Choose the right northbound REM
The REM is alerting northbound passengers that they’ll soon have to take notice whether they’re boarding a train that goes all the way to Deux‑Montagnes, or one that stops at Bois‑Franc. Testing will soon be under way for the Anse‑à‑l’Orme branch.
EmilyG 11:22 on 2026-03-05 Permalink
Also perhaps useful to know: the bus route redesign will happen when the new REM stations are in use. (They don’t know the exact date yet.)
Nicholas 13:38 on 2026-03-05 Permalink
This is no different from what they did on the Orange Line with Henri-Bourassa/Montmorency. If you get on the wrong train you can just get off at the end (Bois-Franc) and wait there for the right one; it’s not like in the future when there’s a branch and getting on the wrong train means being in the wrong place and having to backtrack.
Kate 20:55 on 2026-03-05 Permalink
No, but in general, we live in a town where it’s one platform, one destination. So long as you’re on the right platform you don’t have to look at the front of the train. So when variations are introduced, you have to re‑educate passengers.
azrhey 10:26 on 2026-03-06 Permalink
But announce the destination inside the train at each station, so if you get on one that does not go all the way to where you want to go just hop off at the next station and wait for the next train, it’s not like you’ll get delayed or anything because “your” train is going to be the one after regardless.
The only station that will be an issue eventually will be Bois-Franc where you have to pay attention as it branches there.
London solved this issue by having the interior colour scheme of the trains correspond to the line it serves ( on top of the front of the train and loud announcements everyewhere ) so if you saw a greenish train arrive it was District and a yellowish one was Circle… I guess that;s too late now for the REM but it’s just one line that split in two/three… it shouldn’t be too hard.
Uatu 12:40 on 2026-03-06 Permalink
I’m guessing that they actually use the screens in the train to show which one you’re on. Also the Chrono and Transit apps will confirm in real time what trains are heading where. But yeah this is a change in situational awareness for the “nose buried in the phone” commuters