EDMONTON – Edmonton Transit buses will replace all LRT service on Sunday, September 14 to allow for ongoing testing of a new LRT signalling system.
The city says LRT service along the entire Capital Line – from Clareview to Century Park stations – will be suspended for the day.
Bus route 505 will replace LRT service and buses will stop at every station between Clareview and Century Park.
Service frequency will be seven to eight minutes.
This isn’t the first time this year the system has been shut down for signal testing.
It happened on Sunday, August 10 and at the end of June.
In March, the city said while construction on the Metro Line to NAIT was completed on schedule, it was taking longer than anticipated for the contractor to complete the new signalling system.
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The 3.3-kilometre Metro Line was originally expected to be ready for passengers in April 2014. In December, the city announced the opening date would be pushed back to June 2014. Now, the city expects the Metro Line to open at the end of the year.
On Friday, the city said testing of the signalling system will continue “until it is ready to support the operation of the Metro Line.”
The new system will allow the Metro Line and the Capital Line to safely – and efficiently – share the same tracks between the Health Sciences/Jubilee Station and Churchill Station.
The city says if further tests are needed, they’ll be scheduled to cause the least amount of disruptions to transit customers.
For updates and more details, visit the ETS website.
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