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Power outage affects LRT service Sunday night

OC Transpo tweeted at about 8:30 p.m. that R1 bus service was running between the Parliament and St. Laurent stations.

File photo: Ottawa's Confederation Line LRT.
File photo: Ottawa's Confederation Line LRT. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia

OC Transpo reported Sunday night that there was a partial LRT shutdown due to a power outage.

It tweeted at about 8:30 p.m. that R1 bus service was running between the Parliament and St. Laurent stations. It said trains continued to operate between the Tunney’s Pasture and Parliament stations, and the Blair and Tremblay stations.

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It said staff was on hand to assist travellers.

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