Montreal's new transit system suffers rush-hour shutdown on first official day of service

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Montreal\u0027s new light\u002Drail transit system had a bumpy debut on its first full day of service suffering a shutdown during morning rush hour. Read on.

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“There was a technical problem on a switch. It’s part of the tracks of the REM, it was a situation that needed a field team to repair it,” Jean-Vincent Lacroix said. Lacroix said the first priority was to get passengers already on board to the next station. Authorities then set up a shuttle service using city buses to transport people to downtown Montreal from the South Shore suburbs. But there were hiccups as commuters were left waiting in long lines to take crammed buses across the Champlain Bridge.Article content

But at Central Station in Montreal, one commuter trying to get to Nuns’ Island for work complained that no one seemed to know where the shuttle buses were stationed. Patrice Edrocard had been waiting for well over an hour as security guards tried to find that information for him and other stranded passengers.

 

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