{"id":910671,"date":"2026-09-26T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/910671\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:28:12","slug":"switch-issue-behind-latest-disruption-on-o-train-line-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/910671\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch issue behind latest disruption on O-Train Line 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Line 4 of Ottawa&#8217;s O-train network has been disrupted by a &#8220;switch issue&#8221; Saturday, according to OC Transpo, the fourth time this month the line&#8217;s experienced problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains are still running in both directions along the three-station line, but only on one platform, a spokesperson told CBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The transit agency <a data-ylk=\"slk:posted online;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/helps.octranspo.com\/post\/3mwggchepbk2y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">posted online<\/a> that route 105 bus service is also running between the airport and South Keys station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Bus route 105 service is always available to the airport. Right now, the only thing a customer would experience is being served on a single platform and potentially a slight delay in Line 4 service,&#8221; the spokesperson wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Customers would be informed when things go back to normal by text alerts, social media posts and station announcements, they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Service on Line 4 has been suspended on three other occasions this month:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Line 4 was also closed due to staffing shortages in <a data-ylk=\"slk:May;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/trains-running-again-on-lines-1-and-4-after-staffing-related-shutdown-9.7202604\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">May<\/a> and <a data-ylk=\"slk:June;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/trains-running-again-on-line-4-after-latest-weekend-staffing-shortage-9.7243196\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The issue also comes as OC Transpo is offering <a data-ylk=\"slk:free transit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/city-hall\/city-news\/newsroom\/oc-transpo-offering-free-transit-weekend-september-26-and-27\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">free transit<\/a> over the weekend, coinciding with <a data-ylk=\"slk:Ottawa&#039;s 200th anniversary celebrations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/ottawa-200-celebrations-9.7359030\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa&#8217;s 200th anniversary celebrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Line 4 of Ottawa&#8217;s O-train network has been disrupted by a &#8220;switch issue&#8221; Saturday, according to OC Transpo,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,217513,20739,314614,36849],"class_list":["post-910671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-oc-transpo","tag-ottawa","tag-south-keys-station","tag-spokesperson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910671","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=910671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}