March 30 service change

After closely reviewing ridership during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are adjusting service across the network to reflect lower customer volumes. Service will be maintained to all neighbourhoods and essential services. The new levels will also leave space for physical distancing.

Plan your trip in advance as service reductions may result in changes to your regular trip times.

Get your reduced service Travel Plan

Highlights

On weekdays and overnight, many bus routes are operating on a Saturday schedule with frequency adjustments on some routes
On weekends, Saturday and Sunday service continues as usual
Many Connexion routes run on a special schedule
Shopper Routes to rural communities continue as usual
Some bus routes are temporarily not in service
Service frequency adjustments on O-Train Line 1 and Line 2
Line 1 service ends at 1 am on Fridays
Para Transpo continues regular service

Bus route changes

Routes with extra trips

We have been reaching out to staff and customers for feedback on our new March 30 service changes. In response to this feedback, we have added new service on some routes. We will continue collecting feedback and adjusting service as necessary to ensure that our customers and staff can travel safely. Here is a summary of all routes with extra trips since April 1.

Route	Description of changes
7	New morning trips from St-Laurent at 5:42 am and 7 am New morning trip from Rideau Centre at approx. 5:42 am
9	New morning trip from downtown to Hurdman at 6:12 am
12	New morning trips from Blair at 5:30 am, 6 am, 6:30 am, and 7:30 am New morning trip from Parliament at 7:44 am and 8:42 am
14	New morning trip from Rideau Centre at 8:06 am New midday trips from Rideau at 10:26 am and 1:15 pm
25	New morning trip from Millennium to Blair at 5:40 am
30	New morning trip from Millennium at 5:48 am
42	New morning trip from Hurdman at 7:25 am
46	New morning trip from Billings Bridge at 6:30 am
47	New morning trip from St-Laurent at 7:00 am
53	New morning trip from Kirkwood at 5:54 am
55	New morning trip from Bayshore to Elmvale at approx. 5:57 am New morning trip from Elmvale to Bayshore at approx. 5:22 am and 6:05 am
57	New morning trips from Bells Corner at 6:08 am and 7:08 am New morning trip from Bayshore at 6:45 am Additional service every 20 minutes from 7:30 am to 7 pm between Bayshore and Queensway Carleton Hospital
61	Morning trip from Terry Fox Station at 6:32 am extended to Cardelrec Recreation Complex
74 and 55	New morning trip from Riverview to Tunney's Pasture at 6:25 am
75	New morning trips from Barrhaven Centre at 5:13 am and 5:43 am New morning trip from Tunney's Pasture at 6:14 am New morning trip from Minto Recreation Complex at 6:34 am New morning trip from Tunney's Pasture to Barrhaven Centre at 6:37 am
80	New morning trips from Tunney's Pasture at 5:32 am, 6:32 am, and 8:46 am New morning trips from Merivale / Slack at 7:30 am and 8:15 am New afternoon trips from Tunney's Pasture at 1:45 pm, 2:15 pm, 4:15 pm, and 5:15 pm New afternoon trips from Barrhaven at 3:18 pm and 5:15 pm
83	New morning trip from Viewmount at 6:14 am
85	New morning trip from Bayshore at 5:30 am New morning trip from Terrasses at 6:15 am
86	New morning trip from Baseline Station at 5:50 am
88	New morning trips from Hurdman at 5:45 am, 6:00 am, 6:59 am, and 8:30 am New morning trip from Terry Fox at 5:50 am New afternoon trip from Hurdman at 4:20 pm New afternoon trip from Terry Fox at 2:45 pm

Frequency and service adjustments

On Monday March 30, schedules are adjusted on all routes. Service continues to be provided to all neighbourhoods. Most routes are adjusted to use Saturday service levels on weekdays. Routes that do not normally run on Saturdays, such as some Connexion routes, continue to run at modified service levels.

In addition to using Saturday schedules, many weekday routes are enhanced with extra trips and frequency adjustments. On many routes, the first trip in the morning will be later than usual.

