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First, it was the cancellation of weekend service.

Then, it was the elimination of four weekday departures.

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Starting in 2020, passengers on the Deux-Montagnes commuter rail line won’t even be able to get all the way downtown to Montreal’s Central Station without having to disembark for part of the journey and take a shuttle bus. The interruption will last two years.

Now, to add insult to injury, the agency that oversees regional train service said this week that — oops, sorry! — it can no longer guarantee the punctuality of the service it is providing on the route.

All of this is due to the construction of the new, $6.3-billion Réseau express metropolitain line piloted by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. No doubt about it, thousands of Deux-Montagnes line riders are getting royally screwed by the arrival of the REM, a brand-new driverless electric train that will enter into service in 2021 and is slated to be fully up and running by 2023.