A train is in buff on the deux-Montagnes line

Photo By Toma Iczkovits

QMI agency

Sunday, 21 January 2018 17:58

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Sunday, 21 January 2018 17:58

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Weighed down by delays since the beginning of the year, the metropolitan transit system (RTM) has decided to highlight its cars on two floors on the deux-Montagnes line.

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As of Monday, a train consisting of ten cars of multi-level type 3000 will be temporarily deployed on the line’s busiest train network in the suburbs. The train will make three round trips between Montréal and deux-Montagnes per day.

“Since the rolling stock used on the deux-Montagnes line is older and susceptible to large temperature variations, the RTM should make repairs and improvements in order to increase the reliability of these cars, explained the RTM in a press release. The equipment will circulate temporarily on the line, the time to perform the necessary interventions.”

Last Monday, the bitter cold had severely affected the suburban trains, causing delays on the line of Two-Mountains, but also on those of Saint-Jérôme and Candiac. The delays had been caused by a mechanical issue and by the freezing of referral systems.

To solve these problems, the RTM has also announced, Sunday, the addition of teams in the garages and on the ground to ensure the smooth operation of trains and to plow systematically the switches. The agency has also hired teams of snow removal train additional.

The schedule of the temporary train

Morning

Train 920 : departure from deux-Montagnes at 5: 50 pm in the direction of Montreal

Train 921 : departure from Central station at 6: 45 p.m. in the direction of Two-Mountains

Train 930 : start of Two-Mountains at 8: 05 a.m. towards Montreal

Evening

Train 941 : departure from Central station at 15: 45 in the direction of Two-Mountains

Train 950 : departure from deux-Montagnes to 16 h 43 in the direction of Montreal

Train 951 : departure from Central station at 17: 50 in the direction of Two-Mountains