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Montreal s electric light-rail train network has been officially inaugurated. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Francois Legault and Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante were among the dignitaries who attended a ceremony today to launch the first five stations of the 26-station, 67-kilometre electric rail network.
While the 1960s ushered in a new era of transit networks such as the Montreal métro, the 2010s and early 2020s have been marked by bad planning, stalled projects and cost overruns.
The REM opening ends an exciting and excruciating process. The project was announced in 2015 and for the first few years, with the SNC scandal raging and an unproven public-private partnership model, I was a firm skeptic. But something special has happened. For a North American transit project, the REM is a home run.