Some LRT disruptions continue Thursday, after loss of power stranded passengers in stuck trains

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OC Transpo is constant to make use of R1 buses service between Rideau and Blair stations Thursday because the system continues to be affected by freezing rain points.

About three dozen passengers had been caught in two stopped LRT trains in a single day, some for nearly an hour, in an incident OC Transpo blames on ice buildup on the catenary system that powers the rail line.

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A freezing rain warning stays in impact for Ottawa Thursday morning.

As of about 6:15 a.m. Thursday, practice service was operating between Tunney’s Pasture and the College of Ottawa, OC Transpo mentioned. Alternative bus service was operating between Rideau and Blair stations with a shuttle bus between St. Laurent and Cyrville stations.

Workers are readily available to assist riders, the transit service mentioned promising updates to come back.

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Renée Amilcar, basic supervisor of transit companies, mentioned in a memo to metropolis council early Thursday that an eastbound practice stopped between Lees and Hurdman stations at about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Alstom technicians had been dispatched to attempt to get the practice operating and the transit operations management centre started operating eastbound service on a single observe.

However quickly after, a second practice stopped on the other observe between Lees and Hurdman. Extra Alstom technicians had been dispatched to the second practice.

Freezing rain was falling so transit workers determined to maintain passengers on board the trains throughout work to revive service, Amilcar wrote.

At about 12:40 a.m., OC Transpo particular constables and different transit workers had been despatched to escort about 37 passengers from the 2 caught trains to Hurdman station the place they boarded a bus to proceed their journey.

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A preliminary evaluation pins the reason for the stopped trains on ice buildup on the catenary system.

There was additionally a short lived energy loss between Blair Station and Tremblay Station from about 12:05 a.m. to about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Alternative buses had been launched whereas rail service ran in a loop between UOttawa Station and Tunney’s Pasture Station.

With trains stopped east of Lees Station, ice started to construct up on the overhead catenary system in that space. Crews and trains with ice scrapers had been despatched to take away ice from the system, which delayed eradicating the 2 caught trains.

“The basis explanation for the ability loss is below investigation,” Amilcar mentioned.

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