Responding to higher-than-expected demand, the Réseau express métropolitain announced Wednesday it has added new parking zones around the Fairview—Pointe-Claire station.

The parking spots are located further away from the station. The first area is situated just to the east of the current parking lots, adjacent to the Highway 40 service road. Another zone is located north of the Rona store, on Brunswick Blvd., east of Fairview Ave. Three other zones are located on St-Jean Blvd. between Highway 40 and Brunswick.

A map shows parking around CF Fairview Pointe-Claire, with two lots on the left and three lots on the right marked as overflow lots.

The REM has experienced a boom in ridership since the back-to-school period began last month, and that has resulted in full parking lots. It prompted the automated light-rail network to add more than 1,000 free parking spots last month at the Bois-Franc, Sunnybrooke, Sainte-Dorothée, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Grand-Moulin, Brossard and Panama stations.