O-Train service resumes Feb 2, 2009, before the buses restart

January 31, 2009 - 9:03am — tim

Carleton students:

Anyone who is currently getting a drive from someone
else, to and from Carleton U. may find it more convenient to
be dropped off at one of the stations along the O-Train line,
and take the O-Train to Carleton.

This will avoid having your driver fight traffic on Bronson
Ave., which will still be severe, since no OC Transpo bus
service is expected to resume for several more days after
the O-Train restarts.

Anyone driving to Carleton U. from anywhere in the south
end of town may find it more convenient to park at the
Greenboro Park & Ride lot, at the north end of the South
Keys Shopping Centre, on Bank St. at Johnston Road, and
take the O-Train to Carleton.

Parking is free at Greenboro, except in the Gold spots.

Full bus service is expected to take an additional
several weeks to resume.

O-Train service restarts Monday morning, Feb. 2, 2009.

The O-Train will be free for the foreseeable future.

Take this opportunity to try out the O-Train, if you haven't
already, and help reduce traffic congestion, air pollution,
fuel consumption, and stress due to being stuck in traffic.

O-Train schedule:
Here's a link to OC Transpo's schedule page:
http://www.octranspo.com/maps_menue.htm

Click on O-Train in upper left to get the O-Train's schedule
for each station.

This message is sent to you as a public service from the
Friends of the O-Train.

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I'm pumped about the O-train. I am an O-train only transit user (I chose to live in a place where I could get to and from work with only the O-train) so this makes me happy. Thanks for the updates!

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August 12, 2009 - 5:51am — Stafne

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The O-Train was introduced in 2001 as a pilot project to provide an alternative to the busways on which Ottawa had long depended exclusively for its high-grade transit service (see Ottawa Rapid Transit) for jsp hosting.

The present system uses three diesel-powered Bombardier Talent BR643 low-floor diesel multiple unit trains. It is legally considered a mainline railway despite being used for local public transport purposes, and the service it provides at present is, in terms of its route and service frequency, more like that of an urban railway than a metro or tramway. OC Transpo operates it under the official name of ‘Capital Railway free web hosting’, which appears on the trains along with their regular logo. It was, however, described as ‘light rail’, partly because plans called for it to be extended into Ottawa’s downtown as a tramway-like service, and partly because the Talents, though designed for mainline railways in Europe, are much smaller and lighter than most mainline trains in North America, and do not meet the AAR's standards for crash strength domain hosting. Ottawa is also authorized to run trains with only a single operator and no other crew, something quite rare on mainline railways in North America.

O-Train service resumes Feb 2, 2009, before the buses restart

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