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Publication Date: January 21, 2025 - 10:30
O-Train Lines 2 and 4 will open on Saturdays starting Saturday, January 25
January 21, 2025
O-Train Lines 2 and 4 will be open on Saturdays starting Saturday, January 25. Here are the details on what you need to know to use the service.
O-Train Lines 2 and 4 will open on Saturdays starting Saturday, January 25. This expansion of service follows the launch of weekday service on January 6 and demonstrated safe and consistent service on Lines 2 and 4.
O-Train Lines 2 and 4 run from 6 am to midnight Monday to Friday and from 6:30 am to midnight on Saturdays.
Existing bus service will continue to run alongside Lines 2 and 4, providing parallel bus service options for customers. This parallel service, which includes B2 buses, Route 97 and Route 99 will be available for customers every day of the week.
Line 2 and 4 service will continue to run from Monday to Saturday for a minimum of two weeks. Staff will continue to closely monitor the system during this time to ensure the continued delivery of safe and consistent performance before expanding service to seven days a week.
The expansion of Line 2 and 4 service to six days a week follows the phased opening plan informed by the Public Inquiry report, lessons learned, and third-party recommendations.
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Quick facts
Line 2
- 19 kilometres
- 11 stations
- Three Park & Ride lots at Greenboro, Leitrim, and Bowesville stations which will provide 1,800 free parking spaces
- 35-minute travel time from end-to-end
- Service approximately every 12 minutes
- Seven new Stadler FLIRT diesel trains, which are 80 metres long and capable of carrying 420 passengers
- Two pedestrian bridges across the Rideau River and Hunt Club Road
- A new six-kilometre pathway between Hunt Club Road and Earl Armstrong Road that will connect the Sawmill Creek Multi-Use Pathway through to the Osgoode Trail
- Four kilometres
- Two stations
- Seven-minute travel time from end-to-end
- Service approximately every 12 minutes
- Six Alstom LINT diesel trains, which are 42 metres long and capable of carrying 260 passengers.
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