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Next Departures guide

In this guide, you will learn how to use the Travel Planner's Next departures feature iconNext Departures feature.

Follow the step-by-step instructions to get next departure times for a specific stop.

Departures are not real-time

Departures are based on scheduled times. The Travel Planner is currently unable to give departure times adjusted with real-time (GPS) data. For real-time departures, use the Next Departures widget on our homepage

Step 1: Selecting a stop

You can look up a stop using any of the following options:

  • Type in the stop

    Enter a stop number or station name and click on the corresponding suggestion

  • Pick a location on the map

    Pick a location on the map and search for nearby stops

  • Enter an address and lookup nearby stops

    1. Enter an address
    2. Click on the drop-down icon to browse through nearby stops in that area
  • Detect your GPS location (for mobile users)

    If you have enabled GPS on your mobile device, you can set your origin or destination to your current location.

  • Next Depatures history footnote *

    If you have previously obtained the next departures for a stop, you can click the history icon (round arrow with a clock dial) to select it without looking it up again

    (stop history icon only shows up if you have previously looked up a stop)

*In order to save your history, you need to allow cookies and not be in a “private” or “incognito” window.

Step 2: Click on “Next Departures”

Once you've selected the stop, press on the "Next Departures" to continue.

Step 3: Get departures for specific routes serving a stop

Follow steps below to narrow your results to show the next departures for only the routes you want (for example, only routes heading downtown):

  1. From your “next departure” results screen, click on the downward arrow next to “All routes” to view the routes serving the selected stop.

    screenshot of next departures results with cursor on dropdown icon
  2. Click the checkbox next to “All routes” to deselect it. Check the boxes for routes you want to include, then collapse the list of routes by pressing the up-arrow icon to view passing time

    screenshot of dropdown open and cursor unchecking all check boxes and then selecting one checkbox for 11 Parliament