{"id":20177,"date":"2023-07-31T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/montreal-light-rail-transit-system-shuts-down-on-first-official-day-of-service\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:25:05","slug":"montreal-light-rail-transit-system-shuts-down-on-first-official-day-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/montreal-light-rail-transit-system-shuts-down-on-first-official-day-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal light rail transit system shuts down on first official day of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BROSSARD, QUE. \u2014 Montreal\u2019s new light-rail transit system shut down unexpectedly this morning on its first full day of operation.<\/p>\n<p>The Reseau express metropolitain, or REM, officially launched today for paying customers after more than 120,000 people rode the system for free over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the REM says a switch problem on the tracks caused service to shut down around 8 a.m. before it resumed at around 9:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Commuters were left waiting in long lines to take shuttle buses to ferry them across the Champlain Bridge connecting Montreal to its South Shore.<\/p>\n<p>The first five stations of the 26-station, 67-kilometre electric rail network opened eight years after the project was conceived by the province\u2019s public pension fund manager, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the REM will open late next year, with an airport link to come in 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ui-provider fy b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/infrastructure\/2023\/07\/montreal-light-rail-transit-system-shuts-down-on-first-official-day-of-service\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROSSARD, QUE. \u2014 Montreal\u2019s new light-rail transit system shut down unexpectedly this morning on its first full day of operation. &#8230; 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