Montreal Commuter Rail Lines to Resume Service Monday After Shutdown: Exo
To address potential issues, Maurice mentioned that bus shuttle services will also continue on Monday to assist the 21,000 daily riders of these routes.
Greater Montreal’s Exo transit system has announced that commuter lines will resume service on Monday morning as the work stoppage by Canada’s two major railways comes to an end.
Exo spokesperson Catherine Maurice stated that service on the Candiac, St-Jérôme, and Vaudreuil-Hudson lines will return to their regular schedules following the abrupt halt on Thursday morning, which caught many commuters off guard.
To address potential issues, Maurice mentioned that bus shuttle services will also continue on Monday to assist the 21,000 daily riders of these routes.
Maurice also noted that Exo anticipates potential congestion on the tracks as Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City ramp up their operations.
Last week, several commuter lines in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver were brought to a standstill after the rail companies locked out 9,300 employees, including Canadian Pacific dispatchers who manage traffic on tracks owned by the company but used by commuter trains.
On Saturday, the federal labour board ordered the railways to resume operations and instructed employees to return to work starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday. The order precedes binding arbitration aimed at resolving the labor dispute that led to the unprecedented shutdown.
