Fall changes to OC Transpo service begins Sept. 4

OC Transpo says riders can expect to see their fall service schedule begin on Sunday, Sept. 4.

Adjusted school routes and new trips on routes 99, 110 and 170 for riders who work at the Amazon facility on Citigate Drive in Barrhaven are among the changes listed in a memo from Transit Services general manager, Renée Amilcar.

Service on routes 15, 615 and 616 will be reinstated on Montreal Road between Vanier Parkway and St. Laurent Boulevard, and route 20 will return to its regular route on Granville Street and Alfred Street. 

Summer service reductions will end on routes 56 and 57 and the O-Train Line 2 replacement buses serving Carleton University and Route 25 serving La Cité will increase.

Monday, Sept. 5, will be the last day of operation for the seasonal service on Route 25 to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Route 139 to Petrie Island, and Route 185 to the Canada Agriculture Museum. 

School trips and routes in the 600-series will resume and several new school routes are being added at the request of school boards and their student transportation agencies.

New school routes and adjustments:

• St. Francis Xavier High School – Route 693 will be introduced to provide service from the Blossom Park area. 
• École secondaire publique Louis Riel – Route 28 morning trips will be extended to start at Hurdman Station and will be numbered as new Route 628.
• St. Joseph High School – New short trips will be added on Route 75 between St. Joseph’s High School and the Minto Recreational Complex.
• Select trips on Routes 99 will be extended between Barrhaven Centre and St. Joseph’s High School.
• New trips extending to St. Joseph’s High School will be added on Route 170.
• St. Matthew High School – New trips extending to St. Matthew High School will be added on Routes 32 and 34. 
• New trips will be added to service A.Y. Jackson High School (Routes 110, 161 and  168), Earl of March Secondary School (Routes 62, 161, 168 and 664), Gloucester High School (Route 28), Immaculata High School (Routes 5, 7, 15, 16, 55 and 56), St. Francis Xavier High School (Routes 99, 278 and 299) and St. Matthew High School (Routes 131 and 221). 

Service reduction for schools:

“Service levels will be reduced on each of the following school routes to better match ridership levels,” Amilcar said. “Sufficient capacity will remain to accommodate the expected ridership.”

• Bell High School (Routes 88 and  665).
• Colonel By Secondary School (Route 24).
• Gloucester High School (Route 24).
• École secondaire publique De La Salle (Route 602).
• Hillcrest High School (Route 649).
• Collège catholique Mer Bleue (Route 634).
• Merivale High School (Route 80).
• École secondaire publique Omer-Deslauriers (Route 689).
• École secondaire publique Pierre-de-Blois (Route 99).
• St. Patrick’s High School (Route 92).
• St. Paul High School (Route 88).

Holiday schedule service adjustments:

• Labour Day, Sept. 5: O-Train Line 1 will run from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Line 2 bus will run from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Sept. 30: weekday schedule for O-Train Line 1 will be 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. and the Line 2 bus will run from 5:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.
• Thanksgiving, Oct. 10: O-Train Line 1 will be open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Line 2 bus service will run from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday.
• Remembrance Day, Nov. 11: O-Train Line 1 will be open from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Line 2 bus service will run from 5:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.