Transit riders may see out-of-service trains operating on parts of the O-Train line this weekend, but it will be another week before Ottawa's nearly four-year-old light-rail transit system resumes service.
The shutdown of the LRT system is entering a fourth week as work continues to adjust the restraining rails at eight locations along the 12.5 km line and replace the wheel hub assemblies on all light-rail transit vehicles."To our customers, I ask for your continued patience," Transit Services general manager Renee Amilcar said on Friday.
In addition to adjusting the restraining rails, Rideau Transit Group continues to replace the wheel hub assemblies on LRT vehicles. The new Safety Note requires the leading and trailing wheel hub assemblies and axles to be replaced every 60,000 km. As part of the return-to-service plan, OC Transpo and RTG will conduct trial running in parallel to the repositioning of the restraining rails.
"Obviously, the focus has been very much on the work we need to do to resume service, but we have taken advantage of the fact we have not had trains in passenger service running on the main line," Richard Holder, Director of Engineering Services, told reporters last week. "We've also been able to get ahead a little bit on some of the Stage 2 work at the Blair interface, where we're extending the line," Holder said.
R1 westbound service will stop at each station between Blair and Tunney's Pasture, except for Lees Station.
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