DORVAL — It was a rough morning for public transit users trying to get to work or school from the West Island.
More than 19,000 commuters were affected on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Candiac and Saint-Jérôme lines by the CP Rail strike action.
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Many people had to wait for an exceptionally long time as express bus after express bus passed by completely filled with passengers at the Dorval terminal.
Montreal city buses 211, 405 and 411 were packed to the doors during the morning rush hour as they pulled into the Dorval stop.
Public transit officials were scrambling to get everyone board, but clearly it was a challenge.
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“There’s one extra bus,” an STM operator told Global News at the Dorval terminal.
Cold comfort for the users who lined up by the dozen to get on board.
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The mass transit struggle to get in and out of Montreal will likely continue all day as more than 3,000 CP Rail locomotive engineers and conductors have gone on strike, causing the cancellation of all commuter train service on the AMT’s three lines.
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CP Rail owns and operates the tracks and the conductors drive the trains.
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