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Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau says it would be a lost opportunity to build the new Réseau express métropolitain (REM) to Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport without extending it to the nearby VIA Rail train station.

Rouleau said the REM should add an extra station at the VIA Rail Station, located just north of Highway 20. He said a decision to build the extra station should be taken soon, while the REM is under construction.

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“The time to do it is now,” Rouleau said. “Instead of stopping it at the airport, they just have to go a kilometre further. I don’t think it’s even a kilometre.”

Rouleau said the current REM light-rail plan doesn’t service commuters in many parts of the West Island, particular those living below Highway 20 who either drive, bus or take an EXO commuter train to work downtown.

“The REM doesn’t go to Lachine so people there could use it. It would be good for people in Dorval and Lachine, but also to west, including Pointe-Claire.”