New Ways to Bus to school
Middle schools & high schools:
Following the launch of the New Ways to Bus network on Sunday, April 27, there will be several changes to many 600-series school routes and regular routes with special school service.
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New Lost & Found platform is live!
Use our online tool to easily report and recover lost items—quick, simple, and accessible anytime.
Here’s what’s new:
- Report lost items easily and anytime.
- Convenient access at St-Laurent Station via O-Train Line 1 and bus routes.
Explore the new platform today!
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Postal disruption impacts to OC Transpo services
Mail delivery of Presto Cards will be unavailable during the postal service disruption. Presto cards can be purchased at:
- Ticket machines.
- The Rideau Centre Customer Service Centre.
- Participating Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws and Real Canadian Superstore locations.
The Rideau Customer Service Centre and telephone line 613-560-5000 will be able to provide other services during business hours.
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New service for St. Mother Teresa High School
Starting Monday, Nov. 18, we’re expanding service to St. Mother Teresa High School:
- New Route 696 will add four round trips (four in the morning, four in the afternoon) between Barrhaven West and St. Mother Teresa
- New Route 694 will add one afternoon trip connecting Marketplace and Chapman Mills
- A new pattern on Route 171 will add one morning trip from Chapman Mills and St. Mother Teresa, via Strandherd and Tartan
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Billings Bridge east access closure
Friday, November 22 at 9:30 am to Wednesday, December 4 at 7:00 am
Some routes will be detoured due to the closure of Billings Bridge Station east access on Bank Street for the Bank Street Reconstruction Project.
Please allow a few extra minutes for your travels.
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You’re invited to Para Transpo Talk!
We’re back with another Para Transpo Talk event series on November 19, 24, 25 and 27!
Join us to ask questions and speak directly to staff about anything related to Para Transpo service. This time, we’ll also be bringing laptops to help you get set up with My Para Transpo.
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Enhanced real-time bus arrivals!
Discover updates to OC Transpo's real-time bus arrival info!
Now access predictions up to 30 minutes before your trip across various platforms, including the Transit app and more.
Stay informed, travel smart!
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Introducing Transit, our new favourite app
We have retired our OC Transpo app for iOS and partnered with Transit to provide Ottawa users with free access to the Royale subscription.
You will be able to access the subscription's additional features immediately, as long as you have the latest version of the app.
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Tap and ride with O-Payment!
All fare readers on buses and fare gates at O-Train stations now support payment by debit card, credit card and mobile wallet with O-Payment!
- Interac® Debit card
- Visa card
- Mastercard
- Google Pay
- Apple Pay
Register for an O-Payment account to track your trips, payments, or print receipts. Before registering, or to add a new card to an existing account, you must first complete a trip on O-Train or a bus using a debit, card, credit card or mobile wallet.
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Scan your transfer when you board the bus, and more!
You may have noticed new fare readers on buses and at O-Train Line 1 fare gates recently. These fare readers have upgraded capabilities that allow more kinds of fares to be tapped and scanned.
Here are what these readers can do:
- Scan barcoded fares
- Tap your Senior Presto card any day of the week
- Tap your multi-day pass or child card
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Rack & Roll practice bike rack is on the move!
New indoor location!Have you checked out our Rack & Roll practice bike rack? The practice bike rack moves to different locations around the city so that everyone can try it out.
The practice rack is currently in the lobby of Tom Brown Arena.
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Introducing OC Transpo Helps
OC Transpo sent its first Tweet in 2010. Since then, how we use Twitter has evolved.
As of May 1, @OCTranspoLive is now @OC_TranspoHelps. This rebranded account is your number one location for customer service support on Twitter.
Let us use more than 280 characters to introduce @OC_TranspoHelps, where customers can continue to find helpful trip information, and to update you on what real-time information improvements are underway.