Blair station

Blair
O-Train station
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°25′52″N 75°36′30″W / 45.43111°N 75.60833°W / 45.43111; -75.60833Coordinates: 45°25′52″N 75°36′30″W / 45.43111°N 75.60833°W / 45.43111; -75.60833
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	1 (LRT), 2 (BRT)
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	1989 (BRT station) September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14) (LRT station)
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Cyrville toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Terminus Terminus Route 39 toward Millennium

Main station building viewing from bus terminal

Side view of Blair station

Blair is a station on Ottawa's transitway and O-Train located at Blair Road and Regional Road 174.^[1] It is a major transfer point for commuters within urban Gloucester and Orléans.

Location[]

This station is adjacent to the Gloucester Centre shopping complex, and nearby the Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa mega-movie theatre, a small bank, and other major retail stores. Shoppers City East located across Blair Road contains also several other major stores such as Canadian Tire. A long pedestrian overpass for the Queensway provides access to office complexes, a small park and ride parking lot, and the Pineview residential area.

Transitway[]

Prior to the construction of the Confederation Line, this was the last station in the grade separated eastern leg of the transitway; after this point, buses used exclusive shoulder lanes on the Queensway beyond this point towards Orleans.

The main Transitway platforms closed down prior to Confederation Line construction as of 28 June 2015.^[2] The platforms reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began.

Confederation Line[]

Blair station is the eastern terminus of the Confederation Line of the O-Train. It is an elevated island platform station, with both platform faces being used by terminating and departing trains.

The overpass of the previous Transitway station, located above the platforms at the concourse level of the station, was retained as part of the new O-Train station.

The station offers transfer to Transitway buses within the fare-paid zone—i.e. without needing to present proof of payment to transfer between buses and the station. The bus terminal is located on the ground level of the station.

The station's artwork, entitled Lightscape, is by and Catherine Widgery. It is a series of suspended installations featuring brightly coloured elements that catch the light.^[3]

Service[]

The following routes serve Blair station as of December 2020:^[4]

Key v t
	O-Train
98	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
A West, Peak East	15   24   25   39   222   224   225   228   302
B East	25   28   38   237
C Rail Replacement	R1
D East	21   30   31   32   33   34   35   37   39
E Peak East	221   231   232   233   234   235   236
G	none
H	none
I Local	12   15   23   24   26   N39   42   302

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External links[]

Media related to Blair station at Wikimedia Commons