North-south O-Train: Ottawa’s new rail line officially opens to the public [Video]

Ottawa’s new north-south O-Train officially opened to transit riders Monday morning, more than two years behind schedule.

A large crowd gathered at Bayiew Station just before 6 a.m., in -17 C weather, to greet the first train arriving at the station on the northern end of Line 2 ahead of the first scheduled departure at 6:07 a.m.

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“People are pretty excited with the convenience,” Glen Gower, Stittsville councillor and chair of the Transit Commission, told CTV Morning Live. “People anxious to see what this train is like and so far, the reviews are pretty good.”

In a memo to council, Transit Services General Manager Renee Amilcar said Lines 2 and 4 launched “as planned this morning.”

“Service is progressing well on the first day of the phased opening.”

In an update at 12:30 p.m., Amilcar …