REM users can't buy monthly transit passes at North Shore stations

Some commuters north of Laval have discovered they are unable to purchase monthly passes to ride the REM at their local stations. That’s because even though all of the REM’s stations are outfitted with the newest fare machines, the stations north of Laval don’t sell Opus cards that work in the region outside Montreal, Laval and Longueuil, called Zone C. In fact, nowhere in the city of Deux-Montagnes can you purchase a card that can be loaded with monthly fares. “You can b