Users of Edmonton’s Capital and Metro LRT lines may experience some delays for the next few months because of bridge rehabilitation.
From Monday until mid-September only one track will be available for trains to cross the bridge at Coliseum LRT Station, which the city says will impact schedules and frequencies of trains.
“Crews will be removing the southbound track to rehabilitate the bridge deck and bridge girders, and so that means that trains will only be able to travel on one track through the station at that time,” Trevor Dennehy, director of LRT operations for the city, told CTV News Edmonton on Friday.
During the week Capital Line trains will run every 10 minutes from the start of service until 7 p.m.
After 7 p.m. trains will run every 15 minutes until the end of service.
Capital Line trains will run on the regular schedule on weekends.
Metro line trains will also be impacted.
On weekdays trains will run every 10 minutes from NAIT/Blatchford Market to Century Park to result in five-minute train frequencies on the Metro Line between Churchill and Century Park stations during peak operating periods.
After 7 p.m. trains will run every 15 minutes, and will run on the regular schedule on weekends.
“It’s actually a bit of a service increase for Metro line user transit riders and from transit riders traveling between Churchill and Century Park stations,” Dennehy said. “With us using the Metro line trains to go all the way down to Century Park, we’re actually able to achieve five-minute train frequencies between Churchill and Century Park.”
“If we have to put longer trains out there to service our transit riders, we can do that.”
Dennehy says the new schedule could impact a possible Game 6 for Edmonton Oilers fans travelling to Rogers Place.
“If we start seeing overloading on the trains, we can add cars to the trains,” he said.
With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Dave Mitchell
