LONGUEUIL, Quebec — The remaining portion of a shelter-in-place order following a Canadian National derailment has been lifted.
The Canadian Press reports the lockdown area south of a Thursday morning derailment that led to a chemical spill was lifted at 4:30 a.m. today (Friday, Nov. 15).
Eight cars of a CN train derailed in Longueuil, on Montreal’s south shore, derailed about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, with one car spilling hydrogen peroxide. That led to the shelter-in-place order for residents within an 800-meter radius of the scene. [see “CN derailment near Montreal …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 14, 2024]. The northern portion of the area affected was released about 4:30 p.m. Thursday; the southern section was cleared about 4:30 a.m.
VIA Rail Canada and commuter rail operator Exo both were both impacted by the derailment. VIA, which cancelled seven trains between Montreal and Quebec City on Thursday, said previously it did not expect issues to continue into today. Exo’s website shows that operations on its Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line through Longueuil, which were cancelled Thurday, have resumed with normal service.
