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It will be later and pricier than originally thought, but a new commuter rail line for the region will break ground in April.

Now called the Réseau express métropolitain, the $6.3-billion project will take its first passengers in the summer of 2021, roughly six months later than the date first promised by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), which will operate the train and own the majority of the project.

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The REM will be a driverless electric train going from the South Shore using the new Champlain Bridge (which has a projected completion date of Dec. 1, 2018) to Central Station downtown. It will also replace the Deux-Montagnes train line, and add a branch going to Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport from Highway 13, and another branch along Highway 40 in the West Island to serve Pointe-Claire, Kirkland and Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. The trains will run between three and 12 minutes apart, 20 hours per day.