OTTAWA

ROUTES

Operator: OC Transpo

O-TRAIN (DIESEL LRT OVER A RAILWAY LINE) ROUTE

Bayview - Carleton University - Greenboro

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• O-Train: 8 km.



HISTORY

• Horse-drawn streetcars: 21 July 1870 - 1893
• Electric streetcars: 29 July 1891 - 1 May 1959.
• O-Train (diesel LRT): 15 Oct. 2001 - today.

GAUGE

• Ottawa streetcars: 1435 mm.
• O-Train: 1435 mm.

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SOURCES

WIKIS

• OC Transpo [En/Fr]
• Ottawa O-Train [En/Fr]

WEB SITES

• Canadian Street Railways [En]
• Distribution of street cars and buses - Ottawa Transportation Commission (1948) [En]
• OC Transpo [En/Fr]
• Ottawa Electric Railway & Ottawa Transportation Commission - Trolleys in Canada’s capital [article by A. Clegg] [En]
• Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history [From Colin Churcher's Railway Pages] [En]