uOttawa station

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

uOttawa
O-Train station
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°25′14″N 75°40′56″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	September 14, 2019[1]
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Rideau toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Lees toward Blair

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 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

u0ttawa 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 as of October 6, 2019:[5]

Key
	O-Train
98   39	Rapid routes
40   11	Frequent routes
55   173	Local routes
298	Connexion routes
406	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: connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: connect to Transitway Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak periods only) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: high schools   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: 00s and 10s – Central 20s – Gloucester 30s – Orléans 40s – Ottawa East 50s – Ottawa West 60s – Kanata 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

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

• Route  16  is available nearby at the corner of Somerset Street East and King Edward Avenue.

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.

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