Trains to be diverted from Lucien-L’Allier station for up to a year

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The Lucien-L’Allier practice station shall be closed to all three of the practice traces it serves beginning on April 1, Exo introduced on Wednesday.

The work will have an effect on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Candiac and St-Jérôme traces for six to 12 months.

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The Vaudreuil-Hudson line’s trains will return to Lucien-L’Allier by the autumn, whereas the opposite two traces received’t be again earlier than the spring of 2025, Exo stated.

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Exo has identified about the necessity to rebuild the station for a number of months, however spokesperson Eric Edström stated the company didn’t know till lately that it couldn’t preserve a minimum of a part of the station open at some stage in the venture, which is estimated to value $31 million, based on Exo’s 2024 finances.

“We checked out totally different eventualities to ensure we had the least influence on the individuals residing close by and the commuters,” Edström stated Wednesday. “The way in which to do it essentially the most successfully is to shut fully after which deliver again the busiest line which is Vaudreuil-Hudson after six months, and the opposite two traces after 12 months.”

Roughly 7,000 journeys are taken to or from the Lucien-L’Allier station day-after-day, Edström stated.

As of April 1, customers of Vaudreuil-Hudson and Candiac traces can have their final cease on the Vendôme intermodal station, forcing them to make use of the métro’s Orange Line to get to their remaining vacation spot. Many of the trains on the St-Jérôme line will finish on the Montreal West station for college kids who’re utilizing it to get to high school. Nonetheless, departures 180 and 187 will finish on the Parc station. Commuters on this line are being suggested to get off at a station that hyperlinks to the métro, and the Parc station which hyperlinks to the Blue Line is preferable. Commuters may also get off at De La Concorde, however Exo says that choice is much less preferrred due to the potential for heavy site visitors on the east department of the métro’s Orange Line.

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No shuttle buses shall be offered at any of those new remaining locations. Edström stated Exo has judged that utilizing the métro is much extra environment friendly for customers than being taken to their remaining locations by a bus.

The venture will include:

Rebuilding the station’s 4 platforms, as they’ve reached the top of their lifeBringing the programs and infrastructures as much as standardAdding a cover to enhance consumer comfortAdding two emergency exits at Argyle Ave. and De la Montagne St.Extending Monitor 6 to enhance site visitors circulation and suppleness on the web site

When the work is accomplished, the Lucien l’Allier station shall be outfitted with mechanized platforms that may permit wheelchairs to board the trains. Nonetheless, the opposite stations on the opposite practice traces leaving from Lucien l’Allier are usually not universally accessible. Exo is now embarking a long-term venture to make all its stations and trains accessible to individuals in wheelchairs.

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