Previous measure: 93.1% of arrivals were within five minutes of the timetable (6,936 arrivals over 27 days). The report card below uses the newer one-minute-early to five-minutes-late measure when it has readings.
Route 153: Carlingwood ⇄ Lincoln Fields
Every 60 to 63 min
- LINCOLN FIELDS 3B73 min sched.
- CARLING / TAVISTOCK77 min sched.
- CROYDON / LINCOLN FIELDS MALL78 min sched.
- LINCOLN FIELDS MALL EAST78 min sched.
- RICHMOND / ASSALY80 min sched.
- RICHMOND / KICHI ZIBÌ MIKAN81 min sched.
- RICHMOND / EDGEWORTH82 min sched.
- MCEWEN / AMBLESIDE83 min sched.
- 70 MCEWEN83 min sched.
- MCEWEN LOOP84 min sched.
- 70 MCEWEN85 min sched.
- 1090 AMBLESIDE86 min sched.
- AMBLESIDE / NEW ORCHARD NORTH87 min sched.
- RICHMOND / NEW ORCHARD N87 min sched.
- WOODROFFE / KNIGHTSBRIDGE90 min sched.
- WOODROFFE / ANTHONY90 min sched.
- WOODROFFE / FLOWER91 min sched.
- CARLING / FAIRLAWN93 min sched.
- CARLINGWOOD - LOBLAWS94 min sched.
Where lateness is made ·
Not measured yet: too few weekdays with bus positions on this stretch.
The line right now · 8:55 a.m.
The line right now · 8:55 a.m.
Live, 50 s ago
on timelatedid not comeLive, 50 s ago
- LINCOLN FIELDS 3B73 min sched.
- CARLING / TAVISTOCK77 min sched.
- CROYDON / LINCOLN FIELDS MALL78 min sched.
- LINCOLN FIELDS MALL EAST78 min sched.
- RICHMOND / ASSALY80 min sched.
- RICHMOND / KICHI ZIBÌ MIKAN81 min sched.
- RICHMOND / EDGEWORTH82 min sched.
- MCEWEN / AMBLESIDE83 min sched.
- 70 MCEWEN83 min sched.
- MCEWEN LOOP84 min sched.
- 70 MCEWEN85 min sched.
- 1090 AMBLESIDE86 min sched.
- AMBLESIDE / NEW ORCHARD NORTH87 min sched.
- RICHMOND / NEW ORCHARD N87 min sched.
- WOODROFFE / KNIGHTSBRIDGE90 min sched.
- WOODROFFE / ANTHONY90 min sched.
- WOODROFFE / FLOWER91 min sched.
- CARLING / FAIRLAWN93 min sched.
- CARLINGWOOD - LOBLAWS94 min sched.
- CARLINGWOOD - LOBLAWS
- WOODROFFE / CARLINGWOOD MALL
- WOODROFFE / FLOWER
- WOODROFFE / ANTHONY
- WOODROFFE / KNIGHTSBRIDGE
- RICHMOND / WOODROFFE
- RICHMOND / ALLISON
- RICHMOND / NEW ORCHARD
- AMBLESIDE / NEW ORCHARD N
- AMBLESIDE / MCEWEN0 min
- 70 MCEWEN0 min
- MCEWEN LOOP0 min
- 70 MCEWEN2 min
- MCEWEN / AMBLESIDE2 min
- RICHMOND / MCEWEN2 min
- RICHMOND / STARFLOWER4 min
- LINCOLN FIELDS MALL WEST5 min
- CROYDON / BOND5 min
- CARLING / CONNAUGHT7 min
- LINCOLN FIELDS 3A4 min sched.
Stops and scheduled times from OC Transpo’s timetable (GTFS, 2026-10-30). Live minutes from bus positions, 50 s ago.
Right now on Route 153
Departures · next from LINCOLN FIELDS 3B: 73 mineach opens its trip
1 busesOpen on the map
0 noticesfrom OC Transpo
Planned change · 2026-10-30service change
Dated service
Trips scheduled that day
The timetable, notices and what the live feed says are shown apart. Seeing a bus on the map does not prove you can board it.
November 3, 2026 · 17 trips in the retained timetable · retained notices; capture coverage unverified
In short: 17 with a matched position · 0 with no matching position (to investigate) · 0 with an unknown outcome.
- 08:02– 08:20Trip 20502030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:53 a.m. EST / 8:20 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 08:47– 09:00Trip 16629030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 8:44 a.m. EST / 9:01 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 10:09– 10:30Trip 28471030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 10:12 a.m. EST / 10:30 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 11:07– 11:25Trip 6492030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 10:31 a.m. EST / 11:26 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 11:28– 11:40Trip 26974030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 10:43 a.m. EST / 12:13 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 12:09– 12:27Trip 28033030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 11:48 a.m. EST / 12:26 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 12:30– 12:42Trip 15151030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 12:27 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 13:06– 13:24Trip 5907030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 1:01 p.m. EST / 1:23 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 13:27– 13:39Trip 33000030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 1:24 p.m. EST / 1:50 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 14:07– 14:28Trip 17189030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 2:02 p.m. EST / 2:25 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 14:30– 14:42Trip 11428030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 2:27 p.m. EST / 2:45 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
- 15:28– 15:41Trip 5565030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 3:03 p.m. EST / 3:51 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
More on Route 153
1 busesOpen on the map
Planned change · 2026-10-30service change
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Cancellations on this route
How cancellations are counted2 partial-capture days not counted.
22 scheduled trips with counted cancellation notices, Wed, Oct 7 to Tue, Nov 3.
Not counted: 2 trips with qualifying later matching vehicle observations and 0 for trips not in that day’s timetable.
Hours with the most cancellations: 10 a.m. (1), 4 p.m. (1)
Latest cancelled trips
- Tue, Oct 20, Trip at 16:03
- Tue, Oct 13, Trip at 10:09
OC Transpo gives no reason for single trips, so none is shown.
Did not come (no bus seen, no notice), last 7 days: none among the trips we could check.
City road work near this route
All road work on AlertsRoad work and event closures the City of Ottawa has published, measured as near this route’s path. Near is not proof that the bus is detoured: check the operator’s alerts for that.
- ByronRoad work · About 0 m from the routeUntil Nov 30, 2026
- RICHMONDRoad work · About 0 m from the routeThe City flags a transit impact.Until Nov 6, 2026
- CARLINGRoad work · About 0 m from the routeUntil Nov 13, 2026
- BONDRoad work · About 0 m from the routeUntil Nov 20, 2026
Updated Nov 4, 2026
Source: City of Ottawa open data. City road work map
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