Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM)

In short

A new network for Greater Montréal

The REM is one of the world's largest automated transport network and the largest public transit project undertaken in Québec in the last 50 years. With 67 km and 26 stations, the REM will quickly get you downtown, to the South Shore, the North Shore, the West Island and the Airport.

The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue REM station will be located between chemin Sainte-Marie and the North Service Road. The REM will be in service 20 hours a day, 7 days a week, with frequencies ranging from 10 minutes during peak periods to 15 minutes during off-peak periods.

Preparatory Work

In Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and the West Island, work will be carried out according to the following schedule**:

**The current sequence is subject to change without notice.

Mitigation Measures at the REM Site

Roxboro/Sunnybrooke Area

Transforming the Deux-Montagnes line into an automated, light rail system will significantly increase the line’s capacity, multiply the number of connections with other networks – including three métro connections – and offer a quicker route on a daily basis. Completing the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) in your area will require major construction work in the coming years. During this time, public transit options will be maintained at all times.

Here are the specific measures taken and estimated travel times:

• Early 2020 – Closure of the Mont-Royal tunnel (train service interruption at Bois-Franc)
  • Rail shuttles maintained to the Bois-Franc station, and connection by shuttle bus with preferential measures for buses (e.g.: reserved lane, priority traffic lights, etc. in place) to the Côte-Vertu station
  • Shuttle buses with preferential measures for buses (reserved lane, priority traffic lights, etc. under study), directly to the Côte-Vertu métro station
• Mid-2021 – Closure of the Deux-Montagnes line (complete service interruption)
  • Shuttle buses with preferential measures for buses (reserved lane, priority traffic lights, etc. under study), directly to the Côte-Vertu métro station, and then beginning in 2022 to the REM’s Du Ruisseau station
• Late 2023 – Commissioning of the REM

Deux-Montagnes/Laval Area

Here are the specific measures taken and estimated travel times:

• Early 2020 – Closure of the Mont-Royal tunnel (train service interruption at Bois-Franc)
  • Rail shuttles maintained to the Bois-Franc station, and connection by shuttle bus with preferential measures for buses (e.g.: reserved lane, priority traffic lights, etc. in place) to the Côte-Vertu station
• Mid-2021 – Closure of the Deux-Montagnes line (complete service interruption)
  • Shuttle buses with preferential measures for buses (reserved lane, priority traffic lights, etc. under study), directly to the Côte-Vertu métro station, and then beginning in 2022 to the REM’s Du Ruisseau station
• Late 2023 – Commissioning of the REM

Côte-Vertu Area (Bois-Franc, Du Ruisseau and Montpellier stations)

Here are the specific measures taken and estimated travel times:

• Early 2020 – Closure of the Mont-Royal tunnel (train service interruption at Bois-Franc)
  • Enhancement of existing bus service
  • Setting up of shuttle buses between the stations and Côte-Vertu métro station
  • Shuttle buses with preferential measures by bus (reserved lane, priority traffic lights, etc. in place) from the Bois-Franc station to the Côte-Vertu station
• 2022 – Commissioning of the REM

Chrono Mobile App

POwned by the ARTM, Chrono is the application of public transit for the metropolitan region of Montreal. Public transit users can use the Chrono app to make their trips easier. Chrono is a mobile application that integrates all real-time service data, when available, from all public transit organizations to accompany users on their trips in the metropolitan area.

TO DOWNLOAD THE APP:

• App store
• Google Play

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Other Items of Interest

Demolition of a railway bridge over A40

In the West Island of Montreal, a section of the Doney antenna will have to be demolished. The acquisition of this CN antenna allows the implementation of the REM in an existing corridor and limits the impact of the work. However, this dismantling, planned for the fall, includes a segment passing over Highway 40 at Henri-Bourassa Boulevard West, which will have to be hindered during the intervention.

Collaboration is being carried out with the Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l'Électrification des transports (MTMDET) in order to coordinate the Ministry's projects with those planned operations on weekends, which will impact traffic on the A40.

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