There are no changes to service levels on Saturdays and Sundays.

Routes with enhanced Saturday schedules on weekdays

Route	Description of changes
45	Every 15 minutes during peak periods and in the midday Every 30 minutes in the eventings Every 60 minutes overnight
55	Every 15 minutes during peak periods and in the midday Every 30 minutes in the evening
58	Every 60 minutes with earlier morning service added
81	Every 60 minutes in the morning peak with earlier morning service added Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak

Routes with modified schedules on weekdays

Route	Description of changes
5, 9, 18, 19, 20, 24, 30, 34, 35, 42, 46, 63, 64, 74, 80, 82, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 96, 131, 140, and 168	Every 30 minutes
6	Every 30 minutes in the peak periods Every 12 to 15 minutes in the midday and afternoon
7	Every 30 minutes in the peak periods Every 12 to 24 minutes in the midday
10	Every 20 to 30 minutes
11	Every 15 to 30 minutes
12	Every 15 to 30 minutes in the morning peak period and evenings Every 10 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak period
14	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak period and evenings Every 15 to 20 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak period
16	Every 30 to 60 minutes in the morning peak period and evenings Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak period
21	The first morning trip is at 7:10 am The last afternoon trip is at 5:06 pm
25	Every 15 to 30 minutes in the morning peak between Millennium and Blair Every 30 to 60 minutes in the morning peak between Millennium and Carson Every 15 to 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak Every 30 to 60 minutes in the evening
26	Every 60 minutes in the morning peak period and evenings Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak period
28	Every 30 minutes in the morning and afternoon peak periods and midday Every 60 minutes in the evenings
32	Four westbound trips to Blair Station Three eastbound trips to Jeanne d'Arc/Innes
38	Every 30 minutes, except for the first two trips of the day which operate hourly
39	Every 15 minutes between Blair and Place d'Orlèans stations Every 30 minutes along the rest of the route Overnight service will operate every 30 minutes between Place d'Orlèans Station and St.Laurent/Belfast
40	Every 15 minutes between Elmvale and St-Laurent stations Every 30 minutes along the rest of the route
44	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak and evenings Every 15 minutes in midday and afternoon peak
47 and 73	Every 30 to 60 minutes
48	Every 30 minutes in the peak periods and midday Hourly in the evenings
49	Every 60 minutes
50	Every 60 minutes in the morning peak period Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak period
51	Every 15 to 30 minutes in the peak periods and midday Every 30 to 60 minutes in the evening
53	Every 15 to 30 minutes
54	Every 2 hours with four trips per day
56	Every 30 to 60 minutes
57	Every 15 minutes in peak periods and midday Every 15 to 30 minutes in the evening along most of the route Every 60 minutes between Fitzgerald and Moodie
58	Every 60 minutes with earlier morning service added
61	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak period, midday, and evenings Every 15 to 30 minutes in the afternoon peak
62	Every 30 minutes in the peak periods and midday Every 30 to 60 minutes in the evening
66	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak Every 30 to 60 minutes in the afternoon peak between Tunney's Pasture Station and Kanata North
75	Every 15 minutes in the peak periods and midday Every 30 minutes in the evening and overnight along most of the route Service to and from Cambrian: Every 30 to 60 minutes in the morning peak Every 15 to 30 minutes in the midday Every 30 minutes in the evening
81	Every 60 minutes in the morning peak with earlier morning service added Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak
83	Every 60 minutes in the morning peak and evening Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak period
85	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak and evening Every 15 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak
88	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak and evening Every 20 minutes in the midday Every to 20 to 30 minutes in the afternoon peak
97	Every 15 minutes in the peak periods and midday Every 15 to 30 minutes in the evening
98	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak and evening Every 15 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak
99	Every 30 minutes in the peak periods and midday Every 30 to 60 minutes in the evening
111	Every 30 minutes in the morning peak period and evening Every 20 to 30 minutes in the midday Every 20 minutes in the afternoon peak period
138	Every 60 minutes
153	Every two hours The last eastbound trip is three hours after the previous trip
158	One morning trip at 7:40 am One afternoon trip at 5:05 pm
162	Every 20 to 40 minutes between Terry Fox Station and Tanger Outlets Every 60 minutes along the rest of the route
164	Hourly throughout the day Special trips from Tunney's Pasture Station in the morning Special trips to Tunney's Pasture Station in the afternoon
167	Every 60 minutes
170	Every 30 to 60 minute in the morning peak and evening Every 30 minutes in the midday and afternoon peak
171	Three trips per direction in the midday
173	Hourly between Barrhaven Centre and Fallowfield stations
175	Two trips per direction in the midday One trip per direction in the evening
190	Two trips per direction in the midday
197	Every 60 minutes
221	One trip in the morning between Cumberland and Blair Station One trip in the afternoon between Blair Station and Cumberland
222	One trip in the morning One trip in the afternoon
228	One trip in the morning One trip in the afternoon
231	Hourly throughout the day 30 minutes between the last two morning trips to Blair
232, 233, 234, 237, 252, 256, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 277, 278, 282, 284, 290	Service operates approx. every hour
257	Service operates approx. every hour Additional service every 30 minutes in the morning peak period between Palomino and Tunney’s Pasture Station
283	One trip in the morning between Munster and Tunney's Pasture Station One trip in the afternoon between Tunney's Pasture Station and Munster
299	One trip in the morning One trip in the afternoon

