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Route 56

Civic · King Edward · Dow's Lake ~ Lac Dow · Tunney's Pasture

Current service date
Sep 19, 2026
Selected direction
Every published direction
Imported schedule valid through
Oct 18, 2026

All imported trips are marked accessible.

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Where the buses are now

Fresh vehicle positions appear on the route below. A marker stops moving when the evidence runs out. We do not invent movement.

Service date
September 19, 2026
Official notices
No matching current notice in a healthy feed
Current buses
3 buses observed

Route and live buses

The line is the official route. Dots show published stops, buses seen now and stops named in current notices.

0 official shapes · 88 stops · 0 vehicle markers

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Markers move between GPS fixes using measured progress along the published route. They pause after one measured reporting interval, on a measured standstill, or when evidence becomes stale.

Repeated problem stops: LEES / MAIN, LEES / ROSEMERE, LEES / CONCORD, LEES / BRUNSWICK, KING EDWARD / TEMPLETON and 7 more. These are highlighted from route-specific settled arrivals with at least 60 observations over 3 days; the pattern does not prove a cause.

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Today’s schedule

Service date September 19, 2026

Towards Civic
17 scheduled trips
7:33 a.m.–12:13 a.m. (next day)
60 min median scheduled gap
Towards King Edward
16 scheduled trips
7:03 a.m.–10:37 p.m.
60 min median scheduled gap
Towards Tunney's Pasture
35 scheduled trips
5:45 a.m.–12:22 a.m. (next day)
59 min median scheduled gap

Span and median gap are computed from today’s official GTFS stop_times. They are timetable measures, not observed headways or a frequency guarantee.

Next trips from the ends of the route

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  1. Towards Civic

    Starts at TUNNEY'S PASTURE E

    Timetable only. No usable prediction is available for this trip.

    TUNNEY'S PASTURE EOpen scheduled trip

  2. Towards Tunney's Pasture

    Starts at INGLEWOOD / MACFARLANE

    Provider prediction · Scheduled 1:45 p.m.

    INGLEWOOD / MACFARLANEOpen scheduled trip

  3. Towards Tunney's Pasture

    Starts at KING EDWARD / UNION

    Provider prediction · Scheduled 1:46 p.m.

    KING EDWARD / UNIONOpen scheduled trip

  4. Towards King Edward

    Starts at TUNNEY'S PASTURE E

    Provider prediction · Scheduled 2:03 p.m.

    TUNNEY'S PASTURE EOpen scheduled trip

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Buses seen now

3 current vehicle positions match this route.

The feed identifier is not a verified physical bus or fleet number.

Official notices

No matching active notice appears in the current healthy operator feed.

Planned changes

No safely matched planned change is recorded for this route.

These are Otranspo register records, separate from operator alerts. A record is attached only when its route label identifies one operator; ambiguous OC Transpo/STO number matches are withheld.

Evidence checked Sep 19, 1:34 p.m.

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Stops and stations

5 official stop patterns

Each row below is one exact stop order published in the official schedule. Short turns and alternate destinations stay separate.

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  • Towards Civic: TUNNEY'S PASTURE E to INGLEWOOD / MACFARLANE

    11 stops · 343 imported trips

    Scheduled from Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026

    Published weekly days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    14 official service records

    5 added dates and 31 removed dates

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  • Towards King Edward: TUNNEY'S PASTURE E to KING EDWARD / UNION

    44 stops · 278 imported trips

    Scheduled from Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026

    Published weekly days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    14 official service records

    5 added dates and 31 removed dates

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  • Towards Dow's Lake ~ Lac Dow: KING EDWARD / UNION to DOW'S LAKE A

    32 stops · 9 imported trips

    Scheduled from Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026

    Published weekly days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

    9 official service records

    2 added dates and 18 removed dates

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  • Towards Tunney's Pasture: KING EDWARD / UNION to TUNNEY'S PASTURE E

    46 stops · 280 imported trips

    Scheduled from Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026

    Published weekly days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    14 official service records

    5 added dates and 31 removed dates

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  • Towards Tunney's Pasture: INGLEWOOD / MACFARLANE to TUNNEY'S PASTURE E

    11 stops · 327 imported trips

    Scheduled from Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026

    Published weekly days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    14 official service records

    5 added dates and 31 removed dates

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Source checksum 2f30d876ae731cae79cf274d036530bb78b0c14f6e0e994d1ad32ca16291b367

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Verdict

What this route needs

Timetable short by 3.5 to 4.5 min in 12 hours of the day.

