Belfast Yard

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Belfast Yard
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General information
Location805 Belfast Road, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 45°24′54.1″N75°38′23.8″W / 45.415028°N 75.639944°W / 45.415028; -75.639944
Owned by OC Transpo
Line(s) Confederation
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typestorage shed, maintenance shed, administration building
History
Opened2016

Belfast Yard is the maintenance, storage and administrative facility for LRT fleet for the Confederation Line of Ottawa's O-Train light rail system. The yard was opened in 2016 and assembled 34 Alstom Citadis Spirit LRT vehicles. [1] The facility was expanded to accommodate 38 additional LRT vehicles as part of the Stage 2 Confederation Line expansion. [2]

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