R1 changes and route cancellations

This afternoon, Council received details of some of the improvements that OC Transpo will be making to R1 service in light of the disabled Confederation Line. Find below the changes that will come into effect, and the effect those will have as some local routes are cancelled to free up buses. Some of these are buses that serve our ward and I'd encourage riders to review these.

As part of our ongoing effort to enhance R1 replacement bus service, several improvements will be made in the coming days:

Starting on Friday September 24 

Direct trips from downtown to Blair Station in the afternoon peak period will operate every 10 minutes
New schedules for R1 bus service will be in place based on observed operating conditions. These will increase reliability of service. 
Additional trips will be cancelled on other routes as buses are reassigned to R1 bus service. 

Starting Monday September 27 

All R1 buses will bypass Cyrville Station in both directions to make travel times faster for most customers.
A special shuttle bus will run frequently between Cyrville Station and St-Laurent Station.
The special shuttle bus will operate using Para Transpo minibuses, but there will be no impact on Para Transpo service levels, and we continue to accommodate all Para Transpo trip requests.

Trips on other routes cancelled to support R1 replacement bus service (as of Friday September 24)

Line 2 replacement bus service leaving South Keys at 07:28, 08:37, 09:48, 10:57, 12:07, 13:19, 14:21, 15:14, 15:48, 16:27, 17:00, 17:27**, 17:49, 18:26, 19:38, 20:50, 22:02, 23:14; leaving Bayview at 08:00, 09:09, 10:17, 11:27, 12:38, 13:48, 14:02*, 14:26**, 14:53, 15:10, 15:49, 16:21, 16:58*, 17:27**, 17:47, 18:56, 20:07, 21:19, 22:31, 23:43 (* to Carleton, ** from Carleton)

Route 7 leaving St-Laurent at 07:08, 08:07, 10:39, 13:40, 14:56, 15:25, 16:10, 17:40, 18:10; leaving Carleton at 08:21, 09:24, 12:09, 14:53, 16:20, 16:52, 17:36, 19:24

Route 10 leaving Hurdman at 17:01; leaving Lyon at 17:43

Route 12 leaving St-Laurent at 08:15, 14:30, 15:00, 15:59; leaving Blair at 15:08, 15:38, 16:38

Route 14 leaving Tunney’s Pasture at 06:31, 15:44, 16:59; leaving St-Laurent at 07:54, 14:39, 15:40

Route 15 leaving Blair at 06:12, 08:19, 16:19, 19:24, 21:26; leaving Parliament at 07:23, 09:26, 15:11, 17:37*, 20:21, 22:16 (* from Gatineau)

Route 24 leaving St-Laurent at 06:25, 06:55, 07:23, 07:55, 08:25, 15:19, 16:23, 16:53, 17:23, 17:53; leaving La Vérendrye at 06:47, 07:18, 07:46, 08:18, 08:48, 15:44, 16:49, 17:19, 17:48, 18:18

Route 25 leaving Millennium at 16:25; leaving Blair at 15:32

Route 30 leaving Millennium at 15:55; leaving Blair at 16:26, 17:36

Route 39 leaving Trim at 14:43; leaving Blair at 15:12, 17:34* (* from Den Haag)

Route 40 leaving Lorry Greenberg at 06:39, 10:25*; leaving St-Laurent at 07:13 (* from Elmvale)

Route 42 leaving Hurdman at 08:07

Route 44 leaving Hurdman at 06:14, 07:29, 18:23; leaving Billings Bridge at 06:55, 08:12

Route 46 leaving Hurdman at 15:26, 17:10; leaving Billings Bridge at 16:09

Route 55 leaving Westgate at 07:20, 08:49, 09:35, 16:10; leaving Elmvale at 06:35, 07:50, 08:20, 15:16

Route 64 leaving Tunney’s Pasture at 06:57; leaving Innovation at 07:34

Route 74 leaving Tunney’s Pasture at 13:03; leaving Nepean Woods at 13:53

Route 80 leaving Deakin at 06:00

Route 88 leaving Terry Fox at 17:35; leaving Hurdman at 15:56

Route 90 leaving Greenboro at 06:23, 08:09, 09:38, 16:24; leaving Hurdman at 07:05, 08:49, 10:19, 15:04, 15:31

Route 93 leaving Leitrim at 07:23

Route 98 leaving Hawthorne at 08:09

Route 257 leaving Palomino at 08:05