Alerts

Routes: 85

Date effective: April 10, 2021

On Saturday, April 10 from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Route 85 will be detoured due to the closure of Chaudière Bridge for construction work. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected stops

Detour Routing

85 Bayshore: From Taché/Eddy, continue on Laurier, turn right onto Portage Bridge, right onto Wellington, left onto Booth and then continue to regular routing.

85 Gatineau: From Booth/Wellington, turn right onto Wellington, left onto Portage Bridge, left onto Laurier, right onto Eddy, left onto Promenade du Portage to Terrasses de la Chaudière and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Route 85 Bayshore

Route 85 Gatineau

Routes: 57, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75, 83, 87

Date effective: April 10, 2021

Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, westbound routes 57, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75, 83, and 87 will be detoured due to the closure of Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in the westbound direction between Booth Street and Carling Avenue. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected stops

Detour Routing

57 Bells Corners: From the Westboro Station, turn right onto Scott, left onto Churchill, right onto Richmond, left onto Woodroffe, right onto Carling, right into Lincoln Fields Station and then continue to regular routing.

61 Terry Fox/Stittsville, 62 Terry Fox/Stittsville, 63 Briarbrook, 74 Riverview, 75 Barrhaven Centre, 83 Viewmount: From the Westboro Station, turn right onto Scott, left onto Churchill, right onto Richmond, left onto Woodroffe, right onto Carling, right into Lincoln Fields Station, turn left onto Transitway and then continue to regular routing.

87 Baseline: From the Westboro Station, turn right onto Scott, left onto Churchill, right onto Richmond, left onto Woodroffe and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Date effective: April 18, 2021

OC Transpo will begin spring service starting Sunday, April 18 

• All routes will be in service, with some seasonal adjustments
• New routing on the 290 Hurdman
• Detours on Montréal Road begin
• Rack & Roll returns on all routes
• NCC Bikedays begin on May 22
• Current and upcoming construction detours

Read More about the 2021 spring service change

Routes: 222

Date effective: April 18, 2021

From Sunday, April 18 until October 2021, Route 222 will be detoured while Piperville Road is closed for the replacement of the Piperville Road Bridge over Bear Brook. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Fifteen parking spots are available at the Carlsbad Springs Park & Ride for customers to use. Parking beside the community centre is reserved for the centre’s clients. Please follow all signage and only use the designated Rural Park & Ride parking spots.

Please note that detour adjustments may be required to accommodate construction requirements.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

222 Blair: From Piperville, turn left into the Carlsbad Springs Community Centre, right onto Piperville, left onto Boundary, left onto Russell, continue onto Leitrim, cross Highway 417, turn right onto Anderson, and then continue to regular routing.

222 Vars: From Anderson, turn left onto Leitrim, cross Highway 417, continue onto Russell, turn right onto Boundary, right onto Piperville, left into the Carlsbad Springs Community Centre, right onto Piperville, right onto Boundary, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 7, 9, 12, 15, 20

Date effective: April 18, 2021

• Detour maps
• Affected stops
• Detour routing

On Sunday, April 18, Montréal Road will close in the eastbound direction from St-Laurent Boulevard to the Vanier Parkway for the Montréal Road Revitalization Project. The eastbound lane of Montréal Road is expected to reopen in 2022.

For the duration of this closure, the following routes will be affected:

• Routes 12, 15, and 20 will be detoured through Vanier
• Route 12 will be shortened to travel between St-Laurent and Blair Stations
• Route 15 will change from a Local route to a Frequent route, and will be expanded to run all day, seven days a week between downtown and Blair Station
• Bus stops for Routes 7, 9, 12, 15, and 20 will be affected

Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

School service

Some school trips on Route 12 will be renumbered and adjusted to follow the Route 15 detour through Vanier:

• The afternoon school trip from Collège catholique Samuel-Genest to Parliament Station will be renumbered as a school trip on Route 15
• The afternoon school trip from Lester B. Pearson High School to Parliament Station will be renumbered as *NEW* Route 615
• The morning and afternoon school trips between Parliament Station and Gloucester High School will be renumbered as *NEW* Route 616

Detour maps

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Removed stops

Added stops

Detour routing

Date effective: March 08, 2021

Starting on Monday, March 8 at 5:00 am, Route 290 Hurdman will be adjusted to start all trips at Walkley 3A to improve bus service for customers. The bus stops listed below are included in the extension of Route 290 Hurdman. 

