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If only municipalities would do this but also tell employees to work from home unless in essential occupations, given the much wider availability of hybrid work arrangements post COVID. But that would annoy the downtown landlords.
Basically taking a page out of Ottawa's book at this stage.
Had the Griffintown station been commissioned earlier and opened with phase 1, I imagine they would continue running trains between there and Brossard with testing isolated to Gare Centrale and beyond. Running a temp service only between Île des Sœurs and Brossard would probably be under-utilized.
This is an unnecessary insult to Ottawa. Even Ottawa's integration testing when they did it a few months back for the east extension was nowhere near this disruptive (although its worth mentioning I guess that its a lot easier to do integration testing when you just need to shut down some fringe suburban stations, and not the only station located in the downtown core).
Toronto Line 3 SRT: "Is 6 weeks all you can do? Try forever
"Perhaps you can update us on Montreal Line 3 that Premier Lesage announced some time ago.Toronto Line 3 SRT: "Is 6 weeks all you can do? Try forever
1. Two years since opening and the local (and some Anglo) media still calling it “light rail”. Maybe we should start calling Vancouver’s Skytrain and future Ontario Line “express tramway” from now on. Like seriously, journalists, do your homework, even ChatGPT gets it right - automated light metro or métro léger.Montreal light rail begins six-week shutdown
By Trains Staff | July 5, 2025
REM closes for testing in advance of opening additional portions of system
Montreal’s light rail system has begun a six-week shutdown for texting in advance of system expansion. Réseau express métropolitain
MONTREAL — The Réseau express métropolitain light rail line between downtown Montreal and the North Shore community of Brossard, Que., has begun a six-week shutdown today (Saturday, July 5) for testing in preparation of opening of most of the rest of the system later this year.
Service on the 10.3-mile first phase between Central Station and Brossard began in July 2023; the full 42-mile (67-kilometer), 25-station system is now expected to open in October, save for a short spur serving Montreal’s Trudeau Airport. The shutdown had been announced earlier this year [see “Most of Montreal light rail system …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 14, 2025].
The CBC reports plans to mitigate the closure of the system includes a series of free shuttle buses and increased service on some Exo commuter rail routes. The REM is also scheduled to be free from its return on Aug. 18 through Aug. 31. More information is available here.
The operating portion of Montreal’s REM (in green) and the portions still under construction. The A1 line is now shutdown for testing in advance of opening most of the rest of the system in October.
Réseau express metropolitain
It's Quebec and CDPQ that branded in light rail. That some of the media hasn't jumped fast enough to adopt their rebranding doesn't seem to be an issue.
