Airport REM station still in limbo
The plan for a REM station at the airport is still in limbo as governments pass the hot potato.
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Matt G 16:54 on 2021-01-26 Permalink
Come on, guys. That airport spur was key to the REM. I can’t imagine them letting that tunnel lead so close yet so far to destination. It’s already pretty stupid that the link to Dorval VIA station is not part of the plan and that a ghost station already exists below the terminal building. How many times can they screw this one up?
Daniel D 17:33 on 2021-01-26 Permalink
I lose track of this pantomime. Did the CDPQ originally agree to fund the spur, or is that funding still in place and it’s now purely a dispute between the airport and governments?
Matt makes a good point: It was already beyond lunacy the airport didn’t have a rail connection to downtown given the history of this thing. We’re now heading to one step beyond lunacy it seems.
Also, going back long before the time I arrived in Montreal, wasn’t one of the reasons Mirabel failed due to a lack of a rail link?
Clee 17:43 on 2021-01-26 Permalink
Trudeau doesn’t want to pay for Trudeau airport anymore?
david49 19:11 on 2021-01-26 Permalink
They’ll tunnel it, likely to Dorval circle, then let it sit for a few years until air traffic rebounds sufficiently for the airport authority to contribute their share.
ant6n 20:44 on 2021-01-26 Permalink
As I understand it, the station was supposed to be part of the REM (i.e. paid by CDPQ, Quebec, Feds). Then CDPQInfra proposed a very barebones design that the airport deemed inadquate. So CDPQInfra said “build it yourself then”, so they got the expensive station off their books. There´s been a bunch of these schemes to shove off costs outside the REM. Because really, CDPQInfra is supposedly taking on the risks, that`s why their getting a higher share of the profits as part of the REM contract (/s). I also guess the airport station won’t be part of the assets of the REM, so CDPQInfra will still maintain their 51% controlling ownership stake, without having to pay for this particular cost overrun.
I do wonder, if the airport has to pay for the station, whether the airport will actually own it. And then I wonder, wether the REM will have to pay infrastructure access fees to have trains stop there. I kind of doubt it.