Snake Escape added to growing list of reasons why Ottawa’s LRT service has been disrupted

a snake on a train recently became the latest cause of a disruption to Ottawa’s light rail transportation system.

The eastbound platform of Hurdman Station was temporarily closed for more than an hour last Friday as OC Transpo employees and a passenger searched for the stray snake.

OC Transpo tweeted at 7:26pm that the platform had been shut down due to a problem with an escaped live animal.

The transit authority announced at 8:56 p.m. that the issue had been resolved.

OC Transpo said the pet snake was safely captured and returned to its owner.

The snake escape was a peculiar addition to a growing list of incidents that have caused LRT stops in the capital, including derailments, brake failures and weather-related malfunctions.