Lightning damage may be causing partial Ottawa LRT shutdown

OC Transpo has closed most ofOttawa's light rail line because of what it's calling a technical issue. Its general manager says lightning may have damaged the overhead power system.

The transit serviceannounced early Monday morningR1 buses will be running instead of trains between St-Laurent and Tunney's Pasture stations.

Transit general managerRene Amilcar said in an email that technicians are working on the problem and she would send an update about when full service could come back.

Over the weekend the transit service alsopulled several trains from service because of wheel problems.Track and wheel problems came up during the public inquiry into the nearly three-year-old rail line earlier this summer.