uOttawa station

uOttawa
O-Train station
General information
LocationOttawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates45°25′14″N 75°40′56″W / 45.42056°N 75.68222°W / 45.42056; -75.68222
Owned byOC Transpo
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSurface
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
OpenedSeptember 14, 2019[1]
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Rideau Line 1 Lees
toward Blair

uOttawa is a light rail transit (LRT) station on the O-Train Confederation Line, located on the University of Ottawa campus.

Location

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Located just east of the Rideau Canal at the western terminus of Somerset Street East, the station services the University of Ottawa's southern section and the Sandy Hill neighbourhood. A pedestrian and bicycle tunnel runs under the station, linking the university and the canal.

History

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uOttawa station replaces Campus station and the nearby Laurier station, which were bus rapid transit (BRT) stations on Ottawa's Transitway that served the University of Ottawa.[2]

Campus station was the easternmost bus station located within Ottawa's downtown core, serving mainly as a drop-off and pickup for pedestrians, especially university students and staff. Laurier station, as its name suggests, was located at the Laurier Avenue East and Waller intersection, serving the Desmarais Building for the Telfer School of Management and the Faculty of Arts.

The Corktown Footbridge over the Rideau Canal was opened in September 2006 to link the Campus station to the Golden Triangle neighbourhood east of Elgin Street.

The station became an O-Train station on the Confederation Line starting on September 14, 2019, and it was renamed uOttawa.[3]

Layout

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UOttawa Station exterior

uOttawa is an at-grade side platform station. One entrance is located at platform level on the northeastern (westbound) side of the station; another is located in the station's underground concourse, which opens onto the public pedestrian and bicycle tunnel. The bicycle tunnel emerges as a large S-curve just north of the station.

The station has two artworks. One, Train of Thought by Derek Michael Besant, is a series of portraits located in the pedestrian/cycle tunnel, whose appearance shifts as one walks past them. The other, Sphere Field by Kenneth Emig, is a sculpture of a mirrored sphere in a glass case, and is located on the plaza just to the north of the station.[4]

Service

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The following routes serve uOttawa as of October 6, 2019:[5]

O-Train
 E1  Shuttle Express
 R1   R2  O-Train replacement bus routes
 98   39  Rapid routes
 N75  Night routes
 40   11  Frequent routes
 55   162  Local routes
 284  Connexion routes
 405  300s: Shopper routes
400s: Event routes
600s: School routes
Additional info:
  • Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line
  • Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route)
     
  • Routes 5 to 99: Custom routing that connects to Line 1 and/or Route 2
  • Routes 100 to 199: Custom routing that does not connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2
  • Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak-period only routes that connect to the O-Train)
  • Routes 301 to 305: Shopper Routes (limited rural service)
  • Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events
  • Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events
  • Routes 602 to 698: School Routes
     
  • Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service
  • Route R2: alternative name for current Route 2
  • Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1)
  • White backgrounds: service may be limited
     
  • Last two digits represent service area:
Stop Routes
West O-Train
East O-Train
A King Edward South and Templeton  N39   N45   56   N97   R-1 
B King Edward North and Templeton  N39   N45   56   N97   R-1 

Notes

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  • Route  16  is available nearby at the corner of Somerset Street East and King Edward Avenue.
  • Route  56  serves this station during peak hours only.

References

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  1. ^ Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Campus" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Welcome aboard! | OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "uOttawa | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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