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uOttawa station

Coordinates: 45°25′14″N 75°40′56″W / 45.42056°N 75.68222°W / 45.42056; -75.68222
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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
Tracks2
Other information
StatusIn operation
History
ClosedApril 24, 2016
RebuiltSeptember 14, 2019[1]
Services
Preceding station   OC Transpo   Following station
Template:OC Transpo lines

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

Location

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

uOttawa station replaces Campus station, which was a bus rapid transit (BRT) station on Ottawa's Transitway.[2]

Campus station was the eastern-most bus station located within Ottawa's downtown core, serving mainly as a drop-off and pickup for pedestrians, especially university students and staff.

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

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

The following routes serve uOttawa station 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:
Stop Routes
East O-Train
West O-Train
A #7030 King Edward Ave. South  R1   N39   N45   56   N97 
B #7031 King Edward Ave. North  R1   N39   N45   56   N97 

References

  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.