Ottawa, Ontario

C. Levesque (05 April 1915 -?)
Ottawa's first jitney operator. Car carried the signage: Jitney Passenger Service. (CR&MW May 1915, pp. 188-189)

Mrs. M. Gorman (? - ?)
Bus service between Ottawa and Hurdman's Bridge, 15 round trips/day, 1 bus fleet, 5¢ fare (CR&MW May 1926, pp. 262-263, June 1926, p. 323). (CR&MW June 1928, pp. 364-365).

Nepean Bus Lines (? - 1949)
Buses (and probably services) acquired by OTC 1949 (CTHF Bulletin v5 no.1, May 1997).

Cyrville Bus (? - 1950)
Licence to operate scheduled bus service Ottawa - Cyrville held by C. Trudel in 1928 (CR&MW June 1928, pp. 364-365). Buses (and probably services) acquired by OTC 1950 (CTHF Bulletin v5 no.1, May 1997).

Uplands Bus Line (? - 1951)
Buses (and probably services) acquired by OTC 1951 (CTHF Bulletin v5 no.1, May 1997).

"Beacon Hill Bullet" (05 July 1971 - 02 March 1973)
Sponsored and organized by the Beacon Hill North Community Association: Transport Committee (later the North Gloucester Transport Committee) and operated under contract by Capital Coach Lines (after circa April 1972, a subsidiary of Travelways). Service assumed by the OCRTC 05 March 1973. (Roe)

"Goulbourn/Stittsville" (? - 31 December 2000)
In addition to commuter services contracted to OC Transpo, the Township of Goulbourn operated service from Ashton via Munster Hamlet to Richmond (OC Transpo connection) and local service in Stittsville (known as the "Goulbourn Shuttle" or "Stittsville Shuttle") which reached Kanata (OC Transpo connection). In recent years the contract operator was Premier Bus Lines. At amalgamation the remaining operations passed to the City of Ottawa and OC Transpo. A local service in Richmond had been replaced by OC Transpo service earlier. (PS 2002).

Eastview (Vanier) Systems

Ottawa Electric Railway Company (June 1924 - 03 April 1929)
The OERy's first motorbus service was between Ottawa and Eastview. This operated in competition with ETCo. An April 1926 survey listed a service with a 10 minute headway, 4 buses and a 5¢ fare (CR&MW May 1926, pp. 262-263).

Eastview Transit Co. (1924 - 16 April 1926)
Operating in competition with the OERy. An April 1926 survey listed a service with a 10 minute headway and a 5¢ fare (CR&MW May 1926, pp. 262-263).

Eastview Bus Service (late May 1926 - 1950)
Eastview Bus Co. began operating with 3 buses, a 15 minute headway (10 minutes in rush hours), and a fare of 5¢ or 22 tickets for $1.00 (CR&MW July 1926, p. 387). Buses (and probably services) acquired by OTC 1950 (CTHF Bulletin v5 no.1, May 1997). Eastview renamed Vanier 1963.

Ottawa Suburban Services

• Voyageur Colonial serving Crystal Beach, Vernon, Winchester, Prescott, and Kemptville;
• Richmond Bus Lines service to Richmond;
• Capital Coach Lines to Beacon Hill and Osgoode; and
• Carleton Bus Lines serving Almonte, and Parkenham.

A list of Ottawa area commuter service companies, from mid 2002 and mid 2007, included:

Thom Transport (? - present)
Serving Arnprior, Carleton Place, Dunrobin, Fitzroy Habour, Galetta, Kinburn, Perth, and Woodlawn (2002). Serving Almonte, Arnprior, Carleton Place, Pakenham, and Perth (2007)

Howard Bus Service (? - present)
Serving Merrickville, Burritt's Rapids, Kemptville, and North Gower (2002, 2007).

416 Shuttle (? - ?)
Serving Shanly, Spencerville, Kemptville, and North Gower (2002). Not listed in 2007.

Laidlaw (? - present)
Serving Greely, Metcalfe, Vernon, Winchester, Osgoode village, and Manotick (2002). Serving Greely, Metcalfe, Vernon, and Winchester (2007).

