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The pain for commuters on Montreal’s busiest commuter train line will start this weekend and last for five years.

To make way for the construction of the new REM light-rail network, service on the Deux-Montagnes train line will be stopped on weekends, starting this Friday evening, affecting about 3,000 passengers. Owners of annual train passes will receive free, unlimited weekend passes to use other forms of public transit.

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In June, two downtown-bound weekday morning trains running between the West Island and Central Station will be stopped, and one evening train running between Central Station and Pierrefonds-Roxboro will be stopped.

In early 2020, service on the line will be halted completely between the Du Ruisseau station in the northern part of the island in Cartierville and Central Station downtown. Shuttle buses will be made available to carry commuters, a move that is expected to increase commute time by 20 to 30 minutes. The trip from Deux-Montagnes, north of Montreal, to downtown normally takes 35 minutes.