écrans à gros pxiels de cauchemars ;-) étaient déjà inclus, je crois, dans ces trains qui ont vu le jour en 1976 pour les jeux olympiques.

[MTLtransitvideos]

I got on the metro today and the announcements (Prochaine station) was exacly like this, and at Henri-Bourassa, on the screen, it was written Merci d'avoir voyage avec la STCUM instead of STM!

Just a note, the terminus is now Montmorency since 2007.

[citytransportinfo]

@MTLtransitvideos

Thanks.

Simon

[tony0964]

very nice. it's rare to find these videos of last-gen passenger information systems

[gorbache]

First time I went to Montreal was 2008 and I thought this was new "Cutting edge technology"...Didn't know it was so old. Light years ahead of other transit systems in North America *cough* TTC *cough*.

[ipk2638]

@gorbache

Haha it's true. However with the new metro cars, which are expected for 2014, should have HD screens.

[Mariolaur]

I watch people on the Metro and hardly no one look at the displays, however I do look at them since I pay taxes for them lol!

[Unerly]

Same. And what else can you do anyways?

[citytransportinfo]

yes. it was new - only on some trains.

oui, it etait neuf et suelemont sur quelque trains.

Simon

[oreospace]

I try not forget my book before I leave for the metro, otherwise those horrible displays are the only source of reading material on my way to work.

Who is the genius at STCUM who said let's hang a Lite-Brite techology monitor and let's display some redundant and useless infos?

[put1t1nh]

Keep in mind, this was first installed circa 1994 (15 years ago). It was pretty cool at the time. The color selection wasn't based on technology. The display had to be readable by color-blind people.

However, I'm sure a 2010 edition of such a system would be of much better quality. And you could limit the use of color-blind-safe colors to travel info only.

My 2 cents anyway.

[oreospace]

I should have paced my comment but this type of technology is quite contrasting in this HD era.

On the other hand, if the cost of a new technology in 2010 should reflect on the price of my pass I'd prefer to keep the Lite-Brites!

[ca280491]

cool le javex est à 99 cennes XD

[Limpstul]

loool

[Chabs3662]

hahahah c vrai!

[tatout23]

Faut tu avoir rien à fouttre pour mettre une vidéo du métro sacr...!  Allez donc prendre une bière en regardant les pitoune passer sur St-Denis à place!

[garsmtl]

faut tu avoir rien à foutre pour venir voir ce vidéo-là... Et écrire un commentaire la-dessus... wow!!! Qu'est-ce que t'es venu faire ici debord?... Si t'as cliqué dessus c'est que ca t'intéressait!...

[priestpilot]

Hehe, here's another comment about this being old: the train stations! Gare Windsor...sadly it's not used anymore for trains. There's also not that many commuter lines compared with today!

[joebedros]

Looks like a cool system. here in Brazil our metro and buses have LCD monitors that show lots of stuff like news and HowTo Videos, etc.

[citytransportinfo]

here in London our buses are only just getting passenger information systems announcing the next stops, and only some trains announce the next station.

Simon

[YULklm]

the voice you hear now is Judith Ouimet and when it was re-recorded and up to present day its Michèle Deslauriers voice.

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks.

Simon

[YULklm]

wow thats really different from today its a different ladies voice now

[Rick1489]

tu vois ben que c pas la meme voix crime t sour le gros tk moi jai remarquer une différence de voix et sur lécran ca la changer aussi depuis lolll

[skatinglady]

Same strange voice :P

Encore la même voix bizarre ! :P

[citytransportinfo]

thats public transport! ;-)

c'est transport public! ;-)

[citytransportinfo]

Cutting edge technology back then!

btw, as was said on an older message, this was only on a few trains as it was only just being introduced.

Simon

[videonut33]

WHOA Real time INFO LED dsiplay in 1993?

AWESOME!!!

Information en temps réel LED dsiplay en 1993 ?

IMPRESSIONNANT!!!

[JBLanteigne]

Wow it's great to see what it was back then... Thanks.

[MysticMTL]

This brings back great memories of what it used to look like. I was wondering if you had any video of the animated sun or moon doing the weather report? That was hilarious and really fun to watch. I remember it was an animation used shortly after Telecite was created, until around 2000, then came back for a few months in 2003, but now is replaced with stupid text only bland reports.

[citytransportinfo]

sorry I am not sure if I have - and right now I cant even watch my videos to find out, as my video machine has gone wrong... I filmed these in S-VHS format and video machines for this format are no longer made, so I cant buy a new one!

Simon

[MysticMTL]

That's too bad to hear. I'm glad though that you were able to save something of this era!

[airodyssey]

MysticMTL : I also LOVED the animations before the news, sports, and weather segments. When I'd get home from college (back in 1998) in the evening, I'd see the animation of the moon booting out the sun and making itself confortable on the cloud right before the weather reports.

[migmontano]

The cool french-style voice announcing the stations also changed in 2003 for a more Quebec-style slang. I miss that voice.

[bananasims]

french-style better than quebec-style

[citytransportinfo]

I wonder why?

