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No service on Deux-Montagnes AMT line Saturday for fire simulation

The AMT train, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Billy Shields/Global News

There will be no service on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line between 8:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Saturday.

The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) is performing a fire evacuation simulation in the Mont-Royal tunnel.

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The aim is to evaluate the AMT’s emergency protocol and analyze how prepared first responders are in such situations.

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There will be first responders, firefighters and other officers onsite at Central Station.

Affected trains heading to downtown Montreal:

  • #974 (8:55 a.m. from the Deux-Montagnes station)
  • #976 (9:55 a.m. from the Deux-Montagnes station)

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Affected trains heading to Deux-Montagnes:

  • #973 (9 a.m. from Central Station)
  • #975 (10h a.m. from Central Station)

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