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Full-length service has now been fully restored after “arcing” on the overhead power system forced parts of the line to close for several days.
OC Transpo confirmed the service restoration in a Sunday morning update on social media.
Interim OC Transpo general manager Troy Charter said in a Saturday night memo that riders on Ottawa’s LRT could take Line 1 as far east as St-Laurent Station, with work still being done to restore service to Blair Station.
Charter said repairs would be finalized overnight at Blair Station with service fully back up on Sunday morning.
The partial closure stems from two separate incidents, on Wednesday and Friday, involving “arcing,” or sparks flying from the wires of the system’s overhead power system.
The issue began during the freezing rain on Wednesday.