Power outage partially shuts down O-Train service Sunday evening

An east-bound O-Train pulls in to Rideau Station on the Confederation Line of the Light Rail Transit system in Ottawa, Ont. (Brenda Woods/CTV Ottawa)

A section of Ottawa's Confederation Line was out of service for more than 90 minutes Sunday evening due to a power outage.

OC Transpo reported at 8:26 p.m. that R1 bus service was running between Parliament and St. Laurent stations due to a power outage on the light-rail transit system.  

There was no train service at five stations: Rideau, uOttawa, Lees, Hurdman and Tremblay stations.  Trains continued to run between Tunney's Pasture and Parliament and Blair and Tremblay stations.

OC Transpo reported power had been restored at all Line 1 stations just after 10 p.m. and full service resumed on the LRT system. There was no word on the cause of the outage.

This is the third major issue affecting O-Train service this month.

On Jan. 23, a brake problem caused an LRT vehicle to stop at Tunney's Pasture station. Service was provided on the eastbound line at Lyon, Pimisi and Bayview stations for three hours.

A section of the O-Train line, between uOttawa and St. Laurent stations, was out of service for six days in early January after two trains stopped during a freezing rain storm and the overhead wires were covered in ice.