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===Public transportation=== {{Main|OC Transpo}} [[File:O Train 15773300606.jpg|thumb|An [[O-Train]] crossing the [[Rideau River]]. The O-Train is a [[light rail]] [[public transportation]] service provided by [[OC Transpo]].]] [[File:Stage2South.png|thumb|Map of Ottawa's rapid transit network.]] Ottawa's public transit system is managed by [[OC Transpo]].<ref name="oct">{{cite web |url=http://www.octranspo1.com/about-octranspo |title=About OC Transpo |year=2009 |publisher=OC Transpo |access-date=6 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113035431/http://www.octranspo1.com/about-octranspo/ |archive-date=13 November 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> OC Transpo operates an integrated, multi-modal rapid transit system which includes: * The [[O-Train]] light rail system. The four-line public rail system includes three existing lines and one currently under construction. ** Line 1, ([[Confederation Line]]) is an east–west line which operates medium-capacity light rail vehicles and travels under the city's downtown core.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our services |url=https://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/ |access-date=16 February 2020 |website=OC Transpo |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217130833/http://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ** Line 2, ([[Trillium Line]]), is a north–south rail transit corridor which utilizes a mix of Stadler FLIRTs and Alstom Coradia LINTs connecting the south end of Ottawa to Line 1 at [[Bayview station (Ottawa)|Bayview station]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.octranspo.com/en/ready-for-rail/transforming-the-service/expanding-o-train-service |title=Expanding O-Train service |website=OC Transpo |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216190331/http://www.octranspo.com/en/ready-for-rail/transforming-the-service/expanding-o-train-service |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/bus-o-train-network/vehicles/ |title=Vehicles |publisher=OC Transpo |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906201722/https://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/bus-o-train-network/vehicles/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ** Line 3, is an under construction branch of Line 1, splitting at [[Lincoln Fields station]] and continuing west.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stage2lrt.ca/ |title=Stage 2 Ottawa |website=Stage2lrt.ca |date=22 July 2015 |access-date=16 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322133748/http://www.stage2lrt.ca/}}</ref> ** Line 4, is a {{cvt|4|km|mi}} airport link connecting the Trillium Line to the [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]] * A vast [[bus rapid transit]] (BRT) system that uses a series of dedicated bus-only roadways named the [[Transitway (Ottawa)|Transitway]] and reserved lanes on city streets and highways. The Transitway has long distances between stops and full station amenities (including platforms, walkways, fare gates, ticket booths, elevators and convenience stores). It connects Ottawa's suburbs to the inner city. The Rapid bus service network operates all day, seven days a week, reaching the suburban communities of Kanata to the West, Barrhaven to the South-West, Orléans to the East, and South Keys to the South.<ref name=":1" /> * Over 190 local bus routes are served by a fleet of ordinary, articulated and double-decker buses.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/bus-o-train-network/service-types/ |title=Service types |website=OC Transpo |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217184613/http://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/bus-o-train-network/service-types |url-status=live}}</ref> Both OC Transpo and the Quebec-based [[Société de transport de l'Outaouais]] (STO) operate bus transit services between Ottawa and Gatineau. OC Transpo also operates a door-to-door bus service for disabled individuals known as ParaTranspo.<ref name="oct" /> There is a [[Gatineau LRT|proposed LRT system]] that could link Ottawa with Gatineau.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-aylmer-ottawa-light-rail-1.4713843 |access-date=20 December 2018 |title=Gatineau reveals $2.1B LRT plan, eyes 2028 launch |work=CBC |date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114184041/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-aylmer-ottawa-light-rail-1.4713843 |archive-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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