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    • OC Transpo

    Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z8

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About OC Transpo

    Whether you’re going from Orléans to Barrhaven or downtown Ottawa to Gatineau, OC Transpo can take you.

    Contact

    1500 St. Laurent Boulevard
    Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z8
    Canada
    http://www.octranspo1.co
    613.741.4390

    More Info on OC Transpo

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    Whether you’re going from Orléans to Barrhaven or downtown Ottawa to Gatineau, OC Transpo can take you. We provide comprehensive transit services to nearly one million people in Ottawa. The OC Transpo fleet has over 1,000 buses and three trains serving our nearly 370,000 daily riders.

    OC Transpo’s mandate is to deliver safe, reliable, and courteous service at a reasonable price. Transit use benefits the community by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, traffic congestion, and the requirement for more roads.

    Products and Press Releases

    Fare Collection

    OC Transpo rolls out O-Payment across entire transit system

    Sept. 8, 2023
    O-Payment will allow customers to pay for an adult fare by tapping a credit card or mobile wallet on fare gates at any station or fare readers on an OC Transpo bus.
    OC Transpo
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    Vehicles

    Permanent operator barriers coming to OC Transpo bus fleet

    April 27, 2021
    More than 750 articulated, double-decker and 40-foot buses will be equipped with an operator barrier by the end of August 2021.
    Fare Collection

    OC Transpo offers new touchless fare payment

    Feb. 17, 2021
    One gate on the west side of the Rideau Sstation has been set up to accept Visa, Mastercard, as well as smart phones and watches that use Apple Pay or Google Pay loaded with Visa...
    Rail

    Construction Begins for Ottawa's New Light-Rail Line

    June 15, 2015
    The Transitway will close from Blair to Hurdman. Route and schedule changes as well as new reserved bus lanes will reduce the impact by taking most riders around the construction...

    Articles & News

    CNW Group/Société de transport de Laval
    STL bus riders can now pay their bus fare with Interac® Debit, as a contactless payment option, a first in Quebec. The contactless technology simply requires to tap with their physical bank card or mobile phone or wearable device with digital wallet on the payment terminal. This announcement marks the final step of a major research and development project on onboard credit and debit card payment—the first to launch in Canada in 2017.
    Fare Collection

    Debit/credit card fare payment updates from STL and OC Transpo

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    June 20, 2023
    The Société de transport de Laval becomes the first Quebec transit agency to accept debit card payments for fare, while OC Transpo begins testing new fare gates that will support...
    City of Ottawa
    The government of Canada will provide the city of Ottawa C$350 million (US$260 million) in funding through the Zero Emission Transit Fund to support OC Transpo's transition to a fully zero-emission fleet.
    Hybrid, Hydrogen & Electric Vehicles

    Government of Canada invests C$350 million in Ottawa’s zero-emission transit fleet

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    Jan. 20, 2023
    The federal funding will go toward the purchase of 350 zero-emission vehicles and charging infrastructure and assist OC Transpo in meeting its goal of having a fully zero-emission...
    OC Transpo
    The first four 40-foot electric buses entered service on OC Transpo routes in early 2022.
    Transportation Safety Board of Canada
    An image showing damage to an O-Train following a September 2021 derailment that TSB determined to be caused by 12 bolts that failed because they were not adequately torqued when installed during refurbishment.
    Safety & Security

    Ontario establishes commission to look into Ottawa LRT challenges

    Mass Transit Staff Report
    Dec. 20, 2021
    Justice William Hourigan will lead the commission evaluating the procurement, delivery and operations of the line, as well as oversee publication of recommendations from the inquiry...
    OC Transpo
    Municipal and transit stakeholders gathered on Nov. 26 at OC Transpo’s St-Laurent Garage to showcase the transit service’s first four battery-electric buses.
    Hybrid, Hydrogen & Electric Vehicles

    OC Transpo preps first battery-electric buses to enter service

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    Nov. 29, 2021
    The 40-foot vehicles will enter service in early 2022 and will be housed at the St-Laurent Garage, which was retrofitted to accommodate charging infrastructure for the buses.
    Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson/Twitter
    Tunnel construction began on Sept. 25 for the west extension of the Stage 2 LRT project, which includes more than two miles of tunnels.
    Infrastructure

    Ottawa Stage 2 LRT West Extension tunnel construction begins

    Mischa Wanek-Libman
    Sept. 28, 2020
    The west extension of the O-Train Line 1 includes more than 2 miles of tunnels that will be constructed using a cut and cover method.

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