OC Transpo O-Train Line 1: Service Disruption on Nov 10, 2022 (Observation at uOttawa Stn)

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On Thursday, November 10, 2022 around after 3:50pm (during the PM Rush Hour), there was a "stopped train" forcing westbound trains from Blair to travel "the wrong way" on Track 2 (eastbound tracks) between Hurdman and uOttawa.
As a result, OC Transpo decided to split the LRT service into two separate shuttle train service. The Shuttle Train service arrangement was as follows:
Tunney's Pasture Shuttle Train (between Tunney's Pasture to uOttawa), using Platform 1 (westbound platform)
Blair Shuttle Train (between Blair and uOttawa), using Platform 2 (eastbound platform)
All passengers travelling beyond uOttawa in either Shuttle Trains MUST transfer at uOttawa Station. The Tunney's Pasture Shuttle Train would be utilizing Platform 1 (westbound platform), while the Blair Shuttle Train would be utilizing Platform 2 (eastbound platform).
Unfortunately, one of the Tunney's Pasture Shuttle Train arriving into uOttawa Station onto Platform 1 came to a suddenly stop while crossing over from Track 2 (eastbound tracks) to Track 1 (westbound tracks) just west of uOttawa Station. After a bit of delay in resolving the issue, the Tunney's Pasture Shuttle train was able to it to uOttawa Station on Platform 1.
(Full disclosure: I was aboard this particular Tunney's Pasture Shuttle Train when the problem occurred while crossing over from Track 2 to Track 1).
This caused subsequent delays to the two other Tunney's Pasture Shuttle trains from behind, in addition to the already existing "stopped train" situation between Hurdman and uOttawa.
Consequently, these two other Tunney's Pasture Shuttle Trains arrived and departed on Platform 2 (eastbound platform) and Track 2 (eastbound tracks) instead of Platform 1 (westbound platform) and Track 1 (westbound tracks). This caused confusion to the people on Platform 2 who were awaiting for the Blair Shuttle Train.
This video will show the tail-end of the service disruption at uOttawa. Note that after the Blair Shuttle Train departed in this video, full regular service resumed normally.
Filmed by "JCL"
#octranspo #otrain #OttLRT

[@synthris]

There was actually 3 shuttles for a period of time. Passengers moving West from Blair had to disembark at Hurdman Station and transfer onto a train that shuttled from Hurdman to uOttawa. Then a train from uOttawa to Tunneys. That was my experience in any case.

[@octranspo9137]

Interesting, thank you. Did you happen to see where this stopped train occurred? I ask because OC's tweet yesterday afternoon ( twitter.com/OC_Transpo/status/1590842725733367815 ) said that the stopped train occured at uOttawa. But I'm of the belief that it may have actually occurred west of Hurdman Station, but east of uOttawa.

[@synthris]

@@octranspo9137 I did not see the stopped train itself - however while waiting at Hurdman I did notice 2 seemingly empty trains heading East (using the westbound track). I have a feeling one of them must have been the defective train heading back East to the yard (under its own power). When a train shuttle arrived from the western direction to pick us up at Hurdman and turn around back west to uOttawa, I did not see anything broken down in-between (or at uOttawa itself).

[@octranspo9137]

@@synthris Thank you for providing me your account of your observations.

[@TransitinOttawa]

Awesome!!

[@drivingottawa]

Awesome video!

[@octranspo9137]

Thank you. Though it's very unfortunate that the disruption occurred.

[@drivingottawa]

Agreed. Especially given the time and the need to move passengers to their destinations.

[@bahamian55]

This is why if I were to someday reside in Ottawa, I will never ever give up my car to solely rely on this joke of a public transit in Canada’s capital!

[@internationalaudio9702]

just don't live there

[@karljbos4264]

Very silly services