Alerts

Routes: 5, 55

Date effective: September 22, 2023

On Friday, September 22 at 7 pm until Monday, October 23 at 6 am, Routes 5 and 55 will be detoured for three weekends due to the closure of Hawthorne Street between Main Street and Colonel By Drive as part of the “Greenfield Avenue, Main Street, Hawthorne Avenue et al. Reconstruction” project. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Weekend Closures

There will be 3 weekend closures (Friday at 7pm until Monday at 6 am) as follows.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Route 5 Rideau: From Main/ Hawthorne, continue on Main, right onto Greenfield, right onto Highway 417 Westbound on-ramp, continue on Highway 417, exit on Metcalfe, right onto Argyle, left onto Elgin, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 5 Billings Bridge: From Elgin, right onto Catherine, left onto O’Connor, left onto Isabella, left onto Highway 417 Eastbound on-ramp, continue on Highway 417, exit on Lees, right onto Lees, left onto Main, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 55 Westgate: From Greenfield, left onto Highway 417 Westbound on-ramp, continue on Highway 417, exit on Catherine, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 55 Elmvale: From Isabella, left onto Highway 417 Eastbound on-ramp, continue on Highway 417, exit on Lees, right onto Lees, right onto Main, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Routes: 5, 14

Date effective: September 18, 2023

On Monday, September 18 at 6 pm until Sunday, November 19 at 6 am, Routes 5 and 14 will be detoured due to the closure of Elgin Street between Slater Street and Albert Street for the completion of the Elgin crossing of the ESAP project. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Closures

There will be eight nightly (6 pm- 6 am) closures are as follows.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Route 5 Rideau: From Elgin/ Slater, right onto Slater, continue on Mackenzie King Bridge, continue on Waller Transitway, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 14 St-Laurent: From Elgin/ Slater, right onto Slater, continue on Mackenzie King Bridge, left onto Waller, right onto Rideau, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 10, 16, 57, 61, 75

Date effective: September 18, 2023

On Monday, September 18 at 9 am, Routes 10, 16, N57, N61, N75 and R1 will be detoured permanently due to the closure of Slater Street between Empress Avenue to Bronson Avenue and Commissioner Street between Albert Street to Slater Street for the AQSB project. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Detour Routing

Route 10 Hurdman: From Albert Street, left onto Bronson, and then continue to regular routing.

Routes 16 Main, N57, N61, N75, R1 downtown direction: From Albert and Slater, continue on Albert, right onto Bronson, left onto Slater, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 16, 19

Date effective: September 23, 2023

On Saturday, September 23 at 6 am until Sunday, September 24 at 10 pm, Routes 16 and 19 will be detoured due to the closure of Slater Street between Metcalfe Street to Elgin Street for work. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Routes 16 Main, 19 St-Laurent/Hurdman: From Parliament Station, continue on Queen, turn right onto Elgin, turn left onto Slater, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Routes: 234

Date effective: September 18, 2023

On Monday, September 18 at 5 am until Friday, September 29 at 8 pm, Route 234 will be detoured due to the closure of Gerry Lalonde Drive between Bluestone Private and Lerta Way for development work. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Route 234 Blair: From Gerry Lalonde/ Strasbourg, right onto Strasbourg, left onto Brian Coburn, left onto Tenth Line, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 234 Tenth Line: From Tenth Line/ Gerry Lalonde, continue on Tenth Line, right onto Brian Coburn, right onto Strasbourg, left onto Gerry Lalonde, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 14, 114

Date effective: September 23, 2023

On Saturday, September 23 at 8 am until 12:30 pm, Routes 5 and 14 will be detoured due to the closure of Elgin Street between Albert Street to Gladstone Avenue for the Freedom of the City event. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Route 5 Billing Bridge: From Elgin, turn right onto Albert, left onto O’Connor, left onto Gladstone, right onto Elgin, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 5 Rideau: From Elgin, turn left onto Gladstone, right onto Metcalfe, right onto Slater, left onto Elgin, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 14 St-Laurent: From Gladstone, turn left onto Metcalfe, right onto Slater, left onto Elgin, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 14 Tunney’s Pasture: From Elgin, turn right onto Albert, left onto O’Connor, right onto Gladstone, and then continue to regular routing.

Routes: 49

Date effective: September 18, 2023

On Tuesday, September 18 at 8 pm until Sunday, September 23 at 6 am, Route 49 will be detoured nightly due to the closure of Saunderson Drive between Pleasant Park Road and Halifax Drive for the Valley Drive capital project. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Route 49 Hurdman: From St. Laurent/ Pleasant Park, continue on St. Laurent, right onto Walkley, right onto Halifax, left onto Canterbury, right onto Arch, left onto Pleasant Park, and then continue to regular routing.

