OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa’s transit service manager now says she is “very confident” that the light rail Confederation Line will resume operation on Aug. 14, after initially hedging on that estimate.
The Ottawa Citizen reports Renée Amilcar said Thursday that she holds that view “based on the work done by RTG [system operator Rideau Transit Group], Alstom, and OC Transpo, that we have a solid plan to restore rail service.”
Trial runs will begin soon, Amilcar said. Work is currently in progress to adjust restraining rails on curves at 16 locations on the 7.8-mile, 13-station Confederation Line to ensure wheels on the light rail vehicles do not touch those rails, part of the effort to reduce stress on a problematic wheel hub assembly.
The Confederation Line has been shut down since July 17, when routine maintenance discovered problems with an axle bearing on one of the system’s 45 Alstom light rail vehicles [see “No timeline set for reopening …,” Trains News Wire, July 19, 2023].
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