Routes temporarily not in service

Due to lower ridership, several routes are not operating starting March 30. Alternate service for some withdrawn routes is available and listed below.

These routes will resume once regular service returns.

Routes not in service	Alternate service
15	12 or 25
17	7 (along St-Laurent, Beechwood, and Rideau)
23	n/a
27	20 (along Cummings)
31	n/a
33	233 (during peak periods)
37	131, 232, or 234
84	88 (along Baseline) 74 or 75 (along Woodroffe and at Baseline Station)
114	14 or 53
141	46 or 140 (along Heron)
154	On Carling or at Queensway Station
155	On Carling or at Pinecrest Station
161	164, 168, 252, 256, or 257
165	n/a
166	66
176	175 or 299
179	170
186	80 or 86
187	On Woodroffe at the Nepean Sportsplex and on Merivale
198	n/a
199	73 or 96
224	24 (starting at 6:30 am)
225	34 (starting at 6:47 am)
235 and 236	35 (starting at 8:21 am)
251	57 (starting at 8:13 am)
258	58 (hourly starting at 9 am, east of Moodie)
266	63 or 64 (approx. every 30 mins. starting at 7 am)
275	75 (starting at 7:02 am, 8:02 am, and then every half hour)
291	46 (every 30 mins. starting at 5:45 am)
294	93 (every 30 mins. starting at 6:58 am from Greenboro Station)
All 600-series school routes	n/a

Shopper routes

All Shopper routes are continuing their regular service levels.

O-Train changes

Line 1

Starting Friday, March 27, O-Train Line 1 is operating every 6 to 8 minutes during peak periods. At all other times of day and on weekends, Line 1 service is every 10 to 16 minutes.

Hours of operation remain the same, with one exception. On Fridays, Line 1 service ends at 1 am on Saturday morning. Overnight bus routes are adjusted to align with Line 1's early closure.

Hours of operation for O-Train Line 1 as of March 27
Monday to Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5 am — 1 am	6 am — 2 am	8 am — 11 pm

Line 2

Starting Wednesday, March 25, O-Train Line 2 is operating every 15 minutes at all times.

Hours of operation for O-Train Line 2 as of March 25
Monday to Friday	Saturday	Sunday
6 am — 12 am	6:30 am — 12 am	7:30 am — 11 pm

Para Transpo services

Para Transpo volumes are currently low and all trips are being accommodated.