Ottawa·NewThe closure was announced back in August as part of the maintenance plan to replace rails, upgrade cables and perform rail grinding on the east-west LRT line.Noise levels could rise for ‘short periods’ during LRT work, OC Transpo warnsCBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2025 1:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes agoLine 1 is closing over the weekend for ongoing maintenance of the city’s LRT system. (CBC)Line 1 of the O-Train will be closed this Saturday and Sunday for scheduled maintenance work, says OC Transpo. The closure was announced back in August as part of the maintenance plan to replace rails, upgrade cables and perform rail grinding, among other work.The R1 replacement bus will run between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair stations. A shuttle bus will run between Cyrville and St-Laurent stations. Service on Line 1 will resume Monday morning as normal. An alert on OC Transpo’s website in September noted that people who live near Line 1 could hear noise levels rise “for short periods of time” while this work is underway, but any disruptions should end by Oct. 6.This City of Ottawa graphic shows how the R1 replacement bus will run during the O-Train Line 1 closure. (City of Ottawa)
Line 1 to close this weekend for scheduled maintenance
