Key to icons

This page provides a legend of all symbols used on the site:

O-Train lines

Icon: Meaning
: Line 1
: Future Line 2
: Future Line 3
: Future Line 4
: Replacement bus service for Line 1*replacement service footnote
: Future Replacement bus service for Line 2*replacement service footnote
: Future Replacement bus service for Line 4*replacement service footnote

*Note: Replacement bus service

May be deployed when the O-Train is not running during regular service hours
Serves all O-Train stations on the line and only makes limited stops along the way
For shorter trip times, Lees and Cyrville are served by a shuttle instead
If an O-Train line is partially closed, may run only along the closed portion

Bus routes

Icon

Meaning

Connexion

Quick, convenient connection from home to Line 1
Runs weekday rush-hours only, both in the morning and returning home in the afternoon

Connexion limited*limited service footnote

Frequent — service every 15 minutes or less from 6 am to 6 pm on weekdays

Frequent limited*limited service footnote

Local — custom routing to local destinations

600s — School: Custom service from home to school

300s — Shopper: Free weekly trips to and from the mall for rural Ottawa communities

400s — Events: Direct route to events at Lansdowne or the Canadian Tire Centre

Night

Overnight, station-to-station bus service when Line 1 closes for the day
Runs 7 days a week

Rapid

Quick, station-to-station bus service along the Transitway or highway
Runs 7 days a week

Rapid limited*limited service footnote

*Note: All symbols with a white background

A symbol with a white background means that the route, or that a portion of the route, only runs during certain times of the day, or on certain days of the week.

Services

Icon: Meaning
: Transecure seating area
: My Alerts
: Bikesecure Parking
: Customer service
: Live video chat
: Transecure night stop
: On Demand Transit
: O-Payment
: Para Transpo
: Park & Ride
: The Next Stop Blog thumbnail
: Travel Planner
: My Para Transpo
: Customer Service Centre
: ParaPay logo
: Safe stop logo
: Co-operative seating logo

Station features/ amenities/ wayfinding

Icon: Meaning
: After-hours entrance
: Airport
: Bike boarding zone
: Bike rack support
: Bike repair station
: Bus stop
: Customer Service Centre
: Entrance
: Escalator
: Fare gate
: Ticket machine
: Happy Goat Coffee Co.
: Hospital
: Info sign
: Multi-use pathway
: Park & Ride
: Pick-up/drop-off zone
: Accessible public washroom
: Stairs
: Taxi drop-off zone
: Accessibility
: Elevator
: Transecure seating area
: Transecure night stop
: Bikesecure Parking

Accessibility

Icon: Meaning
: Accessible icon
: Elevator
: Hearing loop or T-loop
: Transecure seating area
: Transecure night stop
: Co-operative seating logo

Customer service and contact

Icon: Meaning
: Customer Service Centre
: Live video chat
: Customer service
: Email
: Mailing address
: Phone
: TTY

Notes & warnings

Icon: Meaning
: Information icon
: Positive / success icon — multipurpose use for positive or confirmational messages
: General warning icon — general, multipurpose use for warning messages. Often used for service disruptions
: Critical warning icon — for critical messages such as emergencies, danger etc.

Modes of transportation

Icon: Meaning
: Bike
: Bus
: Mobility device
: Para Transpo
: Train
: Walk

Interactive

Interactive elements are icons or symbols that have a specific function associated with it. Usually used with buttons, links, and expandable items

Icon: Meaning
: Search — click to search entire website
: Mobile (hamburger) menu — click to open mobile menu
: Close — click to close mobile menu
: Travel Planner — click to open the Travel Planner
: English language — click to go to English page
: French language — click to go to French page
: Arrow right — go to another internal page
: Chevron down — click to see more content and close all other opened content
: Chevron up — click to see less content
: Plus — click to see more content while preventing other opened content to close
: Minus — click to see less content
: Trash can — click to remove item from favourites list
: Favourites — click to add to favourites list
: Refresh — click to refresh stop information
: Drop down arrow — click to expand time picker
: Info — click to open info message
: Calendar — click to open date picker
: Magnifying glass with plus sign in the lens — click to zoom in on maps
: Magnifying glass with minus sign in the lens — click to zoom out on maps

Resources

Icon: Meaning
: Map — click the following link to download map
: PDF — click the following link to download PDF
: Image — click the following link to download image
: Schedules — click the following link to view routes schedules
: Link to an external site — click the following link to go to external link

Destinations

The following icons allow you to filter destinations by the services they offer

Icon: Meaning
: Activity
: Scenery
: Shopping
: Event space
: Library or museum
: Out-of-town connections (airport or intercity train service)
: School

Detours & alerts

Icon: Meaning
: Detour symbol
: Stop impacted symbol
: Alternate stop
: Stop not in use
: Stop unchanged
: My Alerts logo
: Number of route(s) on detour
: Route direction
: Construction zone

Map interface

Icon: Meaning
: Magnifying glass with plus sign in the lens — click to zoom in on maps
: Magnifying glass with minus sign in the lens — click to zoom out on maps
: Indicates north on maps

Travel Planner

General

These are general icons and symbols found in the Travel Planner

Icon: Meaning
: Travel Planner logo
: Close menu — click to close Travel Planner menu
: Expand map — click to view map in full screen
: Menu — click to display major Travel Planner functions: Trip Planner, Route Schedules, Stop Schedules, Next Departures
: Print icon — click to print schedule or travel plan
: Search icon — click to generate results for trip plans and schedules
: Trip Plan logo
: Route Schedules logo
: Stop Schedules logo
: Next Departures logo
: Service note — click to view a service notice related to a stop or trip. This may be a trip-specific destination, a routing detour or a caution order.
: Stop suggestion — Visual cue for search field bus stop result
: Station suggestion — Visual cue for search field station result
: Landmark (OC Transpo suggestion for most relevant results) — Visual cue for search field landmark result
: Icon calendar — click to Launch the calendar date picker to enter a date
: GPS icon — click to use your current location to fill in the field
: Clear — click to clear current field input
: Arrow down — drop down selector for time
: Arrow down — click to see drop down options
: Recent icon — click to access your route or location lookup history