Westboro station

Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
Westboro's temporary bus station during O-Train Stage 2 construction
General information
Coordinates	45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W / 45.396528°N 75.75222°W / 45.396528; -75.75222
Owned by	OC Transpo
Construction
Structure type	Trench (LRT station)
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
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Kìchì Sìbì toward Algonquin Line 1 Opens 2026 Bayview toward Trim Kìchì Sìbì toward Moodie Line 3 Opens 2026

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

It was formerly a Transitway station, in a below-grade 'trench' paralleling Scott Street. Each platform had an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides were connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also had platforms for local buses. In June 2022, this stretch of Transitway was permanently closed to facilitate O-Train Stage 2 construction. The bus stops were relocated to curbside along Scott Street, and the original station was closed.^[1]

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 while running as route 269 Bridlewood. It ejected several passengers from the top floor of the bus, killing three people (including one on the platform).^[2] 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 April 9, 2024:^[3]

Key v t e
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1   R2   R4	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: 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, Stittsville 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

References

External links

• Westboro station page

This page was last edited on 10 April 2024, at 03:37