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Grade skipping is a form of academic acceleration, [1] often used for academically talented students, that enables the student to skip entirely the curriculum of one or more years of school. Grade skipping allows students to learn at an appropriate level for their cognitive abilities, and is normally seen in schools that group students ...
The Transitway is a bus rapid transit (BRT) network operated by OC Transpo in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It comprises a series of bus-only roadways and reserved lanes on city streets and highways. The dedicated busways ensure that buses and emergency vehicles on the Transitway rarely intersect directly with regular traffic, making it possible to ...
Rapid transit lines in Ottawa as of 2025. Only O-Train and Rapid service is shown. OC Transpo is the primary public transport agency for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operating bus rapid transit, light rail, conventional bus routes, and door-to-door paratransit in the nation's capital region.
Canadian National Railway ran operations out of the Walkley Yard from August 1955 until 1998 when Ottawa Central Railway took over as a short line. The Last Trans-Con freight train ran through the yard in November 1995. Shortly after, the Beachburg Sub rail was pulled from Pembroke to North Bay.
The Confederation Line (French: Ligne de la Confédération), also called O-Train Line 1 (French: Ligne 1 de l'O-Train), [2] is a urban rail line operated by OC Transpo in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as part of the city's O-Train system. It opened on September 14, 2019, and is O-Train's second line.
The remaining line went from Ottawa MP 0.0 to Pembroke MP 88.7. Ottawa Central Railway began operating in 1998 to 2008 as a short-line maintaining local traffic to industries along remaining line out of Walkley Yard in Ottawa. On November 3, 2008, CN bought the short line and began running the local traffic, with the intention of discontinuing ...
The line is in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is operated by OC Transpo. [6] [7] [8] The line opened on October 15, 2001 and was the first in the O-Train system. The line runs north–south for 19 kilometres (12 mi) between Bayview and Limebank. The line uses a mix of single and double track on a dedicated right-of-way.
The 84 kilometres (52 mi) railway, Ottawa's first to outside markets, was initially used to ship lumber collected on the Ottawa River for further shipping along the St. Lawrence to markets in the United States and Montreal. [1] Bytown became Ottawa in 1855, and the railway changed its name to match, becoming the Ottawa and Prescott Railway (O&PR).