Ottawa Transit

• ‘Cold start’ to new year: Ottawa official sorry for closure, LRT to reopen Tuesday

  It's been six days since a winter storm damaged overhead lines, leaving trains stuck on the tracks and forcing a partial closure of the system. 

  Canada

  Jan 10
  
• Ottawa’s LRT system still partly closed and under repair after freezing rain damage

  The storm on Wednesday evening damaged overhead lines and left a number of trains stuck on the tracks for days. 

  Canada

  Jan 9
  
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• Ottawa council hoping transit fare freeze will help ridership bounce back

  Ottawa city council is freezing transit fares for one year in an effort to restore the public's trust after the light rail transit system debacle.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2022
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• Ottawa council votes to end citizen roles on transit oversight commission

  Ottawa city councillors have voted to eliminate citizen representation on the transit commission, despite warnings that public trust is at an all-time low.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2022
• Ottawa residents seek accountability, apologies over LRT system failures

  On Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford told reporters that the city did a "terrible job" overseeing the system. 

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2022
• ‘Egregious’: Public inquiry finds ‘deliberate malfeasance’ plagued Ottawa LRT project

  Justice William Hourigan's report says "deliberate malfeasance is unacceptable in a public project" and makes 103 recommendations to fix the problems.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
• Final report into issues with Ottawa’s LRT system to be released Wednesday

  A public inquiry that began in November of last year is scheduled to release its final report on Wednesday morning.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2022
• Construction delays for Ottawa light rail extension add 17 months to part of project

  Ottawa's light rail transit has been hit with construction delays that have pushed back its western line extension until late 2026. 

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2022
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• Inquiry begins hearing testimony on Ottawa’s off the rails transit system

  A provincially imposed public inquiry begins Monday to hear testimony from staff and the consortium that built the line on how Ottawa's transit project went so far off the rails.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2022
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• Ottawa LRT: Trillium Line extension delayed until spring 2023

  The extensions to Ottawa's light-rail transit system in the south and west are both facing delays, with COVID-19 cited as one of the factors.

  News

  Dec 17, 2021