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Fall service starts Sunday, August 27, 2023

Highlights

  • Service improvements and seasonal adjustments for various routes.
  • School service resumes August 29 for French schools and September 5 for English schools.
  • NEW school routes added: Routes 677 and 679 serving St. Joseph High School and Routes 682 and 683 serving Cedarview Middle School.
  • Rack & Roll continues on all buses!
  • Weekend service to summer destinations ends Monday, September 4.

Bus and train service

On weekdays, service on O-Train Line 1 during peak periods will operate every five mins. It will be monitored and increased based on observed ridership levels, as outlined in the memo on August 14, 2023. On weekends, service will operate every ten minutes.

The Shuttle Express service that began on August 15, 2023, will continue to operate as an alternative to O-Train Line 1.

Holiday service

Service information for upcoming holidays
Holiday Date Service information
Labour Day Monday, September 4
  • O-Train Line 1 and buses, including Line 2 replacement buses, will operate on a Sunday schedule.
  • Special weekend service to summer destinations and NCC Weekend Bikedays will operate.

  • Shopper Route 301 will not operate.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Saturday, September 30
  • O-Train Line 1 and buses, including Line 2 replacement buses, will operate on a Saturday schedule.
Thanksgiving Day Monday, October 9
  • O-Train Line 1 and buses, including Line 2 replacement buses, will operate on a Sunday schedule.

  • NCC Weekend Bikedays will occur with detours on October 9, which is the final day of the event for 2023.

  • Shopper Route 301 will not operate.
Remembrance Day Saturday, November 11
  • O-Train Line 1 and buses, including Line 2 replacement buses, will operate on a Saturday schedule.

Schedule and service changes

These adjustments reflect seasonal changes in ridership and the changing needs of our customers.

Use the Travel Planner or view the route schedules to check if your regular trips are affected.

Service adjustments Seasonal adjustments School service

Service adjustments

Some routes will be extended, or have select trips adjusted, added, or their frequency increased.

Trips on weekdays and weekends are being improved or adjusted on these Routes:
Route Service information
7

Weekdays: An evening eastbound trip at 9:04 pm from Carleton University to Rideau Centre will be added.
18

7 days a week: Will be extended to Parliament Station via Queen Street instead of Wellington Street.
51

Weekdays: Westbound morning trips on Route 51 will be adjusted to follow the all-day routing via Lincoln Heights instead of remaining on Croydon Avenue.
61

Weekends: Select trips will be extended between Terry Fox Station and CARDELREC Recreation Complex Goulbourn on Shea Road or adjusted to start earlier to improve service to employment areas in Stittsville.

Saturday: Select trips on Route 61 will be extended between Terry Fox Station and CARDELREC Recreation Complex Goulbourn on Shea Road to improve transit connectivity to employment areas, principally on Stittsville Main Street.
74

7 days a week: Will be extended to end at Riverview Station instead of Nepean Woods Station.
75

Weekdays: To better reflect ridership levels south of Barrhaven Centre, One trip northbound in the morning and one trip southbound in the afternoon on Route 75 will be extended between Barrhaven Centre and Cambrian (Minto Recreation Complex).
88

Weekdays: Supplemental trips on Route 88 will be added between Baseline and Hurdman Stations, to increase capacity and better accommodate current ridership levels.
198

Weekdays: The short trips on Route 198 that don't serve Greenboro Station will be withdrawn, due to very low ridership.

Seasonal adjustments

To better match ridership levels, some routes will have weekday frequency restored from the spring or summer service changes.

Routes with seasonal adjustments:
Route Service information
R2

Weekdays: Frequency will be increased compared to summer service levels, to accommodate the seasonal return of higher ridership.

  • Peak-period service will operate every 10 minutes.
  • Midday and evening service will operate every 12 minutes.
  • Supplemental trips will be restored at major class times where needed for capacity.
25

Spring and summer service reductions will end.

  • Regular service will return, serving La Cité with an increase in frequency to every 10 minutes eastbound in the morning between Montréal Road and Blair Station and westbound in the afternoon between Millennium Station and Montréal Road.
56 57

Will return to regular service.

Weekend service to summer destinations ends

The last day for weekend service to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Petrie Island, and the Experimental Farm and Canada Agricultural and Food Museum is Monday, September 4 (Labour Day) for Routes:

  • 25
  • 139
  • 185

School service

Service to French schools starts Tuesday, August 29. Service to English schools starts Tuesday, September 5.

To provide special school service to École secondaire publique Omer-Deslauriers, École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois, and Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School, the following Routes will have select trips adjusted:

  • 96
  • 99
  • 171
  • 173
  • 175

To better match bell times and ridership levels, some routes may have trips added or removed, or times adjusted. NEW school routes have been added: Routes 677 and 679 serving St. Joseph High School and Routes 682 and 683 serving Cedarview Middle School.

School service routes
Service information Route

Canterbury High School

  • One of the school trips at 3:25 pm will be removed.
 48

Cedarview Middle School

Two NEW routes added to accommodate students shifting from Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) service to OC Transpo service:

  • Route 682: Will operate between Fallowfield Station and the school.
  • Route 683: Will operate between Half Moon Bay and the school.
 682
683

Earl of March Secondary School

  • The 7:40 am trip will be removed.
 161

École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois

  • One of the trips at 3:45 pm will be removed.
 171

Gloucester High School

  • Route 20: The 8:16 am trip from Montfort Hospital and the 4:00 pm trip from St-Laurent Station will be removed.
  • Route 24: The 8:40 am trip from St-Laurent Station will be adjusted to depart at 8:50 am to maintain connections for students due to the removal of the Route 20 trip.
 20
24

Holy Trinity High School

  • Route 667: Two morning trips and three afternoon trips will be added.
  • Route 668: One morning trip and one afternoon trip will be added.
 667 668

Immaculata High School

  • The 3:05 pm trip from Parliament Station will be removed.
 7

Merivale High School

  • Trip times will change on Routes 680 and 688 to reflect current bell times.
 680 688

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School

  • One of the trips at 2:32 pm will be removed.
 636

St. Joseph High School

  • Route 75: The trips serving the school will be removed.
  • Route 99: The trips serving the school will be shortened to start/end at Barrhaven Centre instead of St. Joseph.
  • Route 170: The trips serving the school will be removed.
  • NEW Route 677: Will operate between Larkin Drive and the school.
  • NEW Route 679: Will operate between Cobble Hill Drive and the school.

75
99
170
677
679

St. Matthew High School

  • Trip times will change to reflect current bell times.
 32
34
131

St. Mother Teresa High School

  • The 8:06 am trip from Barrhaven Centre will be removed.
 171

St. Peter High School

  • The 7:30 am trip from Innes will be removed.
 131

Ongoing construction

Station impacts and construction as part of Stage 2 development will be ongoing. Work on Ottawa roads continues into the fall and could lead to service delays and detours. Routing directions for any affected bus routes and stops can be found on our Alerts page.

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