Buses already leave about 5 min late and hold it to the end. The running time is right; the terminal is the problem.

Gaps All measured hours: waits run 2.7 min longer than the timetable promises.

16:00 drops to 26% on time, against 68% the rest of the day.

Next investigation: test terminal recovery and the preceding trip. The arrival pattern alone does not establish the cause.

Arrivals within five minutes, by hour of day, last 14 days, 21 hours measured
  1. 00:00: 85% of arrivals on time, 380 arrivals, typically 2.3 min late
  2. 01:00: 81% of arrivals on time, 84 arrivals, typically 3.5 min late
  3. 02:00: not enough data
  4. 03:00: not enough data
  5. 04:00: not enough data
  6. 05:00: 100% of arrivals on time, 35 arrivals, typically 0.7 min late
  7. 06:00: 79.5% of arrivals on time, 1,605 arrivals, typically 2 min late
  8. 07:00: 68.3% of arrivals on time, 2,423 arrivals, typically 2.4 min late
  9. 08:00: 46% of arrivals on time, 2,734 arrivals, typically 5.7 min late
  10. 09:00: 59.2% of arrivals on time, 2,043 arrivals, typically 3.9 min late
  11. 10:00: 55.6% of arrivals on time, 1,504 arrivals, typically 4.2 min late
  12. 11:00: 70.5% of arrivals on time, 715 arrivals, typically 2.7 min late
  13. 12:00: 67.2% of arrivals on time, 682 arrivals, typically 3.2 min late
  14. 13:00: 69.3% of arrivals on time, 683 arrivals, typically 3.2 min late
  15. 14:00: 50.4% of arrivals on time, 1,223 arrivals, typically 5 min late
  16. 15:00: 29.3% of arrivals on time, 2,428 arrivals, typically 10.1 min late
  17. 16:00: 26.2% of arrivals on time, 2,847 arrivals, typically 9.9 min late
  18. 17:00: 32.3% of arrivals on time, 2,213 arrivals, typically 9.2 min late
  19. 18:00: 59.6% of arrivals on time, 2,403 arrivals, typically 3.5 min late
  20. 19:00: 61.6% of arrivals on time, 872 arrivals, typically 4 min late
  21. 20:00: 77.6% of arrivals on time, 686 arrivals, typically 2.2 min late
  22. 21:00: 75.2% of arrivals on time, 737 arrivals, typically 2.3 min late
  23. 22:00: 77% of arrivals on time, 573 arrivals, typically 1.3 min late
  24. 23:00: 70.3% of arrivals on time, 438 arrivals, typically 1.4 min late
  • 90% or more on time
  • 80 to 90% on time
  • under 80% on time
  • not enough data
WhatWhenMeasuredScenario or next investigation
ProblemLate by the timetable01:00 · 08:00 to 11:00 · 12:00 to 20:003.5 min late … 4.5 min lateRecovery time at the terminal
ProblemBunchingAll measured hours2.7 min extra waitManage the headway
ProblemOne hour collapses16:0026%Operations, not the timetable
Measurements
Late by the timetable · 12:00 to 20:00
medianDelaySeconds 269.5
spreadSeconds 936
observations 13,351
hoursAffected 8
suggestedRunningTimeChangeMinutes 4.5
Late by the timetable · 08:00 to 11:00
medianDelaySeconds 251
spreadSeconds 654
observations 6,281
hoursAffected 3
suggestedRunningTimeChangeMinutes 4.2
Bunching · All measured hours
excessWaitSeconds 163.8
scheduledWaitSeconds 376.8
excessSharePct 43.5
matchedArrivals 801
stopCount 22
One hour collapses · 16:00
hour 16
onTimePct 26.2
routeMedianOnTimePct 68.3
shortfallPoints 42.1
observations 2,847
Late by the timetable · 01:00
medianDelaySeconds 208
spreadSeconds 223
observations 84
hoursAffected 1
suggestedRunningTimeChangeMinutes 3.5
08:00 32→3608:00 38→4209:00 34→3809:00 33→3710:00 15→1910:00 29→3312:00 16→2112:00 14→1913:00 16→2113:00 14→1914:00 31→3614:00 19→2415:00 49→5415:00 41→4616:00 36→4116:00 25→3017:00 31→3617:00 24→2918:00 34→3918:00 28→3319:00 13→1819:00 13→18

Route check

How route 56 is doing

A plain-language summary of the strongest evidence we have. We say when the data cannot answer a question.

