uOttawa station
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ottawa, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°25′14″N 75°40′56″W / 45.42056°N 75.68222°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | OC Transpo | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Status | In operation | ||||||||||
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Closed | April 24, 2016 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | September 14, 2019[1] | ||||||||||
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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]
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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:
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Stop | Routes |
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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
- ^ Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "Campus" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ "Welcome aboard! | OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ^ "uOttawa | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 11, 2019.