Grinding away: Two additional partial LRT shutdowns needed for maintenance work

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Two additional “service adjustments” for Ottawa’s LRT system will be required in the next week to complete necessary rail grinding work, Transit General Manager Renée Amilcar said Tuesday in a memo to city council.

“We have worked collaboratively with (Rideau Transit Maintenance) to plan for the completion of this work as soon as possible and with minimal impacts to customers,” the memo said, specifying the respective impacts on parts of the Confederation Line.

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Thursday, November 7

• O-Train Line 1 will close at 11 p.m. between Tunney’s Pasture and Hurdman stations, with R1 replacement bus service running between those stations for the remaining service hours.
• O-Train Line 1 will continue to run between Hurdman and Blair stations in the east end.

Sunday, November 10

• O-Train Line 1 will run in the western section between Tunney’s Pasture and uOttawa stations all day.
• R1 bus service will run in the eastern section between Rideau and Blair stations all day.
• Shuttle bus service will run between Cyrville and St-Laurent stations, and between Lees Station and Mackenzie King Bridge.

Full service at all stations is planned to resume on the morning of Nov. 11, Amilcar’s memo said.

“Completing the planned rail grinding work is key in supporting the long-term reliability and sustainability of O-Train Line 1. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by these additional service adjustments, and we thank our customers for their patience during the temporary closures,” she wrote.

The planned maintenance period requiring temporary weekend and late-night O-Train service reductions began Oct. 19 and had been scheduled to end Nov. 3.

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Amilcar’s memo said Rideau Transit Maintenance “successfully completed” ballast work primarily between Hurdman and Tremblay stations.

Additionally, the memo said, the city’s Infrastructure and Water Services Department continued the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual inspection of the ceiling at St-Laurent Station. Inspection work in the pedestrian tunnel is ongoing, but should not impact Line 1 service, it added.

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