Route 49 Elmvale: From Pleasant Park/ Arch, right onto Arch, left onto Canterbury, right onto Halifax, left onto Walkley, left onto St. Laurent, and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 49

Date effective: June 19, 2023

On Monday, June 19 at 7 am until Sunday, October 1 at 7 am, Route 49 will be detoured due to the closure of Pleasant Park Road at Valley Drive for capital project. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour routing 

49 Hurdman: From St-Laurent, turn right onto Walkley, right onto Halifax, right onto Saunderson, left onto Pleasant Park to regular route. 

49 Elmavale: From Pleasant Park, turn right onto Saunderson, left onto Halifax, left onto Walkley, left onto St-Laurent to regular route.

Routes: 1 O-Train

Date effective: September 08, 2023

Peak-period O-Train Line 1 service

Starting Monday, September 11

A limited number of double car trains will run along with single car trains, during weekday peak hours of service. Platform signage and station announcements will help guide customers to boarding locations.

• Shuttle Express between Tunney's Pasture station and downtown is no longer operating.

• Shuttle Express between Blair station and downtown will continue to operate:

Mornings between 6:30 am and 9:00 am

•  From Blair Station to Kent with service on Mackenzie King Bridge and on Albert Street.

Afternoons between 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm

•   From Kent to Blair Station with service on Slater Street and Mackenzie King Bridge.

• Single-car trains are a bit different than what you have been used to. We've installed decals on platforms to show you where to board the train or check out the video! Please leave space in the Cooperative Seating area for those who need it.

Routes: 7

Date effective: September 05, 2023

On Tuesday, September 5 at 5 am until Friday, December 15 at 7 pm, routes 7 St-Laurent will be detoured due to the closure of Seneca Street from Sunnyside Avenue to Grove Avenue and Grove Avenue from Seneca Street to Bank Street for the Sewer and Watermain Renewal project. Please allow extra time for your travels.

Affected Stops

7 St-Laurent

Detour Routing

Route 7 St-Laurent: From Sunnyside/Seneca, continue on Sunnyside, left onto Bank and continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Routes: 602, 609, 611, 612, 618, 619, 628, 632, 634, 639, 641, 645, 648, 675, 678, 686, 689, 691, 699

Date effective: August 29, 2023

The 600-series school trips that serve French school boards will start operating on Tuesday August 29^th.  This includes Routes 602, 609, 611, 612, 618, 619, 628, 632, 634, 639, 641, 645, 648, 675 AM only, 678, 686, 689, 691, and 699, which serve the following schools:

• Collège catholique Franco-Ouest
• Collège catholique Mer Bleue
• École Secondaire Catholique Béatrice-Desloges
• École Secondaire Catholique Franco-Cité
• Ecole secondaire publique De La Salle
• École secondaire publique Gisele-Lalonde
• École secondaire publique Louis-Riel
• École secondaire publique Omer-Deslauriers
• and École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois

CEPEO and CECCE trips in operation starting August 29

Routes: 613, 615, 616, 620, 622, 624, 630, 631, 633, 635, 636, 638, 640, 644, 649, 658, 660, 661, 664, 665, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 674, 675, 676, 680, 681, 688, 693, 698

Date effective: September 05, 2023

The 600-series school trips that serve English school boards will start operating on Tuesday September 5th.  This includes Routes 613, 615, 616, 620, 622, 624, 630, 631, 633, 635, 636, 638, 640, 644, 649, 658, 660, 661, 664, 665, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 674, 675 PM, 676, 677, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 688, 693, and 698, which will serve the following schools:

• All Saints High School
• Bell High School
• Brookfield High School
• Cairine Wilson Secondary School
• Canterbury High School
• Cedarview Middle School
• Colonel By Secondary School
• Earl of March Secondary School
• Gloucester High School
• Hillcrest High School
• Holy Trinity High School
• Immaculata High School
• John McCrae Secondary School
• Lester B. Pearson High School
• Merivale High School
• Ottawa Technical
• Ridgemont High School
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
• St. Francis Xavier High School
• St. Joseph High School
• St. Matthew High School
• St. Mother Teresa High School
• St. Patrick's High School
• and St. Pius X High School.

OCSB and OCDSB trips in operation starting on September 5.

Routes: 55

Date effective: August 02, 2023

Wednesday, August 2 at the start of service until further notice, Routes 55 Elmvale will be detoured due to the closure of Chamberlain Avenue from Bronson Ave to Bank Street for work. Please allow extra time for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

Route 55 Elmvale: From Carling, continue on Glebe, left onto Bank, right onyo Isabella and then continue to regular routing.

Route 55 Elmvale (Double deckers only): From Carling, left onto Bronson, right onto Gladstone, right onto Bank, left onto Isabella and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Routes: 1 O-Train

Stations: Lyon, Parliament

Date effective: July 21, 2023

Starting at 5 am on Friday, July 21 until further notice: R1 buses will use Albert/Slater streets instead of Queen Street to reduce delays and avoid traffic. Please allow extra time for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

R1 Tunney's Pasture: From Rideau, turn left onto Elgin, right onto Albert, continue onto Scott, and right into Tunney’s Pasture Station.

