{"id":545167,"date":"2026-03-18T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545167\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:47:12","slug":"train-derailment-west-of-montreal-disrupts-commutes-on-vaudreuil-hudson-exo-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545167\/","title":{"rendered":"Train derailment west of Montreal disrupts commutes on Vaudreuil-Hudson Exo line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 3 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A train derailment west of Montreal continues to disrupt service on the Exo commuter train line.  <\/p>\n<p>A freight train derailed near Dorion station at around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, according to an Exo spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, rail traffic, including Exo service, has been stopped in both directions between the Vaudreuil and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue stations on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line, and some train rides have been cancelled for that entire line.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Exo said it is unclear when rail traffic can resume between the Vaudreuil and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue stations as work is still underway to clear the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Rail traffic is continuing between Baie-d&#8217;Urf\u00e9 and the Lucien-L&#8217;Allier stations. <\/p>\n<p>According to Exo, none of its trains were involved in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Pacific Kansas City says the two rail cars involved were empty and no one was injured. It says it is investigating the cause of the derailment.<\/p>\n<p>Plan B for commuters<\/p>\n<p>In its latest statement, Exo released a list of cancelled train rides as a result of this disruption. <\/p>\n<p>Here are the cancellations that apply only to the stretch between the Vaudreuil and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue stations:<\/p>\n<p>Train 13, 9:55 a.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 22, 11:15 a.m. departure towards Montreal.Train 15, 12:30 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 24, 1:55 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 17, 3:10 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 19, 3:45 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 21, 4:40 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 111, 5:20 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 27, 6:05 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil. Train 29, 6:30 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 30, 7:55 p.m. departure towards Montreal.Train 31, 9:15 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil. <\/p>\n<p>The following ride cancellations apply to the entire Vaudreuil-Hudson line:<\/p>\n<p>Train 23, 5 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 25, 5:40 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.Train 26, 5:00 p.m. departure towards Montreal.Train 121, 4:20 p.m. departure towards Vaudreuil.<\/p>\n<p>To work around these interruptions, Exo said commuters can use the 40 bus that links the Vaudreuil station to the C\u00f4te-Vertu Metro station.<\/p>\n<p>It also said Montreal&#8217;s transit agency, the STM, has a shuttle service through the 15 bus line that links Baie-d&#8217;Urf\u00e9 and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. <\/p>\n<p>Another shuttle bus, a service referred to as a transbus, that departs from Baie-d&#8217;Urf\u00e9 serves the \u00cele-Perrot, Pincourt, Dorion and Vaudreuil stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-545167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}