Montreal's REM suffers outage, 141K Hydro-Quebec customers lose power during winter storm
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More than 141,000 Hydro-Quebec customers are without power and Montreal's light-rail line is out of service as a powerful winter storm swept across the province.
More than 141,000 Hydro-Quebec customers are without power and Montreal's light-rail line is out of service as a powerful winter storm swept across the province.
According to the Crown corporation, most of the outages as of 7:45 p.m. were in the Montérégie (50,000 customers) and the Montreal areas (39,000 customers).
Hydro-Quebec says the outages are "mainly caused by the branches and trees that break near the power grid and comes into contact with it," according to a post on social media.
The post said there are crews in the field working to restore power and that the "aim is to restore service as quickly as possible. The reliability of service is our priority and we are in action to reduce outages," the post reads.
In Montreal, the REM trains were offline due to a power outage, the train company said on X. It said the restoration time was "undetermined," and is recommending commuters take the shuttle buses that are being made available.
A video posted on social media shows REM trains stuck on the tracks with passengers trapped inside.