Lalonde Bus Lines (? - present)
Serving Bourget and Vars (2002). Serving Bourget, Cheney, and Vars as part of CRTranspo (Clarence-Rockland) (2007).

417 Bus Line Ltd. (1972-present?)
Serving Casselman, Embrun, Limoges, and Vars (2002). Serving Casselman, Crysler, Embrun, and Limoges (2007). It seems logical that responsibility for services to TEO communities would have been transferred to TEO in 2008.

Transit Eastern Ontario (2008 - present)
Transport Est-Ontarien. Commuter service between Ottawa and Gatineau and Limoges, Casselman, Saint-Albert, Crysler, Berwick, Finch, St. Isadore, Maxville and Alexandria. Operations of the North Glengarry Prescott Russell Transport Board. Member municipalities are the village of Casselman, townships of North Glengarry and North Stormont, and the Nation municipality. Operation is contracted to 417 Bus Line Ltd. (website 2010).

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Autobus Bergeron Bus Lines (? - present)
Serving Embrun, Russell, and Vars (2002). Serving Embrun, Limoges, Russell, and Vars (2007).

Leduc Bus Lines (? - present)
Serving Alfred, Hawkesbury, L'Orignal, Plantagenet, Wendover, Rockland, and Cumberland Village (2002). Serving Alfred, Hawkesbury, L'Orignal, Plantagenet, and Wendover (2007). Service to Clarence Creek and Rockland operated by LBL as part of CRTranspo (Clarence-Rockland) (2007).

Delaney Bus Lines Ltd. (01 May 2007 - present)
Serving Ottawa - Cornwall commuters (2007).

Kemptville Transportation Services (? - present)
Serving Kemptville and North Gower (2007). Kemptville express route also serves Gatineau (2007).

Greyhound QuickLink Commuter Service (200x? - present)
The Montréal - Ottawa and Cornwall - Ottawa routes operated by Greyhound Transportation Canada Inc. are marketed as QuickLink commuter services, with commuting schedules and monthly passes. As of January 2008 service details were: (1) Ottawa/Kanata - Cornwall (monthly pass: $285.00); and (2) Ottawa - Montréal (monthly pass: $446.00/student: $393.00, 21+ round trips/weekday, one-way trip time 2:10 -> 2:40). Since October 2007 Greyhound has been a subsidiary of FirstBus Canada Ltd. The QuickLink brand is also used in the United States. (www.greyhoundquicklink.ca 27 January 2008).

(2002 info from OC Transpo's Bus Fan Club, forwarded by Alan Gryfe Aug 2002. 2007 survey from OC Transpo website "Rural Transit" page)

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References

• Churcher, Colin, Significant Dates In Ottawa/Hull Street and Light Railway History, a world wide web page at the URL: http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/street.htm, 2004.
• Churcher, Colin, Do-it-yourself Bus Service, a world wide web page at the URL: http://www.railways.incanada.net/Articles/Article1972.html 2006.
• DavesRailPix: Ottawa, Ontario, a World Wide Web gallery of photos at the URL: http://davesrailpix.com/odds/on/on.htm#otta, 2004.
• 417 Bus Line Ltd.: History, a world wide web page at the URL: http://www.417busline.com/eng/history.htm 2005.
• Ottawa Electric Railway Company, Acts of Incorporation and By-laws of the Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company, the Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company, and the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. [Ottawa?]: Printed for the Ottawa Electric Railway Company, 1895. (CIHM/ICMH microfiche series; no. 07041, 1981)
• NA Transit, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission (OC Transpo), a photo gallery website at the URL: http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/~volgren/octranspo.htm 2004.
• Roe, John. "Case Study: Citizens Organize Their Own Transit," Community Planning Review, Vol. 23, No. 6. n.d. (circa 1973).
• McKeown, Bill, Ottawa's Streetcars, Pickering ON and Montreal QC: Railfare D.C. Books, 2006.
• Wilkins, Van, "Rapid No Rail", Bus World, Vol. 8, No. 2, Winter 1985-86, pp. 8-13.