Have you ever wondered what the MTL Metro Codes meant?
If you live on the island of Montréal, there is a good chance the STM will become your best friend and your worst enemy haha. This is mainly because it is the most affordable & efficient way to travel in the city, but it’s also a good strategy to avoid the cold in winter brrr. This is why we think it is important for you to know what the metro codes mean.
For those of you who already took a trip on the metro, you might have heard one of the many announcements that sound like: “Attention to all operators, code 60 on the Green Line” (Attentions à tous les opérateurs, code 60 sur la ligne verte, in French) and you probably wondered what it meant.
More rarely, it is possible to hear a 900 code like: “Attention to all personnel, code 901 at the Saint-Laurent station” (Attention à tout le personnel, code 901 à la station Saint-Laurent in French). These are emergency codes. They are mostly used to inform all relevant STM employees that there is an emergency in progress and that they must be ready to intervene.
Finally, it is still possible to hear really short messages like “131-3 please communicate” in order to ask specific personnel to communicate with the operations center.
Here is the complete list of codes MTL Metro Codes:
Personnel codes:
Codes 60, 61 and 62 are calling to ask employees if they can do overtime the next day, the same day and the following weekend.
- 60: Asking for the next day
- 61: Asking for the same day
- 62: Asking for the weekend
Emergency codes (try to remember these we never know):
- 901: Police intervention
- 902: Intrusion in the tunnel
- 903: Bomb threat
- 904: Suicide attempt
- 905: Fire
- 906: Power failure
- 907: Hazardous materials
- 908: Flooding
- 909: Dynamiting
- 910: Structural damages
- 911: Collision/Derailment
- 912: Clientele’s panic
- 913: Medical assistance required
The boss is calling:
- 131: Direct call or announcement on line 1 that is often paired with a specific station code
- 132: Direct call or announcement on line 2 that is often paired with a specific station code
- 430 – 432 – 440 – 442: A superior in charge of health maintenance is calling
Each station has a code:
In accordance to what was just mentioned above, here’s the list of station codes across town.
Green Line
- 118: Angrignon
- 120: Monk
- 122: Jolicoeur
- 124: Verdun
- 126: De L’Église
- 128: Lasalle
- 130: Charlevoix
- 132: Lionel-Groulx
- 134: Atwater
- 136: Guy-Concordia
- 138: Peel
- 140: McGill
- 142: Place-des-Arts
- 144: Saint-Laurent
- 146: Berri/UQAM
- 148: Beaudry
- 150: Papineau
- 152: Frontenac
- 154: Préfontaine
- 156: Joliette
- 158: Pie-IX
- 160: Viau
- 162: L’Assomption
- 164: Cadillac
- 166: Langelier
- 168: Radisson
- 170: Honoré-Beaugrand
Orange Line
- 222: Côte-Vertu
- 224: Du Collège
- 228: De La Savane
- 230: Namur
- 232: Plamondon
- 234: Côte Ste. Catherine
- 236: Snowdon
- 238: Villa-Maria
- 242: Vendôme
- 244: Place Saint-Henri
- 248: Georges-Vanier
- 250: Lucien L’Allier
- 252: Bonaventure
- 254: Square-Victoria
- 256: Place d’Armes
- 258: Champs-de-Mars
- 262: Sherbrooke
- 264: Mont-Royal
- 266: Laurier
- 268: Rosemont
- 270: Beaubien
- 272: Jean-Talon
- 274: Jarry
- 276: Crémazie
- 278: Sauvé
- 280: Henri-Bourassa
Yellow Line
- 452: Jean-Drapeau
- 454: Longueuil
Blue Line
- 534: Côte-des-Neiges
- 536: Université de Montréal
- 538: Édouard-Montpetit
- 540: Outremont
- 542: Acadie
- 544: Parc
- 546: De Castelnau
- 552: Fabre
- 554: D’Iberville
- 556: Saint-Michel
