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Ottawa LRT
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#331
05-08-2019, 12:31 PM
Recent Ottawa station pics...

   
Stand alone entrance - Lyon St / Queen St

   
Entrance to Lyon Station Queen St as part of Place de Ville tower.

   
Entrance from Place de Ville underground shopping complex.

Can't wait to get into the stations and check them out!

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#332
05-08-2019, 01:15 PM
The red lollipop-style signs are pretty neat.
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#333
05-08-2019, 05:02 PM
(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!
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#334
05-09-2019, 06:44 AM
So does this mean we beat Ottawa??
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#335
05-09-2019, 09:27 AM
It's possible they could still announce a (say) mid-June launch date, but I think that's getting increasingly unlikely at this point.
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#336
05-10-2019, 09:27 PM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/co...-1.5130789

This seems to say late July at earliest?
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#337
06-03-2019, 01:44 PM
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.
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#338
07-21-2019, 12:00 PM
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-o...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.
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#339
07-27-2019, 04:03 PM
LRT project reaches 'substantial completion' https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/lrt-project-re...-1.4526324
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#340
08-20-2019, 04:42 PM
Handover deadline missed again.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new...here-again

Maybe it'll really happen this week though?
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#341
09-15-2019, 10:49 AM
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
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#342
09-15-2019, 02:05 PM
First riders use Ottawa's new LRT system
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#343
09-17-2019, 12:58 AM
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
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#344
09-17-2019, 12:46 PM
That's awesome frequency!
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#345
01-27-2020, 12:04 PM
Ottawa is still having some problems... To be expected though

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lr...-1.5441220
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