Dow's Lake station
Appearance
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Coordinates | 45°23′51″N 75°42′34″W / 45.39750°N 75.70944°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | OC Transpo | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Platform and track are below-grade with the station entrance at surface | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes - limited spots | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | no | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2001 | ||||||||||
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Carling is an O-Train station on the Trillium Line, one block west of the intersection of Carling Avenue and Preston Street in Ottawa, Ontario. It is near Dow's Lake the western terminal of the Rideau Canal skating rink (in winters only) and a key site during the Canadian Tulip Festival in May. The station is also near government offices at the area of Carling Avenue and Booth Street. South of Carling, the train enters a tunnel to pass under the Rideau Canal.
The station is named for nearby Carling Avenue and Sir John Carling.
Facilities
- Accessibility: Yes - 1 elevator
- Washrooms: None
- Nearby: Dows Lake, Sir John Carling Building (Agriculture Canada), Booth Street Complex (Natural Resources Canada)
Service
The following routes currently serve Carling Station:
Carling Station Service | |
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O-Train Routes | 2 |
Frequent Routes | 85 |
Local Routes | 56* 101 103* |
- - peak periods only
Gallery
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Carling Station, facing north towards Bayview Station
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Southbound view of the O-Train Trillium Line at Carling, towards Carleton Station
References
External links
Media related to Carling Station at Wikimedia Commons