From interruptions to communication breakdowns, REM train service hits 1-year mark

The all-electric and afloat automated REM train work is celebrating its one-year anniversary.

The Réseau definitive métropolitainopened connected July 31, 2023 connected nan South Shore line, serving 5 stations betwixt Brossard and Central Station downtown.

But location person been plentifulness of issues, from work interruptions to connection breakdowns leaving thousands of group stranded.

A spokesperson for nan REM says location were 65 interruptions recorded successful nan first 12 months, astir of them occurring past twelvemonth and successful nan early outpouring of this year.

“Last autumn it was rather a batch of work interruptions. In January also,” Michelle Lamarche, a spokesperson for nan REM, told Global News.

Lamarche says they’re making improvements and getting fresh for nan early lines to nan West Island and Deux Montagnes, now scheduled to unfastened adjacent twelvemonth — already 1 twelvemonth late.

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“We are disappointed. We are expecting it to beryllium successful work arsenic soon arsenic imaginable — hopefully early 2025,” Sarah Doyon of Trajectoire Québec told Global News.

Tests connected those lines are scheduled to statesman successful nan coming weeks.