Bottom line

This route is often far from its schedule.

57 in 100 arrivals were within 5 minutes of schedule · 35,724 arrivals checked

Confidence in this summary: High

Based on 35,724 arrivals over 20 weekdays, from Aug 20, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026.

Updated Sep 19, 2026, 1:32 p.m.

Where and when does it keep going wrong?

These are repeated patterns, not one bad day or an unverified rider report. They are measured the same way as the verdict above, over the same arrivals, but they are counted per stop rather than per hour, so the two lists need not match line for line.

  1. 4 p.m.–5 p.m.: 74 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (2,847 arrivals over 13 days).
  2. 3 p.m.–4 p.m.: 71 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (2,428 arrivals over 12 days).
  3. 5 p.m.–6 p.m.: 68 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (2,213 arrivals over 12 days).
  4. 8 a.m.–9 a.m.: 54 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (2,734 arrivals over 11 days).

No current official notice matches this route.

Problem places

  1. KING EDWARD / CATHCART

    77 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (310 arrivals over 22 days).

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  2. KING EDWARD / ST-PATRICK

    75 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (311 arrivals over 23 days).

    Open this stop
  3. KING EDWARD / YORK

    74 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (312 arrivals over 23 days).

    Open this stop
  4. LEES / ROSEMERE

    69 in 100 arrivals were more than 5 minutes early or late (314 arrivals over 23 days).

    Open this stop

These are route-specific settled arrivals. They identify a repeated location and time difference, but do not prove the cause.

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What riders want to know

Is any trip cancelled right now?
0 of 12Checks trips starting at route endpoints in the next 4 hours. This is not a historical cancellation rate.
Possible no-shows after checking feed gaps?
111 of 636 checked trips need a closer look111 of 636 trips with enough public-feed evidence had no matching position over 7 days. 1 of 637 scheduled trips were excluded because the feed record was incomplete. These are cases to investigate, not confirmed no-shows.
How late does this route get?
The slowest 5 in 100 were more than about 20.0 min late57 in 100 arrivals were within 5 minutes of schedule.
Do buses bunch or leave long gaps?
9.0 min average predicted wait2.7 min beyond the scheduled wait, based on 801 arrivals at 22 high-frequency stops over 12 days.

Schedule change check

Published schedule: before and after

This compares the current retained official schedule with the prior retained version. Schedule changes are facts about what was planned; they do not prove that a trip ran.

Current published schedule began September 18, 2026

Selected service day from each published schedule

We check the first Monday after the new schedule began and the Monday one week earlier. Every figure comes from the retained official GTFS versions named below.

At least one selected date uses added or removed calendar-date service. Treat this as holiday or special-service context, not ordinary weekday growth.

Before

Service date checked: September 14, 2026

Scheduled trips
101
Distinct scheduled stops
88
Distinct published paths
5
Published service span
5:59 a.m.–1:10 a.m. next day

Operator calendar-date records: 0 added · 3 removed

Feed fingerprint: d6d50360bb16d494 · 151dbfc4-6745-4fbd-9eef-6885ecb708f4

New schedule

Service date checked: September 21, 2026

Scheduled trips
101
Distinct scheduled stops
88
Distinct published paths
5
Published service span
5:59 a.m.–1:10 a.m. next day

Operator calendar-date records: 0 added · 2 removed

Feed fingerprint: 2f30d876ae731cae · 99de510d-89b0-4652-9d93-217659284cf2

Did service improve after the change?

We will compare settled arrivals for the 14 days before and after the change. We publish the comparison only after both sides have at least 7 service days and 200 arrivals.

Still collecting: before has 24,909 arrivals over 14 days; after has 2,420 arrivals over 1 days. No improvement or decline is claimed yet.

Checksums let anyone verify which retained timetable produced the counts. A changed count does not identify a cause, cancellation, operator decision, or passenger impact.

How this route is judged: Regular all-stop route

We compare observed arrivals with the official schedule. A result needs at least 200 arrivals. Within 5 minutes is the rider-facing target used here.

What this data cannot prove

The public feed does not provide dependable passenger counts or passed-up-rider events. A missing position does not by itself prove a cancellation, no-show, short turn or cause.

See the definitions, thresholds and evidence order
  1. Official current feed: explicit cancellations, skipped stops and active notices.
  2. Matched observations: vehicle positions and settled predictions tied to the official schedule.
  3. Official timetable: what was planned, kept separate from what was observed.
  4. Rider and operator reports: leads about routes, times and places to investigate, not numeric proof by themselves.

