Transpo Shoots For Full O-Train Service On Sunday
This is a release from the City of Ottawa:
Good evening Mayor and Members of Council,
I am writing to provide you with an update on the impact of a damaged insulator and related components of the O-Train’s Overhead Catenary System that have partially affected service.
Today’s service:
Rail service has been running well today with the following schedule in place:
- Line 1 is running in both directions between Tunney’s Pasture and St Laurent stations.
- Line 1 is running in both directions on a single track between St-Laurent and Blair Stations.
Tonight’s service:
Between midnight and the end of service tonight, the following modifications will be put in place:
- Line 1 will run in both directions between Tunney’s Pasture and St-Laurent stations
- R1 bus service will run between St-Laurent and Blair stations
- An R1 Shuttle will operate between St-Laurent and Cyrville stations
These modifications are needed to provide RTM with additional time to complete their on-site investigation and complete the necessary work to allow the service to launch on time on Sunday morning. Signage and staff continue to be available at key locations to assist customers.
Repair work:
RTM has brought forward a plan to temporarily isolate the damaged portion of the overhead catenary system to allow rail service to resume on both tracks. This will allow time for further investigation and a thorough assessment of all surrounding infrastructure to ensure that all damaged components are repaired or replaced later without impacting service. Once the isolation is complete, OC Transpo will run a test train on both tracks. A successful test would support a decision to launch Sunday service on both tracks from Tunney’s Pasture to Blair Station.
OC Transpo staff continue to work closely with Rideau Transit Maintenance and have engaged TRA to provide additional perspectives and added oversight to the restoration of service. Our goal remains to restore full service across Line 1 as soon as possible.
Customers will be notified of any further impacts to service through our regular communications channels and I will continue to provide you with updates as soon as they are available.
Thank you,
Renée Amilcar
General Manager, Transit Services Department
Directrice générale, Services de transport en commun
City of Ottawa | Ville d’Ottawa
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Lost Rail in Trouble is shooting for “full Service” on Sunday. Is that one or two cars every one or two hours? c/w bus backup? Shoot for the stars and you may hit the moon! Lets get those electric busses going so Ottawa can have more faulty transit.
About that headline: the service is definitely full o’ something; I’m just not sure it’s full o’ train.
It’s very lucky that this happened on a Friday night after the majority of the train’s service day was done and they had two full days to get things back on track, as it were, for Monday morning’s rush hour.