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Full LRT service is again, OC Transpo chief Renée Amilcar introduced Tuesday afternoon.
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“This message is to advise that every one repairs to the O-Prepare Line 1 overhead catenary system, in addition to all the testing and verification actions, are full,” Amilcar mentioned in a letter to council and the transit fee.
O-Prepare Line 1 will resume full service at a standard frequency shortly, and 11 trains are deliberate to run through the afternoon peak interval.”
As soon as the trains are on the transfer, Transpo will take away the R1 bus service it had been offering for the reason that LRT was introduced down by a lightning strike Sunday evening.
Since then, staff have been changing about 900 metres of overhead wire between Lees and uOttawa stations.
A listening to was informed this week {that a} video recording confirmed lightning hitting the overhead messenger wire, which holds up the ability wires that ship power to the trains. The messenger wire broke, inserting stress on the overhead catenary energy wire, inflicting the ability wire to fall.
The cable fell on a stopped prepare, damaging the pantographs, that are the arms on prime of the trains that obtain power from the overhead wires.
“We acknowledge the impacts these disruptions have had on our clients, and we thank them for his or her continued endurance as we labored with Rideau Transit Group (RTG) to resolve the problems and return to regular operations. We wish to reassure our clients that the system is protected,” Amilcar mentioned in her message.