R1 Blair: From Tunney’s Pasture Station, turn left onto Scott, continue onto Albert, continue onto Slater, turn left onto Elgin, right onto Rideau, and continue regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 53, 114

Date effective: June 26, 2023

From Monday, June 26 at 8:30 and until further notice, Routes 53 and 114 will be detoured off of Summerville avenue, between Prince and Silver, for construction work. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

53 Tunney’s Pasture: From Merivale, turn right onto Summerville, right onto Prince, left onto Trenton, left onto Silver, right onto Summerville and then continue to regular routing.

53 Carlington: From Summerville, turn left onto Silver, right onto Trenton, right onto Prince, left onto Summerville and then continue to regular routing.

114 Rideau: From Merivale, turn right onto Summerville, right onto Prince, left onto Trenton, left onto Silver, right onto Summerville and then continue to regular routing.

114 Carlington: From Summerville, turn left onto Silver, right onto Trenton, right onto Prince, left onto Summerville and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Map

Routes: 12, 15

Date effective: April 23, 2023

Routes 12 and 15 will be returning to their pre-construction routing, with schedules similar to those that were in place prior to construction detours. Use the Travel Planner to plan your trip in advance.

• Route 12 will operate from Blair Station to Parliament Station seven days per week and will no longer serve St-Laurent Station. The downtown routing will operate via Elgin and Queen streets instead of Wellington Street.
• Route 15 will operate between Blair Station and Gatineau during weekday peak periods only, and will no longer operate in the midday or evening, nor on weekends, nor via Blair Road.

Map

Routes: 61, 63, 66, 75, 85

Date effective: February 12, 2023

From 5:00 am Monday, 13 February 2023 until further notice: Routes 61, 63, 66, 75 and 85 will be detoured from Chaudière Bridge for construction. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

• 61 Tunney's Pasture & N Rideau & Gatineau, 63 Tunney's Pasture & N Rideau & Gatineau, 66 Gatineau, 75 Tunney's Pasture & Gatineau & N Rideau and 85 Gatineau: From Booth turn right onto Wellington, left onto Portage Bridge, left onto Rue Laurier, right onto Eddy, left onto Promenade du Portage to Terrasses de la Chaudière, and continue to regular routing.

• 61 Stittsville, 63 Briarbrook via Innovation, 66 Kanata - Solandt, 75 Barrhaven Centre and 85 Bayshore: From Alexandre-Tache Eastbound at Eddy, continue on Rue Laurier, turn right onto Portage Bridge, right onto Wellington, left onto Booth and continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

61 Tunney's Pasture & N Rideau & Gatineau, 63 Tunney's Pasture & N Rideau & Gatineau, 66 Gatineau, 75 Tunney's Pasture & Gatineau & N Rideau and 85 Gatineau

61 Stittsville, 63 Briarbrook via Innovation, 66 Kanata - Solandt, 75 Barrhaven Centre and 85 Bayshore

Routes: 11

Date effective: September 11, 2022

From Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 7:00 pm until Saturday, December 3, 2023 at 7:00 pm: Route 11 Lincoln Fields will be detoured from Richmond Road westbound between New Orchard Avenue and McEwen Avenue for construction. Please allow extra time for your travels.

Affected stops

Detour routing

11 Lincoln Fields: From Richmond / New Orchard, turn right onto New Orchard, left onto Ambleside, continue onto McEwen, turn right onto Richmond, and continue to regular routing.

Detour map

11 Lincoln Fields

Routes: 57, 61, 63, 75, 87

Date effective: May 12, 2023

Starting May 12 until October 9, every weekend between 10:30 pm Friday and 6:00 am Monday: westbound Routes for the 57, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75, and 87 will be detoured from Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway between Vimy Place and Carling Avenue to accommodate Stage 2 work and NCC Weekend Bikedays.

Affected stops

Detour routing

61 Stittsville, 62 Stittsville & Terry Fox, 63 Briarbrook and Innovation, 74 Riverview, 75 Barrhaven: From Westboro Station turn right onto Scott, left onto Churchill, right onto Richmond, left onto Woodroffe, right onto Carling, right into Lincoln Fields Station to continue to regular routing.

61 Tunney's Pasture, 62 Tunney's Pasture, 63 Tunney's Pasture, 74 Tunney's Pasture, 75 Tunney's Pasture & Gatineau & N Rideau: From Lincoln Fields Station turn left onto Carling , left onto Woodroffe, right onto Richmond, left onto Churchill, right onto Scott to Westboro Station to continue regular routing.

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

87 Tunney's Pasture: From Woodroffe turn right onto Richmond, left onto Churchill, right onto Scott to Westboro Station to continue regular routing.