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One of the last 95 runs at Mackenzie King Station, Oct. 5 2019. With bus network changes coming Sunday, several buses will be no more. Route 95, the backbone of OC Transpo’s bus rapid transit system, will be one of them. ...

The O-Train Confederation Line (aka Line 1) entered service on Saturday, Sept. 14. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Mayor Jim Watson today marked the official opening of O-Train Line 1, the Confederation Line, with the Honourable Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and special guests. ...

The Confederation Line will change the way transit works in Ottawa. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) Although the fall service is already underway, transit riders can expect more changes come Oct. 6. That’s when OC Transpo will overhaul the bus network for the post-LRT era. ...

An OC Transpo bus downtown. (Photo/Shankar S./used under a Creative Commons license.) Mayor Jim Watson and Capital Coun. Shawn Menard had their semi-regular Twitter argument about free transit last Sunday (April 14) and, as all good arguments should, it involved a little math. ...

An OC Transpo bus on Wellington Street. Photo/Devyn Barrie If you’re a regular transit rider, you’re probably familiar with the Twitter handle @OCTranspoLive. It’s the main way the transit service communicates trip cancellations and disruptions. What you probably didn’t know, because OC Transpo doesn’t really mention it anywhere, is that the Twitter account is also highly incomplete and somewhat misleading to passengers who rely on it. ...

Artist’s rendering of a finished St-Laurent Station. (via ligneconfederationline.ca) “Third time was not the charm,” says CBC Ottawa. “LRT builder nets unflattering hat trick,” the Ottawa Citizen added. LRT builder Rideau Transit Group, or RTG, confirmed on Tuesday that it will miss the March 31 deadline to have the $2. ...

October 10 – OC Transpo has revised some routes due to the delayed opening of O-Train Line 1, the Confederation Line. Several routes will be adjusted starting Monday, October 15, to improve connectivity and reduce walking distances. Route 11 – Downtown The downtown loop of Route 11 will be adjusted to improve connections to Route 12 and to rapid and frequent routes on Albert and Slater streets. ...

Artist’s rendering of a completed Rideau Station. In news that should surprise nobody who had been paying attention, the City of Ottawa revealed Monday that the Confederation Line won’t be ready in 2018 at all. Instead, it should be operational in Q1 2019. ...

There once was a time when the only place you could buy a Presto card was at one of OC Transpo’s handful of customer service outlets. No more, as the transit cards are now being sold at many more locations such as Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws and Real Canadian Superstore. ...

[caption id=“attachment_69101” align=“aligncenter” width=“1024”] OC Transpo hopes two large projects to bring Trillium Line infrastructure up to date will improve reliability. (Lezumbalaberenjena/Wikimedia Commons/Public domain)[/caption] Taking OC Transpo has certainly changed since I first moved here in 1980. Then I was greeted by buses with 3-4 stairs to get into the bus. ...