Added Bus Stops

Detour Routing

Route 290 Hurdman: Start trip at Walkley 3A, continue on Walkley, turn left onto McCarthy, right onto Southmore and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 10, 15, 16, 17

Stations: Lyon

Date effective: March 01, 2021

Starting Monday, March 1, construction on a high-rise building next to Lyon Station will cause minor delays to bus service and station access on certain dates. One or two days each week, Monday to Friday between 9 am and 3 pm, some streets around Lyon Station will be intermittently closed for a maximum of 2 minutes each time. These brief, periodic street closures will continue until mid-2022 or until construction is complete.

Check this alert regularly for updates on the next construction dates.

Bus service

On construction dates, Routes 10, 15, 16, and 17 servicing Lyon Station may experience short delays as they are arriving or departing from the station. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

There is no impact to service on dates other than the specified construction dates.

Station access

Throughout most of construction, doors to Lyon Station will remain open and accessible to all customers.

On certain construction dates, the station doors on Queen Street and Lyon Street will be closed for a few minutes. Staff will be on-site to guide customers to other doors and to help customers enter the station while the accessible doors are closed.

Routes: 39, 221

Date effective: February 22, 2021

From Monday, February 22 to July, Routes 39 and 221 will be detoured from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm on weekdays due to the closure of Dairy Drive and South Frontage at Trim Park & Ride for Stage 2 work. This detour may also be in effect on some nights and weekends when additional work is required. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected stops

Detour Routing

39 Blair: From the roundabout at Taylor Creek/Trim, continue to northbound Trim, turn right onto South Frontage, left onto the bus loop, right onto South Frontage, and then continue to regular routing.

39 Millennium: From the Trim Station service stop, turn right onto the roadway to the new Park & Ride lot, right onto Dairy, cross Trim, continue on Taylor Creek and then continue to regular routing.

221 Blair: From the roundabout at Trim/Dairy, continue on northbound Trim, turn right onto South Frontage, left onto the bus loop, right onto South Frontage, and then continue to regular routing.

221 Cumberland: From the Trim Station service stop, turn right onto the roadway to the new Park & Ride lot, right onto Dairy, continue onto the roundabout to southbound Trim and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Routes 39 Blair and 221 Blair

Routes 39 Millennium and 221 Cumberland

Routes: 99, 197

Date effective: February 18, 2021

From Thursday, February 18 until April 2021, bus stop #1076, located at the front entrance of the EY Centre, will be closed due to Stage 2 work. Please use the alternate stop listed below for Routes 99 and 197.

Affected stops

Map

Routes: 154, 155

Date effective: February 01, 2021

From Monday, February 1 until further notice, two bus stops on Connaught Avenue (#1358 and #1359) will be closed for Stage 2 work. Please use the alternate stops listed below for Routes 154 and 155.

Affected stops

Map

Routes: 5, 55

Date effective: December 20, 2020

From Sunday December 20 until Spring 2021, Routes 5 and 55 will be detoured due to the closure of Elgin Street northbound from Catherine Street to the Pretoria Bridge for the Elgin Street Bike Lane Project. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

5 Rideau: From Pretoria Bridge, turn right onto Queen Elizabeth Drive, left onto Catherine, right onto Elgin and then continue to regular routing.

55 Bayshore: From Pretoria Bridge, turn right onto Queen Elizabeth Drive, left onto Catherine, continue on Catherine and then continue to regular routing.  

Detour Map

Routes: 11, 153

Date effective: September 21, 2020

Starting 6 am Sept. 21, some stops on Routes 11 Parliament, and 153 Tunney’s Pasture on the south side of Richmond Road are impacted and will be closed for O-Train Stage 2 construction until further notice.

All routes will follow their regular routing.

Affected Stops

Stop Closure Maps

Route 11

Route 153