US EditionGroup gets trapped after elevator in new light rail station breaks down
About 20 passengers trapped in an elevator at Canada’s deepest transit station were rescued without injury after over an hour, officials said.
- During its first full day of service, REM said about 20 people got trapped in an elevator at Édouard-Montpetit station on Monday, with officials staying in contact before rescue.
- The station is one of 14 new light rail stations that opened Monday as part of the multibillion-dollar REM light rail network.
- Officials stayed in contact with the trapped group while rescue teams worked and ultimately removed about 20 passengers from the elevator.
- The Montreal fire department confirmed it responded to the call involving about 20 passengers and said no one was injured during the incident.
- Located on the Université de Montréal campus, Édouard-Montpetit station sits about 72 metres below ground and connects to a Montréal métro station of the same name.
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20 people stuck in REM elevator at the deepest station in Canada — on 1st day of service
On the first day the new Deux-Montagnes line of Montreal’s light-rail network was officially in full operation, an elevator carrying commuters at Édouard-Montpetit station broke down for an hour.
A REM user who has been stuck for more than an hour in the new elevator of a particularly deep station hesitates to take it back.
Group gets trapped after elevator in new light rail station breaks down
MONTREAL — The operator of Montreal’s new light rail service says about 20 people got stuck in an elevator on Monday at a new underground station that is the deepest in Canada. The Réseau express métropolitain said in a social-media message on Monday evening that the incident occurred during the first full day of operations […]
A few hours before the official opening of the 14 new stations of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), including those of Sainte-Dorothée and Bigras Island, in Laval, the media, including the Courrier Laval, were invited to an exceptional visit. On Saturday, November 15, the CDPQ Infra and Pulsar companies offered this exceptional visit to the Édouard-Montpetit station, with an inaugural journey to Brossard. In the heart of Mount Royal, this …
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