There will be no service during the morning rush hour along the Go Transit’s Lakeshore West line between Aldershot and Hamilton stations after protestors blocked train tracks in support of the Wet’suwet’en nation Monday night.

A group on Facebook called Wet’suwet’en Strong: Hamilton in Solidarity says they are blocking trains in response to the OPP’s dismantling the rail blockade in Tyendinaga, close to Belleville in eastern Ontario.

“Our intention is to stay here indefinitely and we are calling on others to join us,” a post on the Facebook group read.

About 20 to 30 protesters stationed themselves in a CN rail yard near the Lakeshore West line that goes toward Niagara Falls around 5:45 p.m. Monday, said Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins. The tracks don’t belong to Go Transit but nonetheless prevented trains from running through Hamilton and West Harbour stations.

“We don’t have access to those tracks so we’re going to be stopping trains at Aldershot to stay safe,” she told the Star Monday night.

Trains won’t running through the Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Hamilton, and West Harbour stations during the Tuesday morning rush hour as a result, Marie Aikins said. Shuttle buses from Aldershot station will provide service in the meantime.

“Because our trains got stopped, they didn’t get to go where they’re supposed to go, and so they are in the wrong position for the morning service,” Marie Aikins said. “They have settled in it looks like, there are chairs, and fires, and so forth.”

Hamilton police, CN Rail police and Metrolinx security have been monitoring the situation, she said.

The group was served an injunction around 10:30 p.m. Monday, which was “happily burned,” according to a statement on their Facebook page.

Protestors across Canada have been blocking trains ever since the RCMP enforced an injunction to begin construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through the nation in early February.

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With files from Katrina Clarke from The Hamilton Spectator.

Miriam Lafontaine is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @mirilafontaine

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