o-train trillium line given green light to begin saturday service
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trillium line lrt near carleton university in a file photo from earlier this winter.
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saturday o-train service to limebank station and the ottawa airport will begin on jan. 25.
transit general manger renée amilcar announced the expanded six-days-a-week service on lines 2 and 4 in a memo to the mayor and members of council on thursday. the new north-south train began carrying passengers on jan. 6, but has only run monday to friday to give staff the time on weekends to do any required maintenance and assess performance.
“this includes assessing a number of factors, such as overall system operation, stability of staffing levels, full fleet availability, completion of all maintenance activities and that staff are able to respond appropriately to address any service issues when they arise,” amilcar’s memo said.
“to date, service is operating as planned with only minor delays experienced, which have been responded to and addressed in a timely manner by oc transpo and our maintainer, transitnext.”
so far, the only glitch has been one brief service interruption, she said.
“on monday, jan. 13, a train on line 4 encountered technical issues and a brief system hold was put in place. oc transpo and transitnext responded efficiently and restored service on one track until the impacted train was replaced and full service resumed.”
line 4 is the spur from hunt club to the airport, with line 2 running between limebank and bayview station, where it connects with the existing line 1 service, also known as the confederation line.
weekday service runs from 6 a.m. to midnight, while the new saturday service will run from 6:30 a.m. to midnight. it will be at least another two weeks after that before oc transpo decides to add sunday service.
oc transpo is continuing to run parallel bus service to the trillium line, including b2 buses and routes 97 and 99.
amilcar is expected to give a full update on trillium line performance at the next transit commission meeting on feb. 13.
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