REM suffers yet another rush-hour outage, deploys shuttle buses

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· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 8:35 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Montreal's light-rail bid web suffered yet different work breakdown during Tuesday greeting rush-hour, conscionable a time aft it ended its connection of escaped rides to commuters.

The outage was announced conscionable aft 7 a.m. 

According to a societal media posted from the REM account connected X, "a method issue" was to blasted for the work interruption betwixt the Gare Centrale presumption successful downtown Montreal and the Panama station, which is the past halt connected the South Shore earlier Montreal-bound riders get connected the island.

At the time, the REM said the work resumption clip was "undetermined" and that shuttle buses would beryllium deployed. 

In an update astir 30 minutes later, the REM said the method contented was causing "a work modification."

Essentially, work would resume betwixt the South Shore stations and the Île-des-Soeurs station. But erstwhile riders get to Île-des-Soeurs, they would request to get disconnected to proceed their travel towards downtown Montreal.

For 3 weeks, riders did not request to wage to get connected the REM — though the work hours were constricted to greeting and day unreserved hours during that time.

This week, Montreal's light-rail bid web ended its connection of escaped rides to commuters. The work is present scheduled to tally Monday to Friday betwixt 5:30 a.m. and astir 8:40 p.m., with shuttle autobus services being offered astatine nighttime aft the past bid ride.