Simon

[bananasims]

french-style is elegant. As I know, quebec-style is spoken by those pirates and it is very "rude"

[citytransportinfo]

this sounds like a form of snobbery!

anyway, France is a big place with many regional accents of its own!

[skisail]

Criss que t'est cave, tu sais pas c'que tu dis! Traduction: F*ck, you're so dummy, you don't know wathn you're speakin about!

[citytransportinfo]

I should mark this as spam, or even delete it, but having seen an older message which makes adverse comments between people from France and Quebec, so I am leaving it here. Otherwise I'd have to remove several messages en masse.

Simon

[expertmax1]

Yes, the green line is the oldest line.

[expertmax1]

OMG Thats old ! The BONAVENTURE way they wrote it changed in 1995.

[citytransportinfo]

oh!

thanks for telling me - so this is now nostalgia too!

Simon

[tarekdelgadodib1986]

Only on the orange, blue and yellow line, has the screen display, but in the green line, has no screen display, but says only example: ''Prochaine Station: Berri-UQAM'', i wish to have it on the green line because you get to see the time the day, and some store specials.

[citytransportinfo]

maybe there is a reason for this - different types of train perhaps? or that they plan to put new trains on this line soon?

(or they just ran out money to pay for this system on the trains on this last line???)

Simon

[VStampede]

No idea, but I do know the green line uses the original (though restored by CN) trains so perhaps it's simply not possible. Since they got new wagons for the orange, maybe they could use the old ones there, which already had the system on them, who knows...

[matteodi]

i like when it says square vitoria

[matteodi]

nice  video dude!

[ly0n3ss]

i like how the vid ended with the year showing on the screen - 1993 (i think)! so long ago!

[citytransportinfo]

yes, it was filmed in 1993!

simon

[garsmtl]

I dont know why but the trains in green line dont have this system... Only Orange, blue and Yellow.

[ngfrost]

cause the greenline trains are older models i think

[simon726]

I recently came back from visiting Montreal and by comparing the voice calling out the next station in the video back then and comparing the one today, you can see there's a slight change in voice in my humble opinion. Other than that, it's a cool system.

[citytransportinfo]

maybe they now use a different person making the announcements? maybe also the 'tone' of the lady's voice has been changed by the multiple edits of the video recording & conversion by youtube into a low quality mono sound.

I hope you had a pleasant time there.

Simon

[mapdark]

Actually , they re-recorded the whole thing recently due to changes in some stations names..

[13eds]

The display on Telecité has since changed; We still see the sliding STM logo, but:

The Station name appears at the top of the display. At the bottom, the list of buses appear sliding from right to left, starting with the regular bus lines (appearing in orange), then rush hour buses (appearing in right) or night buses (appearing in green)

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks.

Well the video is now something like 14 years old! But its good that even with the changes you still have the displays working.

I wish other cities would also use this technology.

Simon

[13eds]

I will upload a video the next time I take the metro to show you how it is now. The Laval buses also used the Telecité for a short time as well.

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks.

I look forward to seeing your video.

Why did the buses only use it for a short time? Was it not reliable? Too expensive?

Simon

[13eds]

That's a question for the STL, I will ask them.

[13eds]

And here's their answer, 3 weeks later:

"We had this equipment on 2 buses several years ago. This was a test for the supplier that never came back to pick up it merchandise. As this equipment were not functionnal, we withdrewed them.

This is not in our project to install such equipment in our buses.

Thanks."

[todaiboy5]

its now 15

[usersimdave]

the train breaks sound squeekier. do you have other footage? was the metro cleaner in 93?

[citytransportinfo]

Yes I have other footage, but cannot digitise anything at present as I am trying to get through some work related exams, so that I can get a better paid job and afford to go back to Canada. Hopefully I will have passed the exams by July.

Simon

[airodyssey]

One more thing, do you happen to have the first 30-45 seconds BEFORE this video starts? I wanted to see the Clairol commercial which, if I remember correctly, showed two girls riding a rollercoaster, one with the Clairol hairspray, one without... LOL

[citytransportinfo]

Did I reply? I thought I did - the video which was encoded starts partway through this advert. It is possible that sequence on the master tape began earlier, but I do not know.

I'll try to find it and let you know.

[airodyssey]

Thank you so so much for posting this!!! It reminds me of the first time I took the metro and the screens had just been installed. I was what... 11 years old and incredibly excited! THANKS!!!

[citytransportinfo]

yea, I filmed that in 1993; only some trains had that type of information display - either it was still experimental at the time or had only just started to be installed throughout the system.

For the day it was very advanced, and in many ways still is.

I'm in London (England) and even today our underground trains dont have anything like this!

Simon

[LMB222]

Only the Orange line trains (and possibly Blue line?) had those boards. They were quite useful in killing boredom ;) - something to lay your eyes on in a boring ride, but not that useful in telling you where to get off - I'd rely on the spoken messages instead (if available).

[citytransportinfo]

well for regular passengers the minimum of information would be required - they often know almost instinctively when they have arrived at their stop.

Simon

[13eds]

The Yellow line also has these.

[mapdark]

what I thought too .. it's old .. interesting how BIG the station names were showing though.. more readable than now..

[mapdark]

OH MY! That's like the year they were installed..