New Ways to Bus: Changes to Ward 18

Routes that will not change:

Route 19

Route 42

Route 44

Route 47

Route 45

Route 49

Routes that will be replaced, changed, or introduced:

Route 5

Will run between Waller Street (formerly Laurier Station) and Elmvale Station.

  • Will replace Route 55 service along Main Street, Smyth Road and to CHEO and The Ottawa Hospital General Campus.
  • Service on Riverdale Avenue to Billings Bridge Station will be replaced by Route 18.

Route 18

Will be changed to run between St-Laurent and Billings Bridge stations.

  • Will no longer serve Parliament Station.
  • Will replace current Route 5 service to/from Billings Bridge Station and will run on Bank Street, Riverdale Avenue, Main Street, Hawthorne Avenue, Elgin Street, and Rideau Street.

Route 40

  • Will be changed south of St-Laurent Boulevard to run on Conroy Road, Queensdale Avenue, Albion Road, Bridle Path Drive, Hunt Club Road, and Transitway to Greenboro Station.

Route 41

New route will run between St-Laurent and Billings Bridge stations.

  • Will replace current Route 46 on Walkley and Heron roads.
  • Will serve St-Laurent Boulevard, Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre, Russell Road, Southvale Crescent, Russell Road, Walkley Road, Heron Road, Clementine Boulevard, Bélanger Avenue, and Bank Street.

Route 46

Will be removed and replaced by:

  • Route 41 on Walkley and Heron roads
  • Route 48 on Coronation Avenue, Russell Road, and Southvale Crescent

Route 48

Will be extended to run between Hurdman Station and Carleton University.

  • Will run along Industrial Avenue, Coronation Avenue, Russell Road, Smyth Road, and St-Laurent Boulevard to Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre. Will serve Southvale Crescent instead of remaining on Russell Road, then serve Bank Street, Billings Bridge Station, Bank Street, and Sunnyside Avenue to Carleton University.
  • Will replace current Route 46 on Coronation Avenue, Russell Road, and Southvale Crescent.

Service will be removed along the Transitway between Billings Bridge and Hurdman stations.

Route 55

Will be removed. Service on:

  • Carling Avenue, Bronson Avenue / Booth Street, Catherine Street / Chamberlain Avenue / Isabella Street, Hawthorne Avenue, and Lees Avenue will be replaced by Route 85.
  • Main Street and Smyth Road will be replaced by Route 5.

Route 140

Will be removed and replaced by:

  • Route 41 along Bank Street, Bélanger Avenue, Clementine Boulevard and Heron Road.

Route 291

  • Will be removed and replaced by Route 92 in the Heatherington Road area.

Full details and route maps can be found here:

New Ways to Bus | OC Transpo