Westboro station

Westboro is a station on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, on Scott Street between Athlone and Tweedsmuir avenues.

Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
Coordinates	45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Dominion toward Bells Corners Route 57 Tunney's Pasture Terminus Dominion toward Stittsville Route 61 Route 62 Dominion toward Innovation Route 63 Dominion toward Riverview Route 74 Dominion toward Cambrian Route 75

The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallelling Scott Street. Each platform has an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides are connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also has platforms for local buses.

It is within walking distance of the Minto Metropole, Ottawa's tallest residential building.

History

January 2019 accident

On 11 January 2019, an accident occurred at Westboro station. Double decker bus 8155, an Alexander-Dennis Enviro500 bus purchased by OC Transpo in 2017, was driven into the lower platform at the station running as route 269 Bridlewood, ejecting several passengers from the top floor of the bus, and killing three people (one on the platform).[1] The Transitway was closed between Tunney's Pasture and Lincoln Fields as a result of the accident.

Service

The following routes serve Westboro station as of October 6, 2019:[2]

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
1A Transitway West	57   58   61   62   63   64   66
1B Transitway South	73   74   75   82   83   84   87   164   404
2A Transitway East	57   58   61   62   63   64   66   73   74   75   82   83   84   87   164
3A Local West	16   50   153
4A Local East	50   153

References

1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bus-crash-westboro-station-ottawa-1.4975385
2. "Westboro | OC Transpo". Retrieved December 6, 2019.

External links

• Westboro station page