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RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 05-08-2019
The red lollipop-style signs are pretty neat.
RE: Ottawa LRT - ijmorlan - 05-08-2019
(05-08-2019, 01:15 PM)KevinL Wrote: The red lollipop-style signs are pretty neat.
Maybe someday they’ll be as iconic as London Underground signs!
RE: Ottawa LRT - Spokes - 05-09-2019
So does this mean we beat Ottawa??
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 05-09-2019
It's possible they could still announce a (say) mid-June launch date, but I think that's getting increasingly unlikely at this point.
RE: Ottawa LRT - jason897 - 05-10-2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/confederation-line-lrt-update-may-10-2019-1.5130789
This seems to say late July at earliest?
RE: Ottawa LRT - ac3r - 06-03-2019
I like their use of Alstom Coradia LINT trains. While they are diesel powered, they are nice and big inside. I've spent some time in European cities where they use those. The Stadler FLIRT trains will be quite similar. Nice to see they electrified the Confederation Line and are using Alstom Citadis Spirit - less pollution and noise that way.
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 07-21-2019
Alstom has finally completed the work on the trains, and the LRT is now onto the full-blown test. They are expecting a handover to the city on 16 August, with service starting in mid-September.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5478612/new-ottawa-lrt-handover-date-august-16/
In the end, the contest between Waterloo Region and Ottawa wasn't even close: it looks like their service will start roughly three months after ours.
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 07-27-2019
LRT project reaches 'substantial completion' https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/lrt-project-reaches-substantial-completion-1.4526324
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 08-20-2019
Handover deadline missed again.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/lrt-deadline-day-is-here-again
Maybe it'll really happen this week though?
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 09-15-2019
A successful opening yesterday!
Many updates with photos etc are available online from various individuals' social media; the best overview I found was this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttek78mRoRg
RE: Ottawa LRT - Acitta - 09-15-2019
First riders use Ottawa's new LRT system
RE: Ottawa LRT - drum118 - 09-17-2019
Very impress with Ottawa system and was there on opening day. Got on a train at 1:50 in place of the plan 2 pm. Not as busy as I thought it would be, similar to KW opening.
Been short on trains, still ran 15 pairs every 4 minutes, but at times it was between 4-7 minutes, depending on the time of day and stations. Blair seem to be a problem station for fares with long backup.
A few issues today, but par for the courses. Come Oct 6 will be a tell tale for the system with a number of route disappearing along with buses and 600 drivers.
https://youtu.be/6Dv_WtiPNzY
https://youtu.be/tMpSrKI5EFE
RE: Ottawa LRT - Spokes - 09-17-2019
That's awesome frequency!
RE: Ottawa LRT - Rainrider22 - 01-27-2020
Ottawa is still having some problems... To be expected though
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-power-problems-affect-monday-commute-1.5441220
RE: Ottawa LRT - Rainrider22 - 02-20-2020
More growing pains for Ottawa LRT...The frigid cold is causing some issues maybe. Funny, at the end of the article they have to add a part about a payment being made quietly to the operator as though it shouldn't have happened...
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1901320