Vars & Carlsbad Springs Vars

Map of 
Vars

Rural Express Route 232
 This rural express bus service has been extended to travel from Vars via the 417 and through Carlsbad Springs to downtown Ottawa. 

One trip runs westbound to downtown in the morning and eastbound to Carlsbad Springs, Vars and Bearbrook in the afternoon.

Rural express fares will apply.
       

Map of Route 232

Timetable for Route 232

Fares for Route 232


Rural Partner Service 
Bus service on Hwy 417 to downtown Ottawa is offered by TEO-EOT (Transit Eastern Ontario / Transport est-ontarien); the Township of Russell / Bergeron Bus Lines and Lalonde Bus Lines. 
 

Route 523 - Embrun - Russell - Ottawa 

Route 524 - Limoges - Embrun - Vars - Ottawa - Gatineau

Route 525 - Limoges -  Embrun - Vars - Ottawa

Route 526 - Russell - Ottawa - Gatineau

Route 527 - Embrun - Russell - Ottawa

Route 535 - Bourget - Vars - Ottawa

Route 553 - Limoges - Ottawa

Route 554 - St-Albert - Crysler - Ottawa - Gatineau

Route 555 - Casselman - Ottawa - Gatineau

Route 556 - Casselman - Ottawa - Gatineau

Route 557 - St-Isidore - North Glengarry - Ottawa - Gatineau
    


Park & Ride
 Commuters can park at the Vars (Township of Russell) carpool lot which is east off Rockdale, south of Hwy 417.

In Carlsbad Springs,  parking is available at the Grey Hawk golf course. (** Please park at the west end of the gravelled overflow lot closest to Boundary Road and the bus stop. Parking is not allowed in the paved area for transit users. )

There is also a new Park & Ride lot at the Bearbrook Community Centre.

Travelers can then connect to the rural express route 232  to downtown Ottawa.

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