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Another LRT shutdown begins today

The Confederation Line will be closed in its entirety Sunday, and the section from Tunney's Pasture to Lees stations will remain closed until Thursday.

Entire Confederation Line out of service for maintenance Sunday, Tunney's to Lees closed until Thursday

A sign for R1 replacement buses on a street-level transit station.
A sign outside Parliament station in downtown Ottawa points the way to replacement buses while the Confederation Line is closed for maintenance and improvements. (Andrew Foote/CBC)

Ottawa's light rail line is shutting down again for maintenance and improvements, beginning today.

The Confederation Line will be closed in its entirety Sunday, and the section from Tunney's Pasture to Lees stations will remain closed until Thursday.

R1 replacement buses will run between stations that don't have train service.

OC Transpo and LRT builders RTGhave been taking advantage ofthe dramatic drop in ridership during the pandemicto intermittently close the transit system and work on improving its spotty service. The Confederation Line was launched last fall.

Thislatest workincludes testing updated software and improving the overhead power system.

Transit ridership has been steadily increasing as more businesses and services reopen, promptingOC Transpo to require passengers and employees to wear non-medical masksaboardtrains and buses, and at stations.

OC Transpo plans to restorefull summer service beginningJune 28.

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