Ottawa Transit Developments

[chrisw]

O-Train Line 1 service will not operate between Tunney’s Pasture and Rideau stations from Monday, July 15 to Sunday, July 28 while OC Transpo and Rideau Transit Maintenance perform corrective maintenance work along that section of the line. Regular O-Train Line 1 service will resume on Monday, July 29, 2024.

It's interesting that they have a two week annual maintenance as part of their contract.

O-Train Line 1 will partially close from July 15 to 28 for annual maintenance | City of Ottawa

ottawa.ca

 

[Allandale25]

 

[lrt's friend]

8 to 10 weeks assuming nothing crops up. That brings us to mid September to the start of October. No commitment to an opening date nor a final testing period.

 

[drum118]

Trillium Line enters final stage before opening, but still has no launch date​

 

[ARG1]

Images brought to you by Alex Horner (@biniirl) on Twitter:

 

[JasonParis]

The "Transitway" signage remaining is a bit... funny.

 

[ARG1]

The "Transitway" signage remaining is a bit... funny.

I mean, considering the transitway is still there and fully functional, I don't see what the problem is.

This is O-train south by the way, so its not replacing any transitway segments, simply interchanging with them.

 

[JasonParis]

Ahhh, gotcha.

 

[Allandale25]

Posted by Rail Fans Canada to their X account:

During the partial closure of O-Train Line 1, a number of activities were successfully completed, including:

• Drilling and grouting of the tunnel from Lyon Station to east of Rideau Station to address excess water infiltration. This advances the work that took place last year and will reduce future maintenance work related to water infiltration and water damage to infrastructure.
• Application of sealant to concrete infrastructure east of Tunney’s Pasture Station to further reduce the need for future maintenance work related to water ingress and water damage.
• Continuation of the work started in 2023 and new remediation work to address water infiltration in certain sections of the downtown tunnel and targeted areas within Parliament and Lyon stations.
• Sealant treatment of concrete beds and track support infrastructure around Tunney’s Pasture Station and adjacent areas.
• General maintenance and cleaning activities, including the cleaning of glass and artwork, paint removal at specific locations in downtown tunnel stations, concrete, and tile repairs.
• The Stage 2 Contractor EWC (East-West Connectors) made significant progress with overhead catenary system tie-in work adjacent to Tunney’s Pasture station.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

The "Transitway" signage remaining is a bit... funny

Images brought to you by Alex Horner (@biniirl) on Twitter:

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What is nice is bringing the new wayfinding to the Transitway parts as well. I like the new strip maps, and I noticed even stations without a train connection like Billings are getting new signage.

The entrance to South Keys also has one of the "lollipop" signs now, that was added later than these pictures

 

[Allandale25]

Trillium Line will not be open for first day of classes at Carleton University

The Trillium Line will not be open for the first day of classes at Carleton University, as testing and trial running continues on the new north-south light rail transit line. The 21-day testing period for the system has not started.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

 

[Allandale25]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/software-bugs-a-key-challenge-stalling-trillium-line-s-opening-1.7308378

 

[Bojaxs]

Someone was explaining to me that the Alstom Citadis's were the wrong train for the Confederation line because they are low- floor trains. Essentially Ottawa is trying to get what amounts to a streetcar to operate like a Metro. Something these trains were not designed to do and is causing all kinds of problems.

High-floor trains like the C-trains in Calgary should have been used instead because they have more conventional bogies like real trains and can handle running more frequent at higher speeds. Plus they have lower maintenance costs.

Would anyone here agree with this assessment or disagree?

 

[seanlucat]

Someone was explaining to me that the Alstom Citadis's were the wrong train for the Confederation line because they are low- floor trains. Essentially Ottawa is trying to get what amounts to a streetcar to operate like a Metro. Something these trains were not designed to do and is causing all kinds of problems.

High-floor trains like the C-trains in Calgary should have been used instead because they have more conventional bogies like real trains and can handle running more frequent at higher speeds. Plus they have lower maintenance costs.

Would anyone here agree with this assessment or disagree?

would go even further and say that we could've skipped over LRT and built a full metro akin to the skytrain or REM. but what's built is built unfortunately.

 

[Bojaxs]

would go even further and say that we could've skipped over LRT and built a full metro akin to the skytrain or REM. but what's built is built unfortunately.

I'm so behind the curve. Apparently this has been a hot topic for some time now. I've been doing a deep dive on this, reading year old complaints on Reddit about the trains and studying LRV's and the differences between high-floor and low-floor trains. Seems like high-floor trains probably should have been used for this line. But apparently the costs to convert the line to accommodate high-floor trains would be astronomical. Stations would have to be converted as well. Damn! This has the potential to become such a boondoggle.