No 688 trips cancelled now · 0 did not run in NovemberCancellations →

Route 688: Merivale H.S ⇄ Terry Fox

Scheduled service and available evidence

Did the scheduled service run?

Open dated evidence

Evidence period: Oct 28, 2026 – Nov 3, 2026

Scheduled trips with cancellation notices

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No retained notice returned; this does not prove zero cancellations.

Trips needing investigation

0 of 25 trips with a usable feed window (0%) had no matching position.

These counts may overlap; do not add them. A missing position confirms neither cancellation nor a no-show.

25 with position · 0 to investigate · 0 excluded · 25 scheduled trips

Current feed. No explicit notice for this route in the current feed; this does not guarantee service. Observed: Nov 4, 2026, 7:51 p.m..

Coverage, exclusions and sources

0 scheduled trips were excluded from the position check for feed or identity gaps.

Published position coverage: 25 / 25 (100%). This is not a delivered-service rate. 7 service days in this source.

Timetables retained before the service day: 7 / 7 requested days · 0 missing days.

Historical calculation: Nov 4, 2026, 7:08 p.m.

Method: explicit provider notices, archived trip windows and retained timetables. Predictions and positions alone do not prove that a bus ran or was missed.

What does the evidence show?

Predictions against the timetable

No comparable percentage published

This service purpose needs a different method. A general percentage could give a misleading picture.

Predictions in the source: 5,500
Weekdays with evidence: 18
Evidence window: Oct 6, 2026 – Nov 3, 2026

These are provider predictions, not independently measured arrivals. Missing evidence is not counted as on-time service.

Calculated: Nov 5, 2026

2 partial-capture days not counted.

What about time of day?

The general hourly comparison is not suitable for this service purpose. Source records remain available.

Improvement or decline requires comparable periods. This single result cannot establish a trend.

Explore the dated evidence Source of this result

Buses arriving bunched

Last 28 days, October 7, 2026 to November 3, 2026: 26 days counted.

2 days left out because the live feed was only partly recorded or its trip numbers did not match the timetable: October 8, 2026, October 15, 2026.

Too few buses were measured to judge bunching: 0 pairs checked, 30 needed.

How this is measured →How we got this numberBunching and slow spots on every route →

Where this route is slowest

Slowest: HAZELDEAN MALL / WEST STOP to TERON A, 19.5 km/h actual against 22.2 km/h planned.

Where this route is slowest
From	To	Distance	Planned speed	Actual speed	Trips measured	Slow trips
HAZELDEAN MALL / WEST STOP	TERON A	2.6 km	22.2 km/h	19.5 km/h	50	2%
BASELINE 2B	BASELINE / SANDCASTLE	3.5 km	23.4 km/h	23.2 km/h	50	0%
BASELINE / SANDCASTLE	BASELINE 1B	3.5 km	20.8 km/h	24.1 km/h	33	0%
TERON B	HAZELDEAN MALL / WEST STOP	2.6 km	26.1 km/h	25.2 km/h	33	0%
ROBERTSON / MOODIE	BASELINE / SANDCASTLE	3.1 km	31.3 km/h	29.6 km/h	33	3%
BASELINE / SANDCASTLE	ROBERTSON / MOODIE	3 km	26.1 km/h	30.9 km/h	50	0%
HAZELDEAN MALL / WEST STOP	ROBERTSON / MOODIE	4.2 km	36.4 km/h	33.7 km/h	33	0%
ROBERTSON / MOODIE	HAZELDEAN MALL / WEST STOP	4.3 km	43.1 km/h	44.3 km/h	50	0%

A slow trip took at least 1.5 times the planned time.

How this is measured →

City road work near this route

Road work and event road 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 own alerts for that.

