{"id":531404,"date":"2026-03-12T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:45:08","slug":"lrt-disruptions-continue-thursday-because-of-wire-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531404\/","title":{"rendered":"LRT disruptions continue Thursday because of wire problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ottawa’s Line 1 remains closed east of uOttawa station Thursday morning after the overhead power system was damaged during Wednesday’s wet, icy weather.<\/p>\n

R1 replacement buses are now running between Lyon and Blair stations, extending that service into downtown.<\/p>\n

Trains are running between uOttawa and Tunney’s Pasture.<\/p>\n

Staff reported “arcing” on trains between Hurdman and Lees stations early Wednesday afternoon, according to a memo to city councillors from interim OC Transpo general manager Troy Charter.<\/p>\n

Damage to the overhead catenary system<\/a> \u2014 which powers the LRT network \u2014 was also reported in the same corridor, Charter said, and it appears to be related to weather.<\/p>\n

The Ottawa-Gatineau area was under a freezing rain warning<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Sparking over a Line 1 train:\"\"<\/p>\n

Overhead wire on LRT car lights up, stalls train near Lees Station<\/p>\n

Video filmed by Jana Mghabghab, a student who was walking near the tracks, shows sparking along the LRT catenary system. Emma Weller has the latest. <\/p>\n

It’s not the first time the overhead catenary system has been the source of\u00a0problems on the LRT network<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Service on Line 1 is also reduced<\/a> because of a wheel problem detected in January. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-531404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}