Montreal’s Metro is back up and running after a one-hour network-wide shutdown on Tuesday caused by a communications equipment failure.
Investigation underway to determine what caused communications equipment failure
CBC News · Posted: Feb 10, 2026 11:45 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Access to Metro platforms was closed for an hour during a network-wide shutdown on Tuesday. (Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada)
Montreal’s Metro is back up and running after an equipment failure caused a complete shutdown on Tuesday.
The shutdown began shortly before 11:15 a.m., with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) confirming in an email the system was back up and running by 12:15 p.m.
In an email to CBC, STM spokesperson Renaud Martel-Théorêt said service was disrupted due to “a failure in the communication system between the trains and the control room, likely caused by ongoing work at Berri-UQAM station.”
An investigation, however, is underway to determine the cause.
Martel-Théorêt said that while the stations had not been evacuated, passengers were asked to clear the platforms, with temporary bus service put in place as a mitigation measure.
The break in service came just a day after water infiltration and accumulation in a tunnel between the Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke and Berri-UQAM stations caused a shutdown on the Yellow line during the Monday morning rush hour.