Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
May 19, 2026
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More than 170,000 rode the REM on the first weekend of the West Island branch
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MONTREAL NEWS
More than 170,000 rode the REM on the first weekend of the West Island branch
The REM's newest stations were popular, as more people than usual rode on the network on the first weekend of the A3 branch.
Visitors check out the view from the front of a REM train as it pulls into the Anse-à-l'Orme station on Monday May 18, 2026. (Dave Sidaway / Montreal Gazette)
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Jason Magder
May 19, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.
The newest branch of the REM proved popular this past weekend, according to ridership numbers unveiled by the operator on Tuesday.
In a social media post, the REM thanked people …
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