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[KevinKorell]

Montreal, QC Gazette, 7/29/23:

 

 

 

     Photos: REM open house was a little too popular   

 

 

 

Thousands of Montreals hopped free rides aboard the newly opened light rail transit network in Montreal on Saturday, July 29, 2023, and some people were turned away when the network became overloaded.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine,   7/31/23:

 

 

      Riders pack Montreal light rail line on first day of free rides  

 

 

Montreal residents turned out in huge numbers to sample the first segment of the city’s new light rail system on Saturday, with officials forced to turn away some riders.

 

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[KevinKorell]

CTV, 7/31/23:

 

 

 

    Problems on Montreal REM light-rail line on first day of operation  

 

 

 

The first morning of the official entry into service of the new Metropolitan Express Network (REM) was not easy; a service interruption forced officials to deploy buses to provide a link between Montreal and Brossard.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Global News,   7/31/23:
 

 

  Montreal’s multi-billion-dollar REM light-rail shuts down on first official day  

After months of tests, Montreal’s multi-billion-dollar light rail system, the REM, launched Monday morning, but with a major delay occurring just hours after the system started operating.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Montreal, QC Gazette, 8/1/23:

 

 

 REM Day 2: New trains holding their own during morning rush hour    

 

 

As rush hour approached, the REM appeared to be running smoothly Tuesday morning. After a rough first day, there had been another hiccup on the service around 11 p.m. Monday.

 

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[KevinKorell]

National Post,  8/8/23:

 

 

     Suspicious fire at future Montreal light rail station under investigation  

 

 

Montreal police say they are investigating a suspicious overnight fire that caused significant damage at a light rail station under construction.

 

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Trains News Wire

 

Montreal’s REM faces new delays

 

By Trains Staff | April 24, 2024

 

Mount Royal tunnel work pushes back opening into 2025

 

MONTREAL — Ongoing work in the Mount Royal tunnel will further delay completion of the Réseau express métropolitain light rail project, the private developers said today (Wednesday, April 24).

 

REM developer CDPQ Infra, the infrastructure arm of provincial pension manager Caisee de dépôt et placement du Quebec, said in an update posted today on the REM website that “the highly complex work to modernize the Mount Royal Tunnel is not quite finished and will continue. This means that testing of this segment will not be able to begin for the originally scheduled opening in late 2024 and will postpone the commissioning of the Deux-Montagnes and the Anse-à-l’Orme branches.”

 

The company is offering no estimate when service might begin. The Montreal Gazette reports CDPQ Infra President Jean-Marc Arbaud told a parliamentary hearing today that “it’s clear we’re targeting 2025, it won’t be 2024.”  . . .

 

 

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