The north-south O-Train reopens: 7 questions you might have as you ride [Video]

OC Transpo’s north-south rail line has a new train set and a lot more track.

As of 6 a.m. Monday morning, it’s finally time to ride Line 2 to Riverside South, or hop off and ride Line 4 to the airport. The public opening on Jan. 6 comes more than two years after its original estimated launch of September 2022. 

Unlike the opening of the east-west line that fully opened on Day 1 back in 2019, the City of Ottawa will do the gradual, soft start recommended in the LRT public inquiry report of 2022. Lines 2 and 4 will only run Monday to Friday for the first two weeks, before adding Saturdays and then Sundays.

Some bus routes have been extended so they drop riders at Line 2 stations, but OC Transpo says the major overhaul of the bus networkwon’t take place …