Open Letter to Premier Philippe Couillard concerning the AMT Deux-Montagnes line

It is as Pierrefonds-Roxboro City Councillor in the Bois-de-Liesse district, in which two stations on the Deux-Montagnes line are located, and also as a passenger of the Deux-Montagnes line that I address this open letter to Premier Philippe Couillard asking that his government pass a special law defining AMT commuter trains as an essential public service which must be preserved.

Along with thousands of our fellow citizens of the West-Island, my family and I depend on commuter train service to get to our places of work (for my husband and myself) and study (for our two sons, both high-school students).

The Deux-Montagnes line has the highest ridership by far of all the commuter train lines, carrying over 31,000 people each day. In comparison, the next busiest line is Vaudreuil-Hudson with 16,300 passengers per day; the new Mascouche line carries 5000 passengers per day.  Continue reading “Open Letter to Premier Philippe Couillard concerning the AMT Deux-Montagnes line”