Fallowfield station (Ontario)
Fallowfield | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 3347 Fallowfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°17′57″N 75°44′12″W / 45.29917°N 75.73667°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Via Rail | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform and 1 island platform (low-level) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 107 spaces (Indigo Parking) | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | Via Rail: FALL | |||||||||||||||
Website | Fallowfield train station | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 2002 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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Fallowfield station (French: gare de Fallowfield) or Fallowfield Train Station is an inter-city passenger railway station and bus rapid transit station located at 3347 Fallowfield Road in the suburban neighbourhood of Barrhaven in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Location
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Fallowfield station is located on the north side of Fallowfield Road (Regional Road 12) just west of its intersection with Woodroffe Avenue. The main station entrance faces southeast towards a short access road (Via Park Place) which connects the station to Fallowfield Road. On the northwest side of the station, trains call at 1 low-level side platform and two tracks bordering on agricultural lands of the Ottawa Greenbelt. Small paid parking lots are located to either side of the station, while to the southeast lies an OC Transpo Transitway bus rapid transit station and a large commuter park and ride parking lot.
The station is located southwest of downtown Ottawa on the edge of a low-density residential neighbourhood. The closest hotels are more than 5 kilometers to the northeast near Hunt Club Road and the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport. South of the station, on the other side of Fallowfield Road are various fast food franchises, including a McDonald's, Tim Hortons and a Gabriel Pizza location inside a small strip mall. Additional food options in the area are located more than a kilometer to the west on Fallowfield Road.
Fallowfield station is located approximately 12 kilometers to the west of the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport.[1]
Railway services
Fallowfield is a stop for all Via Rail trains operating in Corridor service between Ottawa and Toronto, and it is has also been the terminus for some trips between Ottawa and Montreal, extending that service beyond the primary Ottawa station.
As of September 2020, Fallowfield station is served by 1 domestic route (with connections) provided by Via Rail, the primary passenger rail operator in Canada. Departures have been reduced to 4 trains per day due to the coronavirus pandemic (effective September 1, 2020).[2] Trains for Montreal presently do not depart from Fallowfield and must be boarded at Ottawa station.
Train | Operator | From | Via | To | Freq. |
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643 | Via Rail | Ottawa | Fallowfield - Smiths Falls - Brockville - Kingston - Napanee - Belleville - Trenton Junction - Cobourg - Port Hope - Oshawa - Guildwood | Toronto | 1/day |
53 | Via Rail | Ottawa | Fallowfield - Brockville - Gananoque - Kingston - Belleville - Cobourg - Oshawa - Guildwood | Toronto | 1/day |
55* | Via Rail | Ottawa | Fallowfield - Brockville - Kingston - Belleville - Cobourg - Oshawa - Guildwood | Toronto | 1/day* (Mon, Fri, Sun only) |
59 | Via Rail | Ottawa | Fallowfield - Smiths Falls - Brockville - Kingston - Belleville - Trenton Junction - Cobourg - Oshawa - Guildwood | Toronto | 1/day |
- No local service between Ottawa and Fallowfield, or Guildwood and Toronto.[3]
Station services
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The wheelchair accessible station is manned and the building is equipped with a ticket office, waiting room, vending machines, washrooms and Wi-Fi internet access.
Transitway station
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Owned by | OC Transpo | ||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
Parking | (OC Transpo Park & Ride) 1709 spaces including: 28 accessible spaces 3 expectant mother spaces 4 electric charging spaces | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bike rack/shelter Bike repair station | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | 3043 | ||||||||||||||
Website | Fallowfield | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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Southeast of the train station entrance is an OC Transpo Transitway bus stop (Fallowfield Transitway Station) offering frequent bus service to the west end of Ottawa and downtown. [4] The following routes serve Fallowfield as of October 6, 2019:
Fallowfield station service | |
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Rapid routes | 74 75 |
Local routes | 73 170 171 173 179 |
Connexion routes | 270 271 272 273 275 277 278 |
Shopper routes | 305 |
Event routes | 406 456 |
Future plans
The City of Ottawa plans to extend the O-Train Confederation Line to Fallowfield station sometime after 2031.[5]
Parking
1709 surface lot parking spaces are available in the OC Transpo park and ride lot south of the station,[6] while the 107 paid parking spots on either side of the train station are managed by Indigo Parking. Hourly and monthly rates are available.[7]
History
The 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash took place on September 18, 2013, between an OC Transpo bus and a Via train, at a level crossing located north of Fallowfield station. Six bus passengers died and several people were injured as a result.[8]
References
- ^ "Fallowfield train station". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Up to date information on our current service". Via Rail Canada. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "TEMPORARY SCHEDULE Effective September 1, 2020" (PDF). Via Rail Canada. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Fallowfield" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Dept (8 September 2020). "Barrhaven Light Rail Transit (Baseline Station to Barrhaven Town Centre) and Rail Grade-Separations Planning and Environmental Assessment Study". ottawa.ca. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Park & Ride - OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "OT508 - VIA Rail Fallowfield". Indigo Parking. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ "Via Rail train, Ottawa city bus crash leaves 6 dead". CBC News Ottawa. September 18, 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
External links
Media related to Fallowfield, Ontario railway station at Wikimedia Commons