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Bayview Station for Line 2 LRT in June 2019. Starting Wednesday August 28, the O-Train Line 2 platform is moving to the lower level of new Bayview Station. Use the north underpass entrance access the platform. You will find fare gates and ticket machines at the entrance. ...

Mayor Jim Watson receives the ceremonial “key to the train” from Peter Lauch, CEO of the Rideau Transit Group. (CBC Ottawa video screengrab) Mayor Jim Watson has announced the Confederation Line will be open and running for the public starting Saturday, Sept. ...

A Confederation Line train being tested. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Two major LRT-related news items this week… The first is the LRT builder, Rideau Transit Group, achieving “substantial completion” of the Confederation Line. Final testing for 12 consecutive days is underway before the city takes over the system and it’s possible for the line to be open by September if all goes well. ...

An earlier shot of the Confederation Line testing (City of Ottawa) If you like either or both: The Confederation Line Upbeat elevator music Then Coun. Jeff Leiper has just the video! He got a vantage point from the tower being constructed at Scott Street and Carruthers Avenue on Monday to partake in the splendid views afforded of the Confederation Line. ...

Recent photo of coupled train testing on the Confederation Line, via City of Ottawa rail office. A controversy over the Trillium Line extension contract involving SNC-Lavalin, the province commits $1.2 billion for Stage 2 work, while train testing picks up. Here’s a summary of the week in LRT. ...

Artist’s rendering of a finished St-Laurent Station. (via ligneconfederationline.ca) Mayor Jim Watson thinks the Confederation Line will be ready before the end of Q2, he told CTV Ottawa on Tuesday. Watson was being interviewed about the federal budget when Graham Richardson asked him about LRT. ...

Artist’s rendering of a finished St-Laurent Station. (via ligneconfederationline.ca) “Third time was not the charm,” says CBC Ottawa. “LRT builder nets unflattering hat trick,” the Ottawa Citizen added. LRT builder Rideau Transit Group, or RTG, confirmed on Tuesday that it will miss the March 31 deadline to have the $2. ...

A look at the kind of train Ottawa’s Confederation Line will use. (City of Ottawa) When light rail service begins in 2018 2019, a lot about taking transit in Ottawa will change. OC Transpo outlines everything that’s new and unfamiliar in their $1-million marketing campaign, Ready 4 Rail ...

October 10 – OC Transpo has revised some routes due to the delayed opening of O-Train Line 1, the Confederation Line. Several routes will be adjusted starting Monday, October 15, to improve connectivity and reduce walking distances. Route 11 – Downtown The downtown loop of Route 11 will be adjusted to improve connections to Route 12 and to rapid and frequent routes on Albert and Slater streets. ...

Artist’s rendering of a completed Rideau Station. In news that should surprise nobody who had been paying attention, the City of Ottawa revealed Monday that the Confederation Line won’t be ready in 2018 at all. Instead, it should be operational in Q1 2019. ...