Alerts

Routes: 1 O-Train

Date effective: June 17, 2021

From Thursday, June 17 to Wednesday, June 30, O-Train Line 1 service will end each night at 7 pm to perform seasonal track maintenance. This work will result in better train service for customers. Full O-Train Line 1 service will resume at 5 am on weekdays, 6 am on Saturdays, and 8 am on Sundays.

O-Train Line 1 will be replaced by R1 bus service from Tunney's Pasture to Blair Station from 7 pm until end of service.

Entrances to most stations will be closed during this time. Ticket machines will be available to purchase fares, video-chat with customer service, and access Presto services

Map of full R1 route

OC Transpo staff will be roaming the system and available to assist customers throughout the duration of the temporary closures.

R1 service stops

Routes: 87

Date effective: June 14, 2021

Effective: 14 June 2021, 9:19 until further notice

DETOUR: Route 87 Baseline in the area of Carlingwood.

87 Baseline
from the mall, right Carling, continue past Fairlawn, left Woodroffe to route.

Stops missed: Fairlawn/Carling (6484), Fairlawn/Lenester (4536)

Alternate stops: Carlingwood (4980), Woodroffe/Georgina (6487)

Route 87 Tunney's Pasture unaffected.

Date effective: June 20, 2021

Summer service is starting on Sunday, June 20. Use the Travel Planner or view the route schedules to check if your regular trips are affected.

• No seasonal reductions on O-Train Line 1, current service levels will continue
• Increased or extended bus service
• New Route 110 operating between Barrhaven and Kanata
• Routes adjusted where parallel service is available
• Frequency adjustments
• Routes suspended due to the pandemic
• Service to summer destinations will return when possible

Read More about the summer service change

Routes: 176, 305

Date effective: May 31, 2021

From Monday, May 31 at 6:00 am to Monday, September 6 at 6:00 pm, Routes 176 and 305 will be detoured off of Barnsdale Road between Lockview Road and Rideau Valley Drive for installation of new watermains. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Additional Stops

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

176 Manotick: From Rideau Valley, continue Rideau Valley, turn right onto Maple, left onto Scharfield, left onto Beaverwood, left onto Ann, right onto Maple, continue onto Bridge, left onto Long Island, right onto Driscoll, right onto Mclean, and right onto Bravar to finish the route.   

176 Barrhaven: From Bravar and McLean, continue Bravar, turn tight onto Lena, left onto Long Island, right onto Bridge, continue onto Maple, left onto Scharfield, left onto Beaverwood, lefto onto Ann, right onto Maple, left onto Rideau Valley and then continue to regular routing.

305 Carlingwood: From Mclean, turn right onto Bravar, right onto Lena, left onto Long Island, right onto Bridge, right onto Rideau Valley and then continue to regular routing.

305 North Gower: From Rideau Valley, continue Rideau Valley, turn left onto Bridge, left onto Long Island, right onto Driscoll, right onto Mclean, right onto Bravar, right onto Lean, left onto Long Island, right onto Bridge and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Route 176 Barrhaven

Route 176 Manotick

Routes: 88

Date effective: May 10, 2021

From May 10 at 5:00 am until August 1 at 6:00 pm, Route 88 will be detoured due to the closure of Navaho north-side  access road at Algonquin in front of the Residence building for construction. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

88 Terry Fox: From Navaho southbound turn right onto Navaho, left onto Woodroffe, right onto College and continue to regular routing.

88 Hurdman: From College turn left onto Woodroffe, right onto Navaho, left onto Navaho and continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Route 88

Routes: 80, 81

Date effective: May 03, 2021

Starting on Monday, May 3 at 8:00 am, Routes 80 and 81 will be detoured at the Westgate Shopping Centre. Construction at the Mall is expected to be completed at the end of June. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Affected stops

Detour Routing

80 Barrhaven Centre: From Carling, turn right onto Shoppers Drug Mart Signal and continue alongside the Mall, right at the back of the Mall, right alongside the east side of the Mall, left onto the temporary roadway, right onto Merivale and then continue to regular routing.

80 Tunney’s Pasture: From Merivale, turn left onto Carling, right onto Shoppers Drug Mart Signal and continue alongside the Mall, right at the back of the Mall, right alongside the east side of the Mall, left onto the temporary roadway, right onto Merivale, left onto Carling and then continue to regular routing.

81 (both directions): From Carling, turn left onto Shoppers Drug Mart Signal and continue alongside the Mall, right at the back of the Mall, right alongside the east side of the Mall, left onto the temporary roadway, right onto Merivale, right onto Carling and then continue to regular routing.

Detour Maps

Route 80 Barrhaven Centre

Route 80 Tunney's Pasture

Route 81 (both directions)

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

Date effective: May 01, 2021

On weekends until Monday, October 11, the westbound lane of Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway will be closed to motor vehicles as part of NCC Weekend Bikedays, presented by NOKIA. Every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday Monday this summer, between 7:45 am and 4:00 pm, only cyclists and pedestrians will be able to access the westbound lane.

Routes 57, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75, 83, and 87 (westbound only) will be detoured between Booth St. and Carling Ave. during these times. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

Additional Stops

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

Routes: 11, 51, 57, 85, 153, 301

Date effective: April 28, 2021

On Wednesday April 28, at 10:00 am, the bus stops for Route 11, 51, 57, 85, 153, and 301 at Lincoln Fields Station will change:

• Route 11 Bayshore is moving to Stop 4B from 5A
• Route 11 Parliament is moving to Stop 3B from 5A
• Route 51 Britannia is moving to the new Stop 5A
• Route 57 Bells Corners is moving to Stop 4A from 5A
• Route 85 Bayshore is moving to the new Stop 5A
• Route 153 Tunney's Pasture is moving to Stop 3B from 5A
• Route 301 Richmond is moving to the new Stop 5A

Affected stops

Date effective: May 03, 2021

From Monday, May 3 at 6:00 am until Tuesday, November 30 at 6:00 am, Route 222 will be detoured due to the closure of Piperville Road between Farmers Way and Hall Road for construction work. Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.

15 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.

Added Bus Stops

Affected Stops

Detour Routing

222 Blair: From Boundary, turn left onto Piperville, 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, 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: 39, 131, 138, 405, 455, 634, 635, 678

Date effective: April 19, 2021

On Sunday April 19, the bus stop for Route N39, 131, 138, 302, 405, 455, 634, 635, and 678 at Place d'Orléans Station will change location:

• Route N39 Rideau is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 131 Chapel Hill is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 138 Innes is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 302 St-Laurent is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 405 Ctr Canadian Tire Ctr is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 455 Lansdowne is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 634 Mer Bleue is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 635 Carine Wilson is moving to Stop 2C from 2A
• Route 678 Louis Riel is moving to Stop 2C from 2A

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

Routes: 10, 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: 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