Road work
Baseline between Cornell and McWatters
Mar 30, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to Nov 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Baseline lane reductions in both directions between Cornell and McWatters due to construction. Follow the signed detour. From Monday, March 30 to Monday, November 30.
The City marks this as affecting transit.
about 0 m from the route
City record updated Sep 22, 2026, 3:24 p.m..
Road work
Greenbank between Lisa and Monterey
Mar 30, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to Nov 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Greenbank lane reductions in both directions between Lisa and Monterey due to construction. Follow the signed detour. From Monday, March 30 to Monday, November 30.
The City marks this as affecting transit.
about 0 m from the route
City record updated Sep 4, 2026, 8:36 a.m..
Road work
Moodie between Hadley cir and Roberston
Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 a.m. to Nov 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Moodie off-peak lane reductions between Hadley cir and Roberston due to construction, from October 15th to November 13th.
The City marks this as affecting transit.
about 0 m from the route
City record updated Oct 16, 2026, 1:08 p.m..
Road work
March between Station rd and Teron
Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 a.m. to Nov 20, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
March off-peak lane reductions in both directions between Station rd and Teron due to construction, from October 26th to November 20th.
The City marks this as affecting transit.
about 0 m from the route
City record updated Oct 27, 2026, 6:14 a.m..

A route counts as near when its timetable path passes within 40 m of the City’s mapped closure; a stop counts when it is within 75 m.

Source: City of Ottawa traffic events (road work and closures). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence, City of Ottawa. The City says this list is best effort and may be incomplete. City of Ottawa traffic map ↗

Cancellations on this route

What these words mean →

2 partial-capture days not counted.

1 scheduled trips with counted cancellation notices from Wed, Oct 7 to Tue, Nov 3.

Not counted: 0 trips with qualifying later matching vehicle observations and 0 for trips not in that day’s timetable.

Hours with the most cancellations: 2 p.m. (1)

Latest cancelled trips

Fri, Oct 16, scheduled 14:30

OC Transpo gives no reason for single trips, so none is shown.

Did not come (no bus seen, no notice), last 7 days: none of the trips we could check.

Open the dated prediction analysis

Verdict

What this route needs

Median provider predictions are 3.3 to 4.4 min later than the timetable in 3 hours of the day.

Predictions near the start are about 3.2 min later than the timetable, with a similar difference near the end. This does not establish the cause.

Matched public positions cover 100% of scheduled trips. This is a lower bound on operated service, not an audited delivery result.

Next investigation: test terminal recovery and the preceding trip against operational records. Predictions alone do not establish the cause.

Final provider predictions within five minutes of the timetable, by hour, last 14 days, 3 hours with samples

00:00: not enough data
01:00: not enough data
02:00: not enough data
03:00: not enough data
04:00: not enough data
05:00: not enough data
06:00: not enough data
07:00: 57.5% of final predictions within five minutes of the timetable, 1,230 predictions, typically 4.4 min late
08:00: not enough data
09:00: not enough data
10:00: not enough data
11:00: not enough data
12:00: not enough data
13:00: not enough data
14:00: 68.4% of final predictions within five minutes of the timetable, 1,357 predictions, typically 3.4 min late
15:00: 65.2% of final predictions within five minutes of the timetable, 520 predictions, typically 3.2 min late
16:00: not enough data
17:00: not enough data
18:00: not enough data
19:00: not enough data
20:00: not enough data
21:00: not enough data
22:00: not enough data
23:00: not enough data

90% or more of predictions within five minutes
80 to 90% of predictions within five minutes
under 80% of predictions within five minutes
not enough data

Findings
What	When	Measured	Scenario or next investigation
ProblemPredictions later than timetable	07:00 · 14:00 to 16:00	4.4 min late · 3.3 min late	Recovery time at the terminal
StrengthObserved-position lower bound	All measured hours	100%	Keep what works

Measurements

Predictions later than timetable · 14:00 to 16:00: Measured arrivals 1,877; Hours affected 2; Spread 5.7 min; Median delay 3.3 min; Suggested running time change 3.3 min
Predictions later than timetable · 07:00: Measured arrivals 1,230; Hours affected 1; Spread 5.1 min; Median delay 4.4 min; Suggested running time change 4.4 min
Observed-position lower bound · All measured hours: Target 99.5%; Trips with a matching position 100%; Service days 5; Trips with a matching position 25; Scheduled trips 25

Open history, reliability and route analysis

Route check

How route 688 has been running

A short summary of what we know. We say so when we cannot answer a question.

