Just in case you’d forgotten or got the date mixed up, here’s a reminder that service on the east-west LRT Line 1 system will be impacted by repairs being conducted on Sunday.
Software updates to fix issues that caused the latest delay in pre-trial running for the east extension of Line 1 are to be completed on the morning of Nov. 15, meaning LRT cars won’t be moving on the tracks until 12 noon.
That means replacement buses are to run between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair stations between 8 a.m. and 12 noon, as well as shuttle bus services between St-Laurent and Cyrville stations and between Lees Station and Mackenzie King Bridge.
Following installation, the software will be tested and validated, OC Transpo said in an online post Saturday.
Those measures were first announced in a memo from City of Ottawa transit general manager Rick Leary on Nov. 5.
OC Transpo said at that time and again on Saturday that it expected to run all trains beyond the current end of Line 1 and into the east extension to Trim Station starting Nov. 22, although passengers will only be able to ride as far as the current end of the line at Blair Station.
It is also expected to be the first time all 23 trains (46 cars) will be in service, running at a frequency of every four and a half minutes or so.
“This allows us to test the vehicles, schedules and staffing assignments, and is the next step in the preparation for pre-trial running,” Leary wrote in his memo. “This is a similar process that was followed in the successful launch of Lines 2 and 4.”
OC Transpo has not yet announced when it expects to start the pre-trial running phase for the east extension, which is expected to last about one week. Once that’s complete, 21 days of trial runs will follow.
The long-awaited east extension will include five additional stops along Line 1 in the east end: Montreal, Jeanne d’Arc, Convent Glen, Place d’Orléans and Trim stations.
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