Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission route 20

20 'Orléans/Albert & Bay'


Number of Branches		2
Types of vehicles used		n/a
Garage		n/a

Route 20 was a bus route operated by OC Transpo in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Route Details

The current routing of route 20

Route 20 was a peak period express route that ran from South Orléans (Portobello & Summer Sky) to Downtown. This route operates Monday to Friday from 6:00am to 9:00am (AM peak) and 3:00pm to 6:00pm (PM peak). 20A travels along the western part of Princess Louise, between Montcrest and Charlemagne. 20B serves the eastern part of Princess Louise.

History

September 3rd, 2000

New route that will provide the new development south of Innes Road, along Portobello and Nantes, with an express route direct to downtown.
It will also supplement service in Fallingbrook along Gardenway and Charlemagne.

December 13th, 2001

Removed from Nantes and extended along Portobello to start near Martello to better serve the community.

September 4th, 2004

Service will be extended south along Portobello to better serve the growing community.

November 16th, 2009

AM trips no longer served the Place d'Orleans Park & Ride stop.

September 6th, 2009

Route was changed to run from Portobello via Valin, Varennes, Watters, Montcrest and Princess Louise to Charlemagne replacing a portion of Route 36.
New branch 20B is created to make some trips faster for customers negatively affected by the cancelling of Route 30.
Service is removed from Gardenway, alternative service is available with revised Route 27.

November 28th, 2009

AM trips no longer deviate to serve Place d'Orleans Park & Ride stop.

April 17th, 2011

No boarding from Blair Station to Train Station is allowed.

December 22nd, 2013

Extended along Portobello, south of Brian Coburn, to improve service for new residents in the Summerside and Avalon communities.

June 28th, 2015

No service to Lees, Hurdman, Train or Cyrville Stations.
No service at St-Laurent Station heading east in the afternoon.

December 20th, 2015

Ends at Albert/Bay in the morning.
Does not serve Blair Station eastbound in the afternoon.

April 24th, 2016

No longer serves Campus Station. Travels via Highway 417 and Nicholas Street between Laurier and east-end stations.

December 25th, 2016

Route 20A is combined with Route 120 to become new local Route 33.
Route 20B is renumbered to Connexion Route 233 in preparations for the launch of the O-Train Confederation Line in 2018.
Express premium no longer required.
Morning trips to downtown serve the Place d’Orléans Park & Ride platform. Afternoon trips serve the main Place d’Orléans platform.