First Impressions of the Montreal REM 🇨🇦 (Canada's Newest Metro System) 

Congratulations to Montreal on the opening of the first phase of the REM! The trains look great! 😊 Greetings from Singapore!

It was the longest gap between stations because they will open a station in between later. 😊

😮😮😮Nice!!! 🚉.... I love your videos Dan 🙂👍🏻. Greetings from México.

I recorded 93km/h today with Waze when trying it today!

At 0:57, I'm the person walking with a blue top lol. I was on the first train you took from central station, what a coincidence!

I used to live in the St-Henri neighbourhood in Montreal, and I moved to the south shore 2 years ago, near the Panama REM Station. I work in downtown Montreal, and this is a game-changer! I'm so excited the REM is now here.

I've been in this city for over 7 years now and had no idea we had that

Bravo aux initiateurs, architectes, ingénieurs et bâtisseurs de ce nouveau système de transport complètement autonome, le REM, témoignant encore une fois du génie et savoir-faire québécois !

4:25 the spped limit on the Samuel-de-Champlain bridge is 80km/h, so my guess is the train is going about 80-100km/h

This is one thing I actually applaud Montreal for. Genuine great improvement

So happy Dan you are back to Montreal ♥️ always loving your videos, merci pour le partage 😉☀️

Nice video! The REM is going to change Montreal in many ways. Let's just hope it is more reliable than the Ottawa LRT 🙂

Went on it today was a lot of fun I work in the building to the left at Du Quartier. Its a new development called City Solar. Will be taking this every day now for my commute can't wait.

I’m a transit nerd too. I’ve been to many places in the world. But this time I’m giga-nerd because I live 2km from station Du Quartier of the REM. I’m really hyper about it . 😂 Thanks for the video!

This is so amazing. Montreal is my favourite city in the whole world so I'm so happy to see it get such a stunning transit system. Next time I visit I can't wait to ride all of the R.

It was nice to meet you! Im not a transit nerd... but i am a Montréal Nerd! :)

Always love randomly venturing across new channels. Happy to have been Like #900 and a new sub to the channel. Cheers Dan!

I was actually waiting for your vidéo about REM))

Cool video, thank you! In Toronto we already have UP Express, which goes from the Union Station directly to Airport in only 25 minutes. It maybe not as new as R.E.M. train, but inside much more comfortable - soft chairs and the tables.

Lines on the glass help birds avoid flying into them by blocking reflections.

Huge shoutout to Montreal and the development team behind REM. Its so well executed, both Ottawa and Toronto have a lot to learn from Montreal about how to integrate a modern transit system.

Oh I'm a transit nerd. Thanks for the video!

We were overdue for an upgrade to transit. Modern city with the only commute to the airport being a single bus lmao.

Congratulations Montreal. Well done! I really like the look of the trains and the stations. It's also good to see them use the additional security platform doors. Is this train considered heavy rail like a subway or a light rail line? However, there is one thing I didn't see and that was any artwork within the stations. Los Angeles Metro recently opened three new light rail stations and there is some wonderful artwork that is permanently part of all three stations. Though LA's Metro has a history of including artwork on their stations.

Thank you for the tour! I can't wait to be able to get around the island and the surrounding areas more easily!

Fun fact: the woman who does the voice for the REM is the daughter of the woman who did the voice for the Metro!

the marks on the glass could also be for birds to avoid collisions

This is so true about when you exit an airport and the transit if very accessible tells you a lot about the city

Thanks for the ride, Dan. I'll be sure to try it in the next few days.

Great video, Dan. I love seeing the Montreal ones. I can't wait to use that extension from the airport when it opens.

Yay! Thank you for mentioning the sky train in Vancouver!

Awesome system! Best from Switzerland: Mad!

I’m learning French and moving to Montreal. Love the white seats.

I'm surprised there are no english labels or announcments on the train or the stations. I know this is the francophone part of Canada, but thought English would still be present in some form.

Thanks!

Hello Dan, I hope you are doing well. First of all, thank you for giving us the opportunity to know Montreal from afar. Through all your great videos. It's a great work you are doing for the world. Danke dir.👏🏼

Waiting dock you could see lights above the doors before getting in, those will indicate the entrance that have more passenger room so you can pick which one to get in from.

I like your conclusion ... So true ... Never forget ... You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

Great video - pleasure meeting you at the event!

great job!

I tried it this morning, was great.

