This is the third and final weekend of planned shutdowns on the Confederation Line this fall, as OC Transpo and Rideau Transit Group address rail corrugation on the five-year-old east-west LRT line. "It was a little rough. I just need to get to Rideau from here and I did not realize it would be a 40-minute wait for the bus versus the five minutes on the train," Sinatrio Raharjo said on Saturday.
There have been late night and weekend closures on the Confederation Line since Saturday, Oct. 19. The O-Train was shut down between Hurdman and Blair stations the weekend of Oct.
19 and 20 and the full LRT line has been out of service the weekends of Oct. 26-27 and Nov. 2-3.
Full service with no interruptions is expected to resume on Monday. The Transit Commission was told last month rail grinding will address rail corrugation. Staff said, "Removing corrugation improves effectiveness of the top-of-rail and wheel flange lubrication systems.
" OC Transpo hopes the work will lead to "smoother transitions entering and exiting the curves." "We know that this is routine, planned maintenance. This is not the LRT going down unexpectedly," Coun.
Stephanie Plante said on Saturday. "We know that we need to have our LRT in tip top shape leading up to the winter season, because we need a reliable transit network. We need people taking transit, and we need our transit to take people where they need to go.
" Plante says everyone is "hoping, crossed fingers, everything works smoothly in the coming mon.