Bottom line

We need to confirm how this service is meant to work before rating it.

Prediction sample size: Larger sample

Based on 5,500 eligible provider predictions over 18 measured days, from Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026.

Updated Nov 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.

Where and when did predictions differ repeatedly?

These are repeated prediction-to-timetable differences, not independently measured service failures. They use the same eligible predictions as the result above, but group by stop rather than hour, so the lists need not match line for line.

Problem times are not ranked because this service needs a purpose-specific test.

No current official notice matches this route.

Prediction differences by stop

We do not yet have enough route-by-stop history to name a recurring problem stop. Rider reports are used as leads, not proof.

Check every trip and date

Open a time period to see each service day, scheduled trip, feed gap, observed public vehicle ID, and the exact counts behind this summary.

What riders want to know

Is any trip cancelled right now?: No live cancellation answerOC Transpo’s live trip-update feed did not answer this check. That is a feed gap. It does not mean zero cancellations, and it is not proof of a cancellation. Open the evidence to see the schedule, retained explicit cancellation notices, and every labelled data gap.
Possible no-shows after checking feed gaps?: 0 of 25 checked trips need a closer look0 of 25 trips with enough public-feed evidence had no matching position over 7 days. 0 of 25 scheduled trips were excluded because the feed record was incomplete. These are cases to investigate, not confirmed no-shows.
How did provider predictions differ from the timetable?: Not enough evidence yet
What wait did provider predictions imply?: No route-level result meets the evidence threshold yet. This does not mean gaps did not happen.

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 October 30, 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: October 26, 2026

Scheduled trips: 5
Distinct scheduled stops: 153
Distinct published paths: 4
Published service span: 7:05 a.m.–3:22 p.m.

Operator calendar-date records: 0 added · 2 removed

Feed fingerprint: 1d13d0abb2506002 · 3932bee1-4577-4968-9a97-2987e88312ad

New schedule

Service date checked: November 2, 2026

Scheduled trips: 5
Distinct scheduled stops: 153
Distinct published paths: 4
Published service span: 7:05 a.m.–3:22 p.m.

Operator calendar-date records: 0 added · 2 removed

Feed fingerprint: 91dd8e4251604344 · 6ee8491d-8f94-4122-a67b-ef228d9e0945

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.

Ordinary on-time scoring does not fit this route’s service purpose. The schedule counts remain visible, but the result waits for the purpose-specific evidence described below.

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: School route

No grade is shown until a purpose-specific completion and pickup measure is available.

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

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

Provisional results, published evidence

Data behind this result

An ordinary on-time grade is not appropriate for this service without checking its purpose. The route check above explains the pickup, community-service or event evidence needed. You can still inspect the recorded trips and data gaps below.

Evidence window: October 6, 2026 to November 3, 2026

Eligible predictions checked: 5,500
Weekdays with data: 18

Scheduled bus, but not observed in realtime

25 / 25 scheduled trips published at least one position across 5 service days (100.0%).

07:000 / 10 trips without a position100.0%
14:000 / 15 trips without a position100.0%

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.

Prediction check: the last eligible provider prediction no earlier than ten minutes before the scheduled arrival, counted once per trip, stop and scheduled Toronto calendar date. It is compared with the timetable, not an independently measured arrival. Trip-position 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.

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.

Service day

November 3, 2026 November 2, 2026 November 1, 2026 October 31, 2026 October 30, 2026 October 29, 2026 October 28, 2026

November 3, 2026 · 5 trips in the retained timetable · retained notices; capture coverage unverified

In short: 5 with a matched position · 0 with no matching position (to investigate) · 0 with an unknown outcome.

07:05– 07:55
Trip 11953030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:04 a.m. EST / 7:58 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
07:05– 07:55
Trip 3078030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:40 a.m. EST / 7:54 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
14:30– 15:22
Trip 1176030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 2:06 p.m. EST / 3:25 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
14:30– 15:22
Trip 12294030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 2:06 p.m. EST / 3:22 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
14:30– 15:22
Trip 17965030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 2:06 p.m. EST / 3:19 p.m. EST; not actual start or end times.