Thank you for the video 😊 I'm just really anxious to see how good it will really perform during rush hour considering all buses from most of the south shore will now end at Panama station in order to go downtown 🤦‍♀️

Good video....short and to the point!😊❤🎉

The random marks on the glass are also there so the birds so the DONT fly into the glass.

Are they working on the network North through Mont-Royal? (The line that used to go to Deux-Montagnes?). I hope they finish that soon...

Very exciting!

Wow the REM is pretty nice

so exciting, as a non local who only stays in downtown area, where could this take me to check out when i come again?

looks really nice :)

Nice video. I hope to ride the Montreal REM someday.

8 minutes a train isn't too bad. I assume they'll ramp things up in the future? Vancouver can do 90 second intervals, and since REM uses similar tech, it can probably do the same.

Ce système de métro est très avancé

love it :)

I was in Copenhagen last week and their metro is almost identical as the REM (stations and wagons) I think it was constructed (finished) in 2019

Sounds much quieter than the metro as far as I can tell

Interesting that this line is not connected to the Barri-UQAM station.

Very nice video. Subscribed. Peter.

This reminds me of the metro in Ningbo on the two original lines.

Nice Metro. I hope Montrealers will love it. I don’t know which day it is. How long after opening and what day of the week? When the fourth line was opened in Budapest at the end of March 2014, I discovered the line the following weekend. There was a crowd. Everyone wanted to see it. Of course, after the fortnight the traffic dropped, but since then it has exceeded the two hundered thousand passangers per day. I see, Budapest is not Montreal, but this lovable city is still the closest to it in the North America.

Looks a lot like the Elizabeth Line

That sound the doors made when they opened was unearthly

As Korean who’ve been to Montreal in summer of 2015, I’m surprised to see the handles on the trains

Thanks for the ride. One thing you didn't mention is pricing. How much does it cost to use it. Tx

Is it me or the warning sound for the doors sound like a machine in Mcdo lol

When did you get a new channel? I totally stubbled across this by accident.

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Did you trie it at the front without drivers?

Nice. What is the fare?

It's mind-boggling that this didn't already exist in Montréal but it's good to know that we're catching up with other metropolitan cities. Good video, the first one to show that there's Wi-Fi 👍

Nice View! That French female announcement sounds like Montreal Metro. Platform screen doors sound like Doha Metro in Qatar. Enjoy!

How much cost it for a travel?

The train TGV already exist in Morocco so i don't think its a big lux to have a train in Montreal . I am grateful but ITS ABOUT TIME!

The real question is, do they play REM on the REM?

Thanks. What's the cost?

love the REM can't wait to try it still disapointed NIMBY messed up REM de l'est

Very similar to Sydney Metro

It sucks. Twice broken down in a few days

Unfortunately, the REM has its first stall on the first official day! I will keep taking my car to go to Montreal…

Great video! I went to take it on Saturday but I have an aversion to crowds and lining up around the block outside.. lol.. I'm patient. I only hope they expand to the west island, it seems Anglo areas get less attention, it just seems the west island including the HUGE hydro outage we had, like ya know? Ugh.. We'll see if they decide to go through with it, I think?

The whistling sound that we can hear during your video is considered a defect that they are going to fix.

no more express bus?

I don't see @DiscoverMontreal in the comments section 🤔

Damn I left Montreal 5 months ago😢

For the métro part IT be and extantion

The airport connection is 4 years away: 2027.

Down load a speedometer app you can see how fast it travels.

Meanwhile, Eglington LRT is being built in the next 100 years 😂

1:04 ...everything's in French. Oh yeah!

The REM line that will connect to the Montreal Trudeau Airport is still about 5 years away unfortunately.

It is like the metro when in opened in the 1960s but there is something totally illogical here why connect and spend far away suburbs when the dowtown core is crumbling and not so long ago the most recent train in the metro was from the 1970s. Montreal should concentrate on improving, cleaning up, upgrading its aging and crumbling metro (subway) instead of spending a fortune to connect far away suburbs. My opinion.

Dude, how tall are you? You had to duck when entereing the train.

Don't they speak English too, or is it only French in Montreal and Quebec?

Modern station? You must be joking!

You are so cute

The New Travel???

How tall are u Looked like u had to duck to get in ?

1. Why is it 4 stop long ? 2. Why are the only people taking it influencers ?

Cars are faster than the Rem

Went there. Saw the line up. Turned around. Not for me. Not today.

Tu peux m'appeler un transit nerd, tu as "pretty privilege". 😊