The new Réseau express métropolitain (REM) between Montreal and the South Shore officially entered service at 5:30 a.m. on Monday.
On Saturday and Sunday, tens of thousands of people used the new light rail system, which was open to the public free of charge.
Since Monday morning, five REM stations have been open on the segment between Central Station in downtown Montreal and Brossard station on the South Shore.
Bus transport over the Samuel-de-Champlain bridge has been halted, but several routes on the South Shore were redesigned so that buses converge on the REM stations.
Eventually, the network will have 26 stations stretching over 67 kilometres.
It is the biggest public transport development in Montreal since the metro was built in the 1960s.
The REM's prime contractor, CDPQ-Infra, a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, claims that the journey between Montreal and Brossard will take 18 minutes, 20 to 30 minutes less than the journey by car at rush hour.
The plan is for REM trains to be in service every day, 20 hours a day, and they will be connected to the three main lines of the Montreal metro.
Three other REM routes are still under construction, including lines to suburban municipalities to the west and north of Montreal, due to open towards the end of 2024, and an airport link to Dorval, which will not be operational until 2027.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on July 31, 2023.
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2023-07-31 11:03:00Z
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