Key to icons
This page provides a legend of all symbols used on the site:
O-Train lines
- Icon
- Meaning
- Line 1
- Future Line 2
- Future Line 3
- Future Line 4
- Replacement bus service for Line 1*replacement service footnote
- Future Replacement bus service for Line 2*replacement service footnote
- Future Replacement bus service for Line 4*replacement service footnote
*Note: Replacement bus service
- May be deployed when the O-Train is not running during regular service hours
- Serves all O-Train stations on the line and only makes limited stops along the way
- For shorter trip times, Lees and Cyrville are served by a shuttle instead
- If an O-Train line is partially closed, may run only along the closed portion
Bus routes
- Icon
- Meaning
- Connexion
- Quick, convenient connection from home to Line 1
- Runs weekday rush-hours only, both in the morning and returning home in the afternoon
- Connexion limited*limited service footnote
- Frequent — service every 15 minutes or less from 6 am to 6 pm on weekdays
- Frequent limited*limited service footnote
- Local — custom routing to local destinations
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600s — School: Custom service from home to school
300s — Shopper: Free weekly trips to and from the mall for rural Ottawa communities
400s — Events: Direct route to events at Lansdowne or the Canadian Tire Centre
- Night
- Overnight, station-to-station bus service when Line 1 closes for the day
- Runs 7 days a week
- Rapid
- Quick, station-to-station bus service along the Transitway or highway
- Runs 7 days a week
- Rapid limited*limited service footnote
*Note: All symbols with a white background
A symbol with a white background means that the route, or that a portion of the route, only runs during certain times of the day, or on certain days of the week.
Services
- Icon
- Meaning
- Transecure seating area
- My Alerts
- Bikesecure Parking
- Customer service
- Live video chat
- Transecure night stop
- On Demand Transit
- O-Payment
- Para Transpo
- Park & Ride
- The Next Stop Blog thumbnail
- Travel Planner
- My Para Transpo
- Customer Service Centre
- ParaPay logo
- Safe stop logo
- Co-operative seating logo
Station features/ amenities/ wayfinding
- Icon
- Meaning
- After-hours entrance
- Airport
- Bike boarding zone
- Bike rack support
- Bike repair station
- Bus stop
- Customer Service Centre
- Entrance
- Escalator
- Fare gate
- Ticket machine
- Happy Goat Coffee Co.
- Hospital
- Info sign
- Multi-use pathway
- Park & Ride
- Pick-up/drop-off zone
- Accessible public washroom
- Stairs
- Taxi drop-off zone
- Accessibility
- Elevator
- Transecure seating area
- Transecure night stop
- Bikesecure Parking
Accessibility
- Icon
- Meaning
- Accessible icon
- Elevator
- Hearing loop or T-loop
- Transecure seating area
- Transecure night stop
- Co-operative seating logo
Customer service and contact
- Icon
- Meaning
- Customer Service Centre
- Live video chat
- Customer service
- Mailing address
- Phone
- TTY
Notes & warnings
- Icon
- Meaning
- Information icon
- Positive / success icon — multipurpose use for positive or confirmational messages
- General warning icon — general, multipurpose use for warning messages. Often used for service disruptions
- Critical warning icon — for critical messages such as emergencies, danger etc.
Modes of transportation
- Icon
- Meaning
- Bike
- Bus
- Mobility device
- Para Transpo
- Train
- Walk
Interactive
Interactive elements are icons or symbols that have a specific function associated with it. Usually used with buttons, links, and expandable items
- Icon
- Meaning
- Search — click to search entire website
- Mobile (hamburger) menu — click to open mobile menu
- Close — click to close mobile menu
- Travel Planner — click to open the Travel Planner
- English language — click to go to English page
- French language — click to go to French page
- Arrow right — go to another internal page
- Chevron down — click to see more content and close all other opened content
- Chevron up — click to see less content
- Plus — click to see more content while preventing other opened content to close
- Minus — click to see less content
- Trash can — click to remove item from favourites list
- Favourites — click to add to favourites list
- Refresh — click to refresh stop information
- Drop down arrow — click to expand time picker
- Info — click to open info message
- Calendar — click to open date picker
- Magnifying glass with plus sign in the lens — click to zoom in on maps
- Magnifying glass with minus sign in the lens — click to zoom out on maps
Resources
- Icon
- Meaning
- Map — click the following link to download map
- PDF — click the following link to download PDF
- Image — click the following link to download image
- Schedules — click the following link to view routes schedules
- Link to an external site — click the following link to go to external link
Destinations
The following icons allow you to filter destinations by the services they offer
- Icon
- Meaning
- Activity
- Scenery
- Shopping
- Event space
- Library or museum
- Out-of-town connections (airport or intercity train service)
- School
Detours & alerts
- Icon
- Meaning
- Detour symbol
- Stop impacted symbol
- Alternate stop
- Stop not in use
- Stop unchanged
- My Alerts logo
- Number of route(s) on detour
- Route direction
- Construction zone
Map interface
- Icon
- Meaning
- Magnifying glass with plus sign in the lens — click to zoom in on maps
- Magnifying glass with minus sign in the lens — click to zoom out on maps
- Indicates north on maps
Travel Planner
General
These are general icons and symbols found in the Travel Planner
- Icon
- Meaning
- Travel Planner logo
- Close menu — click to close Travel Planner menu
- Expand map — click to view map in full screen
- Menu — click to display major Travel Planner functions: Trip Planner, Route Schedules, Stop Schedules, Next Departures
- Print icon — click to print schedule or travel plan
- Search icon — click to generate results for trip plans and schedules
- Trip Plan logo
- Route Schedules logo
- Stop Schedules logo
- Next Departures logo
- Service note — click to view a service notice related to a stop or trip. This may be a trip-specific destination, a routing detour or a caution order.
- Stop suggestion — Visual cue for search field bus stop result
- Station suggestion — Visual cue for search field station result
- Landmark (OC Transpo suggestion for most relevant results) — Visual cue for search field landmark result
- Icon calendar — click to Launch the calendar date picker to enter a date
- GPS icon — click to use your current location to fill in the field
- Clear — click to clear current field input
- Arrow down — drop down selector for time
- Arrow down — click to see drop down options
- Recent icon — click to access your route or location lookup history
Travel Planner — map interface
These are general icons and symbols are specific to the Route Schedules feature of the Travel Planner
- Icon
- Meaning
- Walking distance radius centre pin
- Bus stops
- Selected stops
Travel Planner — Trip Plan
These are general icons and symbols are specific to the Trip Plan feature of the Travel Planner
- Icon
- Meaning
- Origin — enter your origin here
- Origin — enter your origin here
- Destination pin — enter destination here
- Destination pin — enter destination here
- Reverse origin and destination entries
- Active trip plan indicator
- Each step of the trip plan
- U turn instructions
- Walking icon indicating the step that requires walking
Travel Planner — Route Schedules
These are general icons and symbols are specific to the Route Schedules feature of the Travel Planner
- Icon
- Meaning
- Pin — click to select a trip to display on map
- Up/down icon — click to view earlier (up) or later (down) trips