Ottawa Light Rapid Transit

RTG orders 38 Alstom LRVs for Ottawa

RIDEAU Transit Group (RTG) has awarded Alstom a $C 300m ($US 227m) contract to supply 38 Citadis Spirit low-floor LRVs for the Stage 2 O-Train light rail expansion project in Ottawa, Ontario, which received federal funding on June 16.

Study: Extend Ottawa O-Train, boost LRT use

An interagency report released Tuesday recommends Ottawa’s existing O-Train diesel light rail transit (DLRT) service be extended across the Ottawa River “to better integrate transit between the downtown cores of Ottawa and Gatineau.”