Montreal Light Rail

• Mission Impossible: Montreal’s new light-rail train traps users in railway garage

  Track switch problems caused a 75-minute delay at the height of Monday's morning commute, and again around 11 p.m. Wednesday's delay was linked to a computer issue.

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  Aug 2, 2023
  
• Montreal’s REM trains ready to roll in 2 weeks

  Montreal's new multi-billion-dollar electric light rail system is set to launch its first phase of operations at the end of July, a project seven years in the making.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2023
  
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• Montreal’s Greenfield Park transit users worried about light rail access

  Commuters on the south shore are hoping for better access to the REM next spring. Some residents in Greenfield Park feels left out completely.

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  Oct 28, 2022
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• Majority of Montreal’s REM light-rail train stations won’t open before end of 2024

  Problems with the Mount Royal tunnel have meant pushing back the delivery of most of the Réseau express métropolition's (REM) stations to the end of 2024.

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  Jun 20, 2022
• Quebec pension fund pulls out of Montreal rapid transit project, province takes over

  Legault says that without the downtown section of the rail line, Quebec's pension fund manager no longer believes it can make a profit from the project and has pulled out.

  Canada

  May 2, 2022
• REM de l’Est officials propose tunnel for downtown section of light rail network

  The tunnel, stretching from Robert-Bourassa to Jeanne-Mance, would link the eastern section of future light-rail network to the downtown core as part of the REM de l'Est. 

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2021
• Montreal Irish famine victims’ remains found during REM excavation

  The bones' location corresponds to a known cemetery for up to 6,000 Irish immigrants who crossed the ocean only to die in fever sheds erected on the banks of the St. Lawrence River to contain the typhus epidemic.

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  Nov 27, 2019
• REM construction could bring transit headaches

  Construction of REM could create havoc for existing commuter train riders.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2018
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: June 16

  From a controversial waiver at a popular trampoline park, to daycare for adults seeking to reconnect with their inner child, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

  Jun 16, 2017
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $1.28 billion toward major Montreal transit project

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Thursday a $1.28-billion commitment for a major Montreal rail project that will connect the city to its suburbs and to its international airport.

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  Jun 15, 2017