Westboro station

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Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
Westboro trstwy.jpg
Coordinates45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W / 45.396528°N 75.75222°W / 45.396528; -75.75222Coordinates: 45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W / 45.396528°N 75.75222°W / 45.396528; -75.75222
Owned byOC Transpo
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Dominion
toward Bells Corners
Route 57 Tunney's Pasture
Terminus
Dominion Route 61
Route 62
Dominion
toward Innovation
Route 63
Dominion
toward Riverview
Route 74
Dominion
toward Cambrian
Route 75

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.

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]

Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line.svg Ottawa - Line 2 Trillium Line.svg 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:
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. ^ "3 dead in bus crash at Ottawa transit station". CBC News Ottawa. January 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Westboro". OC Transpo. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

External links[]

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