Montreal REM

• Line delays, service outages and rising costs for Montreal’s light-rail network

  Residents of the greater Montreal area hoping to use the REM will have to exercise patience, as officials pushed back the opening of the Deux-Montagnes and West Island lines again.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2024
  
• After rush-hour shutdown leaves commuters out in the cold, REM service slowly resumes

  Service has been reestablished on the electric light rail line network after a major service disruption early Thursday morning left hundreds waiting in the cold.

  Traffic

  Jan 11, 2024
  
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• Fire at Montreal REM train station was deliberate, police investigating

  The station was not in use as it remains under construction as part of the expansion of Montreal's light-rail network, known as the REM.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2023
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• Montreal’s multi-billion-dollar REM light-rail shuts down on first official day

  Montreal's hotly anticipated new light rail system the REM launched Monday morning, but within hours the system shut down because of technical glitches.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2023
• Excitement, optimism as hundreds line up to ride Montreal’s new REM light-rail

  The first section of the driverless, electric train system known as the Réseau express métropolitain, or REM, is free to ride this weekend ahead of its official launch on Monday.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 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
• All aboard: Light-rail trains between Montreal and south shore to launch on July 31

  The Réseau express métropolitain (REM)'s line to the city's south shore will be operational by July 31, the project's contractor announced Friday.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2023
• Montreal’s light-rail network line to city’s south shore won’t open until spring 2023

  The massive transit network will have 26 stations and span across 67 kilometres of tracks across the Greater Montreal area when it is fully operational.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2022
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• Uncertainty surrounds construction of future REM train station at Montreal’s Trudeau airport

  ADM had previously announced that it would fund the construction of the train station in order to ensure airport access along the light rail network.

  Politics

  Nov 19, 2020
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• Pointe-Claire road closures to start this weekend as REM work gets underway

  The City of Pointe-Claire says the closures are necessary as work gets underway for the Réseau express métropolitain light-rail train system.

  Traffic

  Aug 16, 2019