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3 OC Transpo stations close for LRT test Sunday

Three OC Transpo stations were closed Sunday morning and afternoon in order to carry outlight rail testing.

Tunneys Pasture, Westboro, Dominion stations were affected

A red public transit train in winter.
A test to see how city buses and light rail trains would interact at Tunney's Pasture station took place on Sunday, March 31, 2019. (Krystalle Ramlakhan/CBC)

Three OC Transpo stations wereclosed Sunday morning and afternoon in order to carry outlight rail testing.

Tunney's Pasture, Westboro, and Dominion stations were closed between5 a.m until 2 p.m.

The tests are to simulate how city buses and light rail trains would interact at Tunney's pasture station.

Similar tests already occurred at other "key" bus stations, including Hurdman Station in October 2018.

Buses were on detour and served all existing stops on alternate routing on Wellington Road and Richmond Road, the transport agency said on their website.