New Ways to Bus starting April 27
Quick links to what you need to know about on our biggest ever bus service change:
Plan your New Ways to Bus trip
New Ways to Bus Route-by-route-changes
New Ways to Bus School service
News
The Next Stop Blog news
OC Explained: Maps
🗺 From hand-drawn routes to 3D station layouts, OC Transpo’s maps have come a long way.
🔍 Take a look behind the scenes in our OC Explained series — and see how they’re made, and why they matter. 📌
Happy Goat Coffee opens at Hurdman Station
Happy Goat Coffee Co. is now open at Hurdman Station! Take your coffee, tea or treat to-go. Look for the Happy Goat kiosk on Level 1 at Hurdman Station (near the north-side elevator).
Services news
Who else is egg-cited for Easter?
OC Owl is!
We know this because the only type of music OC listens to around this time is Hip Hop! But you know what's even bunny-er? OC has also been spending time gathering everything you need to be hoppy this Easter weekend.
Easter weekend service: Friday, April 18 to Monday, April 21
The Next Stop Blog news
April 10 Transit Committee Update
On April 10, we provided Transit Committee with an update on the progress of the 5-year roadmap, preparations for the launch of New Ways to Bus, and our annual Transecure and Safe Driving Awards event.
If you didn’t get a chance to tune in, The Next Stop Blog has you covered.
Services news
New Ways to Bus to school
Middle schools & high schools:
Following the launch of the New Ways to Bus network on Sunday, April 27, there will be several changes to many 600-series school routes and regular routes with special school service.
Services news
New ways to bus are coming this spring service change!
Schedules are now live in the Travel Planner. Plan your New Ways to Bus trip today!
Sunday, April 27 will be the largest bus service change in the City’s history, impacting most customers and bus routes.
Questions about the upcoming New Ways to Bus network?
Well, we have answers.
Our outreach team will be travelling around the city to share information about the new network! From now until the launch of New Ways to Bus on Sunday, April 27, we have several community events planned.
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First seven-metre minibus for Para Transpo arrives
We're happy to introduce the first of our new seven-metre minibuses for Para Transpo! This vehicle arrived in Ottawa in February. Since then, it has been going through inspections and testing. Para Transpo operators will also have the opportunity to get comfortable with the vehicle before it goes into service.
Keep up with our social media and we'll let you know when the vehicle hits the road for the first time.
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New Customer Service phone hours starting March 26
We’re updating our phone service hours to serve you more efficiently during peak times and help reduce wait times.
See what’s changing, what continues as usual, and explore our self-serve tools to get the information you need—faster and easier.
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The Next Stop Blog newsO-Train Extension newsO-Train East newsO-Train West newsSeasonal snapshots news
Project Spotlight: Stage 2 2025 Lookahead
The O-Train Extension project is transforming Ottawa and its transit system. We’re adding 24 stations, 44 kilometres of rail, and 45 new trains to the O-Train network. When the project is complete, we will have more than tripled the length of our rail system from 20 kilometres in 2019 to 64 kilometres as we extend the O-Train system farther south, east, and west.
Para Transpo news
Sign up for Para Transpo trip notifications
Notifications for upcoming Para Transpo trips are now available by email, SMS text* or automated voice call.
O-Train Extension newsO-Train network news
New ways to bus are coming to Ottawa!
Frequent. Local. Connected.
OC Transpo’s new bus network will focus on frequency, local service in your neighbourhood, and connections to O-Train Lines 1 and 2 and key destinations.
New Ways to Bus is about responding to changes in customers’ travel needs and ridership levels. It will significantly change OC Transpo’s bus network and is a big step towards meeting our service reliability target of 99.5 per cent.