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Hundreds of ‘unexpected’ Line 1 elevator outages over 18 months, new data shows

June 3, 2026

Elevators at Line 1 stations were out of commission more than 400 times over an 18-month period, newly shared data from the City of Ottawa shows. Earlier this year, Alta Vista Coun. Marty Carr asked the city to confirm how many times since September 2024 elevators on all three LRT lines were out of order, and why.



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