EDMONTON — LRT service will resume Sunday night following a weekend of signal testing.
Service is expected to resume at 7 p.m. on the Capital Line. LRT service was originally scheduled to be shut down all day Sunday for the ongoing testing, but late Sunday afternoon the city said the testing finished early.
The signalling system contractor, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions, is expected to hand over the Metro Line signalling system to the City of Edmonton on Monday. Following the handover, ETS will need about six weeks to evaluate the system and complete staff training.
The much-anticipated line to NAIT has been delayed several times because of difficulty with the signalling system. The Metro Line was originally scheduled to be in operation in April 2014.
The City of Edmonton remains “cautiously optimistic” it will be ready for passengers later this spring.