Montreal metro service resumes

Service has resumedon the orange line of Montreal's metro system.

Commuters were left in the lurch when service was disruptedfor about an hour at the peak of rush hour.

The orange line ground toa halt between the Berri-UQAM and Montmorency metro stations around 7:30 a.m, although the rest of the network was working as usual.

The STM confirmed paramedics had to be called to the Laurier station.

The transit agency scrambled to provideextra buses for those stranded, and Laval's transit service ordered itsbuses to make detours to take commuters onto the island.

This is the second major disruption of the metro system in less than a week.

Computer problems paralyzed the entire networklast Tuesdayin the middle of the afternoonrush hour.