Provisional results, published evidence

When is this route reliable?

Every hour below is backed by this route’s settled arrivals. “On time” means no more than five minutes early or late, so a bus that leaves very early counts as a failure for the waiting rider.

Evidence window: August 20, 2026 to September 19, 2026

Within 5 minutes of schedule
57.2%
Arrivals checked
35,724
Weekdays with data
20
How late the worst 5 in 100 were
20 min late
Patterns by hour (21)
HourOn timeMedianWorst 5 in 100Evidence
00:0085.0%2.3 min late6.2 min late380 · 10 days
01:0081.0%3.5 min late7.2 min late84 · 9 days
05:00100.0%0.7 min late3.8 min late35 · 10 days
06:0079.5%2 min late9 min late1,605 · 11 days
07:0068.3%2.4 min late12.9 min late2,423 · 11 days
08:0046.0%5.7 min late19.7 min late2,734 · 11 days
09:0059.2%3.9 min late14.8 min late2,043 · 13 days
10:0055.6%4.2 min late14.3 min late1,504 · 13 days
11:0070.5%2.7 min late11.6 min late715 · 13 days
12:0067.2%3.2 min late17.6 min late682 · 12 days
13:0069.3%3.2 min late15.7 min late683 · 12 days
14:0050.4%5 min late15.1 min late1,223 · 12 days
15:0029.3%10.1 min late26.9 min late2,428 · 12 days
16:0026.2%9.9 min late27.1 min late2,847 · 13 days
17:0032.3%9.2 min late26.5 min late2,213 · 12 days
18:0059.6%3.5 min late23.4 min late2,403 · 12 days
19:0061.6%4 min late12.2 min late872 · 12 days
20:0077.6%2.2 min late8.9 min late686 · 12 days
21:0075.2%2.3 min late17.3 min late737 · 13 days
22:0077.0%1.3 min late7.7 min late573 · 12 days
23:0070.3%1.4 min late7.6 min late438 · 12 days

12 hourly block(s) are below 70% across at least three service days: a repeated pattern, not one bad day.

Scheduled bus, but not observed in realtime

525 / 637 scheduled trips published at least one position across 6 service days (82.4%).

  • 17:0010 / 43 trips without a position76.7%
  • 07:0011 / 53 trips without a position79.2%
  • 16:0010 / 48 trips without a position79.2%
  • 01:001 / 5 trips without a position80.0%
  • 08:009 / 48 trips without a position81.3%
  • 15:008 / 43 trips without a position81.4%

This is not a confirmed no-show. A missing position can mean a cancelled or missed bus, but it can also mean an unassigned trip ID or an operator-feed gap. Otranspo publishes the gap because it matters to riders while keeping the conclusion honest.

Arrival check: the last prediction within ten minutes of arrival, counted once per trip, stop and service date. Trip check: the timetable kept before each service day, matched to recorded positions. Exact IDs are preferred; an OC timetable suffix is matched only to one trip on the same route and date with an overlapping time window. Missing timetables, ambiguous matches and feed gaps stay labelled; they are not confirmed no-shows. Sources and limitations.

Evidence behind this pageOpen the definition, method, sources, dates, coverage, and known limits.

What is being shown

The current public route group, its published schedule variants and stop patterns, current operations, and matching observed reliability where available.

How it was produced

1 current GTFS route record variants are grouped by operator and public route number. Stop patterns remain tied to their published variant; aggregated reliability records are not merged into an invented percentile.

Evidence dates

Collected or observed
Computed or assembled
Sample
35,724 settled arrivals across 1 matching reliability records.
Coverage
5 published stop patterns containing 144 stop calls are available on this page.
Method or data version
last-prediction-within-ten-minutes-v1; 99de510d-89b0-4652-9d93-217659284cf2; 2f30d876ae731cae79cf274d036530bb78b0c14f6e0e994d1ad32ca16291b367

Sources

Limits to keep in mind

  • Schedule variants can apply on different dates. A grouped route is not a claim that every pattern operates today.
  • Accessibility fields report only what the operator publishes; an unknown value is not confirmation of access.
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Rider evidence

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Emergency: call 9-1-1. Check official OC Transpo or STO notices before travelling.

Source: currently imported OC Transpo GTFS. Check the Alerts panel for current official notices and each stop page for observed departures.