City to open LRT by the end of November

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The $2.1-billion first phase of the Confederation Line LRT will open to customers by the end of November, Mayor Jim Watson said Tuesday.

Watson provided the date during a finance and economic development committee meeting. City management will provide more details.

I'm excited to announce that our Light Rail Transit (LRT) System will launch in November 2018! #OttLRT #Ottnews/ Fier d'annoncer que nous monterons à bord de notre system de train léger en novembre 2018! #OttTLR pic.twitter.com/fxFycIq1lL

— Jim Watson (@JimWatsonOttawa) February 6, 2018
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The city was scheduled to take possession of its 12.5-kilometre LRT system on May 24, but over the past three months it became increasingly clear to city management that the handoff would be delayed.

Construction started in spring 2013.

The first phase of the electrified rail system will have 13 stations between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair stations. Trains will travel through the downtown via a 2.5-kilometre tunnel between roughly Bronson Avenue and the University of Ottawa.

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