REM tracks are dangerous: officials
Tracks for the REM have been built but not activated in some parts of town, and it seems some people have been using them as shortcuts. Now REM officials warn people to stay off the tracks. Test runs will be starting soon, and electric current may be live just above the tracks.
Ian 11:41 on 2024-05-28 Permalink
I am wondering what sections of the line these are – AFAIK all the WI ones are elevated …
Nicholas 13:19 on 2024-05-28 Permalink
You can probably get to the TMR and VSL sections, as well as Laval and Two Mountains. Those are all or mostly level or sunken. The Brossard end at the parking lot is also flat, but I can’t imagine people are walking the tracks there, it’s not like it’s a cut through.
DeWolf 17:31 on 2024-05-28 Permalink
“Shortcut” seems like a bit of a misnomer here, since the article implies these are people who have deliberately snuck onto the tracks to write graffiti or just be daredevils. It takes a lot of effort to get onto the REM tracks, they aren’t like the CPR tracks that have level crossings and lots of holes in the fence.
Ian 18:00 on 2024-05-28 Permalink
Ah ok, that’s more what I was wondering.
Major Annoyance 18:25 on 2024-05-28 Permalink
@Ian: The l’Anse a l’Orme and airport branches are elevated, but from browsing Google Maps it looks like the entire stretch from Canora to Deux Montagnes will be terrestrial (with berms to elevate the tracks over street crossings). That’s a lot of ground to secure. There must be systems in place to detect incursions but they’re never perfect. It’s just a matter of time until the inaugural suicide / idiotic accident.
The maps on this page illustrate the different track styles and station configurations:
https://rem.info/fr/albums/cartes
James 10:37 on 2024-05-29 Permalink
I cannot emphasise enough that crossing the tracks will be MUCH more dangerous than when the EXO trains were running.
REM trains are considerably quieter and will travel faster than EXO.
Most of the DM portion is at grade except for the segment around the Sunnybrooke station and 1.5 km around the Roxboro station (between 11th av. & des Sources).
Bridges crossing over the REM tracks are equipped with dissuasive fences. (Jean-Talon example:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.5133944,-73.6326276,3a,75y,298.55h,93.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj-s_y9qlOjEy1UIdkw7TPw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu )