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LRT officials said Tuesday the full 12.5-kilometre LRT line might not be running until Friday as workers repair storm damage, but they could face bigger questions about the premature breakdowns of wheel components on the Alstom Citadis Spirit trains.
A wheel-hub assembly failure was found in one after an operator reported vibrations, a memo from the transit GM says.
The ongoing axle bearing issues with Ottawa’s light-rail trains is cause for concern, according to the former head of rail investigations at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.