After years of planning, building, waiting, testing and numerous delays, the REM (Réseau express métropolitain) finally opened!
REM, translated roughly to Express metropolitan network, is an automated light rail network that will eventually cover the island of Montreal as well as the South Shore and North Shore of the city.
The first phase to open was the "South Section", for lack of a better term, and included the following stations going south:
- Central station
- Île-des-Sœurs station
- Panama station
- Du Quartier station
- Brossard station
The first official day of service for the REM was Monday, July 31, 2023.
However, there was an open house weekend on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30, 2023 where one could board the REM for free and explore the new stations.
This is a video from Sunday, July 30, 2023 starting at approximately 6:50 PM Eastern.
In this video, you will see the entire REM journey on this sector from Brossard station in Montreal's South Shore to Central Station in the downtown sector of Montreal.
In this video, we pass over the Samuel de Champlain bridge, see the Saint Lawrence River, pass through beisde the Via Rail maintenance centre as well as the exo maintenance centre in Southwest, Montreal. You can even see the final two MR-90 trains of the former Deux-Montagnes exo commuter train line which ironically is also being converted to the REM.
As I mentioned, I will have many more videos of the REM to come in the days, weeks and months ahead so stay tuned!
For more information on the REM, check out their website here:
rem.info/en
27 авг 2024
