Service changes
Spring service begins Sunday, April 23, 2023
Highlights
- Routes 12 and 15 will return to their pre-construction routing.
- Frequency on Line 2 replacement buses and Route 25 will be reduced at certain times on weekdays to reflect seasonal ridership.
- Route 228 will be adjusted to serve Chapel Hill Station to provide a direct peak-period connection to Blair Station.
- Rack & Roll continues on all buses!
- NCC Weekend Bikedays returns on weekends and holiday Mondays.
Holiday service
Holiday | Date | Service information |
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Victoria Day | Monday, May 22 | Sunday schedule |
Schedule adjustments
These adjustments reflect seasonal changes in ridership and improvements to service for our customers. Some trip times will be adjusted throughout the network for more reliable schedules.
Use the Travel Planner or view the route schedules to check if your regular trips are affected.
Service adjustments and improvements
The following routes will have runtime adjustments on weekdays and weekends:
Weekdays
- Frequent Route 40
- Rapid Route 57
- Frequent Route 88
- Local Route 168
- Local Route 170
- Local Route 171
- Connexion Route 231
- Connexion Route 261
- Connexion Route 263
Weekends
- Rapid Route 61
- Rapid Route 62
- Rapid Route 63
- Frequent Route 88
Adjustments will be made to better serve customers and improve service reliability:
Route | Service information |
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Frequent Route12Limited Local Route15 |
These routes will return to pre-construction routing and similar schedules to those followed prior to construction detours that began in 2021 (details and map).
|
Rapid Route75 |
The weekday 4:07 pm trip from Tunney's Pasture will be extended to end at the Minto Recreation Centre instead of Barrhaven Centre. |
Rapid Route97 |
Frequency between the Ottawa International Airport and Hunt Club Road will be increased to 15 minutes through most of the day. |
Rapid Route99 |
The 3:46 pm trip from École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois will be shifted to depart the school at 3:53 pm. |
Limited Local Route173 |
The 8:30 am trip from Fallowfield Station that serves École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois will be shifted to start at 8:25 am, to better align with the school's bell time. The 4:00 pm trip from Barrhaven Centre that serves École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois will be shifted to start at 3:55 pm, to better align with the school's bell time. |
Connexion Route228 |
Will be adjusted to serve Chapel Hill Station to provide a direct peak-period connection to Blair Station. |
Connexion Route231 |
Morning trips will be extended to start on Innes Road, west of Frank Bender Street. |
Connexion Route261 |
The 06:56 am trip will be shifted earlier to better accommodate customers traveling downtown for work. |
Seasonal changes
Frequency will be reduced in certain time periods on the following routes, to reflect seasonal changes in ridership:
Route | Service information |
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To reflect reduced seasonal ridership at Carleton University and La Cité:
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Limited Local Route56Rapid Route57 |
Route 56: Weekday frequency between Tunney's Pasture Station and The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus will be reduced to 30 minutes at certain times during peak periods. Route 57: Weekday frequency will be reduced southbound in the late evening between 11:00 pm and 11:30 pm to 30 minutes. |
School service
Improvements and adjustments will be made to school service to better accommodate school-related travel requirements:
Service information | Route |
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A.Y. Jackson Secondary School
|
Limited Local Route 161 |
Earl of March Secondary School
|
Rapid Route 62 |
Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
|
Limited Frequent Route 80 |
Merivale High School
|
Limited Local Route 187Limited Local Route 680Limited Local Route 688 |
Notre Dame High School
|
Frequent Route 51Frequent Route 85 |
École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois
|
Rapid Route 99 |
St. Francis Xavier High School
|
Limited Local Route 693 |
NCC Weekend Bikedays
NCC Weekend Bikedays will resume this spring! Starting May 12 until October 9: every weekend between 10:30 pm Friday and 6:00 am Monday, and between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm on Civic Holidays (May 22, July 1, August 7, September 4 and October 9), vehicles will not be able to access the westbound lane of the Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway.
The following westbound routes will be detoured from Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway between Vimy Place to Carling Avenue during the NCC Bikedays events with minimal impacts to service:
- Rapid Route 57
- Rapid Route 61
- Rapid Route 62
- Rapid Route 63
- Rapid Route 74
- Rapid Route 75
- Frequent Route 87
Check the Alerts page for more information about this detour.
Read more about NCC Weekend Bikedays
on ncc-ccn.gc.ca/