Public transit troubles: Service interrupted on Metro’s green line, REM back to normal [Video]

Public transit users in Montreal were faced with service disruptions on two fronts on Friday as part of the REM and the green line on the Metro were shut down.

Service on the REM has now been restored. 

As for the Metro, Montreal’s public transit authority says more than half of the green line is out of service for an “indefinite period.”

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) said late Friday morning that service is disrupted between Angrignon and Berri-UQAM stations due to “water infiltration.”

That stretch of the green line was out of service for nearly an hour-and-a-half earlier on Friday for the same reason, but service was supposed to be back up and running by 11:30 a.m.

Now, the STM says it does not know when things will be back to normal.

Crowds of frustrated public transit users in Montreal were forced to find other options after the Green metro line and REM went down …