UPDATE | Trains are again running between Rideau and Tunney's Pasture station after lightning damaged equipment, tracks and a train:
The City of Ottawa held a news conference Tuesday afternoon to address questions and concerns about OC Transpo's most recent light-rail failures, after a majority of trains were taken off the rails due to "technical issues."Posted: Jul 26, 2022 2:16 PM ET | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago
The City of Ottawa held a news conference Tuesday afternoon to address questions and concerns about OC Transpo's most recent light-rail failures, after a majority of trains were taken off the rails due to "technical issues." "It is unfortunate that these two events happened at the same time. I want to stress to our customers that these two incidents are not related," said Amilcar, during the city update Tuesday.As of Wednesday morning service was restored between Tunney's Pasture and Rideau stations in the west, and between Blair and St-Laurent stations in the east.Line 1 service operating in the east from Blair to St-Laurent. R1 buses from St-Laurent to Rideau.
Regarding the wheel-hub incident, Guerra said when investigators removed the axle of the train with vibrations, it found the hub was cracked. As a result, 20 light-rail train cars with more than 175,000 kilometres on them were pulled to replace axle hubs as a precautionary measure.- Mario Guerra, CEO Rideau Transit MaintenanceTwo cars have been processed and cleared for return to service. He expects to release two vehicles per day.
"I've been in this business 40 years and I've never experienced a direct hit like this with lightning," said Guerra. He said though there are lightning arresters in place — which protect the insulation and conductors from lightning — he's looking to engineers to find out "if they're enough."
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