Service resumes on Montreal Metro's Blue line after work-related delay

Serviceresumed late Sunday to six stations on the Montreal Metro's Blue line.

The sectionbetween the Snowdon and Acadie stations was scheduled to close Sunday from 5:30 a.m. until 7 p.m.

However, late Sundaythe Socit de transport de Montral (STM) announced it would be extending the closure due to "work-related constraints."

The concrete wastaking longer to dry than expected, and a second evaluation was to becarried out on Sunday night to determine when the six affected stations couldreopen, according to Isabelle Tremblay, communications officer at theSTM.

The stations opened shortly after 9 p.m.

The STM said a shuttle service would continue to operate for two hours after the Blue line resumed operations Sunday evening.

Orange line trains continued to stopat Snowdon station during the closure that affectedCte-des-Neiges, Universit-de-Montral, douard-Montpetit, Outremont and Acadie stations.

The closures werebecause of work at douard-Montpetit station to install two elevators to make the station wheelchair accessible.

The workimpactedmultiple stations because itaffected the location of the track switches required to turn trains around, according to the STM.

The Blue line wasstill running between Parc and Saint-Michel stations during the weekend.