Learn when and where commuter transit service goes in Spruce Grove and Edmonton. You can also find information about live bus tracking and fares for Route 560. Please note that commuter transit service does not operate on general holidays.

Schedule and destinations

Hours of service: 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Friday

Schedule	Status
Fall	Current
New (starting Dec. 2, 2024)	Coming soon

• Spruce Grove
• NAIT
• Downtown Edmonton
• Grant MacEwan University

New Transit Centre opening December 2, 2024

In conjunction with the development of Heavy Metal Place, the City of Spruce Grove is building a new Spruce Grove Transit Centre to meet the growing transportation needs of our community, which will open to transit riders on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Located at 50 Westwind Drive, the Transit Centre will serve as the hub for all commuter service (Route 560) into and out of Spruce Grove and be a regular stop for the On-Demand Local Transit service, providing patrons of Heavy Metal Place another way to get there and enjoy all its amenities.

It will provide comfort and convenience for transit users, including parking stalls for Park & Ride users at no cost, a passenger drop off/pick up zone, bike racks, and a heated shelter where riders can wait for their bus.

Construction of Heavy Metal Place will still be underway at this time, with an anticipated facility opening in early 2025. This will not impact the operation of the Transit Centre or ability to access Park & Ride parking stalls, but the number of parking stalls will temporarily be limited to approximately 50 stalls in the southeast corner of the site. Once Heavy Metal Place is complete, a total of 600 parking stalls will become available for Park & Ride users at no cost.

Related changes to commuter service

With the opening of the Transit Centre, there will be several changes to Route 560 that will also go into effect on December 2:

• The routing within Spruce Grove will change and the schedule will be adjusted.
• Twelve existing bus stops are being removed from Route 560, specifically those along King Street, Millgrove Drive, Woodhaven Drive, and Brookwood Drive.
• Route 560 will travel counterclockwise around Spruce Grove along Grove Drive, Jennifer Heil Way, McLeod Avenue, Lakeland Drive, and Greystone Drive and include a stop at the Transit Centre both when entering and departing Spruce Grove. See the updated route map for details.

To help riders who currently use these bus stops transition to the new schedule and route, a shuttle bus will temporarily provide service to the affected 12 stops and take riders to the Transit Centre. This temporary service will operate for up to two months and will run every 30 minutes on weekdays during peak hours from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. and 3 to 6:30 p.m.

Alternatively, those impacted by the bus stop changes can walk to a different bus stop or book an on-demand trip and transfer to Route 560.

2024 general holidays

Commuter transit service will not be operating on the following general holidays:

New Year's Day	Monday, January 1
Family Day	Monday, February 19
Good Friday	Friday, March 29
Victoria Day	Monday, May 20
Canada Day	Monday, July 1
Heritage Day	Monday, August 5
Labour Day	Monday, September 2
Thanksgiving	Monday, October 14
Remembrance Day	Monday, November 11
Christmas Day	Wednesday, December 25
Boxing Day	Thursday, December 26

Route 560 live bus tracking

View the real-time position of all the Route 560 buses currently on the road using the map below. See at a glance if your bus is on time or late - green is on time, red is late, blue is early. If you would like to get more information about a particular bus on the route, click on a bus to view details such as the trip schedule for that bus and more!

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Spruce Grove Transit e-Bulletin

Sign up for Spruce Grove Transit's e-Bulletin to receive updates about schedule changes, bus stop closures, and construction notices.

Transit Watch

Route 560 is operated under contract by Edmonton Transit Services. ETS's Transit Watch program is available to Route 560 passengers.

The Transit Watch program allows passengers to discretely report safety concerns, like harassment, disorder or suspicious behaviour directly to staff in the ETS Control Centre. If you have safety concerns on Route 560, call or text Transit Watch anytime at 780-442-4900, state that you are on Route 560, provide the approximate location of the bus, and report your safety concern. The Control Centre has the capability of viewing the interior of the bus through the bus's camera system. ETS staff will prioritize and dispatch security resources appropriately.

Questions? 

Make sure to view our Transit FAQs for answers to some of our most commons questions about transit in Spruce Grove. If you'd like to contact a representative, you can reach out by calling the Transit Phone Line at 780-962-7634 ext. 193, or by email. 

The Transit Phone Line hours of operation are:

• Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.