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For immediate release:
May 30, 2007

OC Transpo

Get on board for the Sens with OC Transpo

Ottawa -OC Transpo will be providing an expanded Connexion 400 service to Stanley Cup home games and televised away games at Scotiabank Place. Service will be more than doubled for home games to handle the expected crowds, with loads of free parking and direct service from seven Park & Ride lots. Extra service will also be added to transport fans to and from the downtown celebration zones. Fans can avoid traffic congestion getting to and from the game and enjoy the ride with OC Transpo.  

Routes 401, 402, 403, 404, 405 and 406 will connect fans from across the city to Senators home games at Scotiabank Place. Customers can take their local bus to the nearest Transitway Station or drive to one of seven Park & Ride lots for direct service to the game.  

For those who want to arrive extra early for home games, Route 404 will offer special early departures from Bayshore, Eagleson and Terry Fox Stations. More than 1,500 free parking spaces will be available at Eagleson and Terry Fox Park & Ride lots.  

Route 404 will also offer frequent service from Bayshore, Eagleson and Terry Fox Stations to Scotiabank Place for the televised away games. Customers can take Transitway routes 96 and 97 to make their connection at Bayshore, or take route 96 to Eagleson and Terry Fox.  

Customers with a transit pass ride free when they show their pass. Cash fare is $3 each way or two 95¢ bus tickets. Children 5 and under ride free, while kids ages 6 - 11 pay just $1.50 each way or one bus ticket.  

Parking space availability at each of the Park & Ride lots is as follows:  

Baseline (Woodroffe near Baseline) 276
Eagleson East and West (Eagleson at Hwy. 417) 1,217
Fallowfield (Fallowfield at Woodroffe) 1,002
Greenboro (Bank at Johnston) 678
Place d’Orléans (Champlain at Reg. Rd. 174)    568
Strandherd (Strandherd near Greenbank) 336
Terry Fox (Kanata Centrum behind AMC               515

After the game, buses will be lined up and waiting for customers for the return trip.  

Customers can go online and get a personalized travel plan – just visit octranspo.com/tp. Bus departure times are also available online at octranspo.com or by calling 613-560-1000 plus the 4‑digit bus stop number. For further transit information, call 613-741-4390. 
     

For more information: 

City of Ottawa 
Media contact 613-580-2450      Public inquiries  613-741-4390
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