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Westboro station

Coordinates: 45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W / 45.396528°N 75.75222°W / 45.396528; -75.75222
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Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
Westboro's temporary bus station during O-Train Stage 2 construction
General information
Coordinates45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W / 45.396528°N 75.75222°W / 45.396528; -75.75222
Owned byOC Transpo
Construction
Structure typeTrench (LRT station)
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Dominion 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
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

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January 2019 accident

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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.

Original Westboro station on Transitway

Service

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The following routes serve Westboro station as of April 9, 2024:[3]

Stop Routes
A  57   61   62   63   74   75   87   50   64   16   66   67   73   82   153   164   252   256   257   258   261   262   263   264   265   267   268   282   404 
B  57   61   62   63   74   75   87   50   64   66   67   73   82   153   164   258   282 
O-Train
 E1  Shuttle Express
 R1   R2  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:

References

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  1. ^ "Two sections of the Transitway permanently closing to buses this weekend". Ottawa. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  2. ^ "3 dead in bus crash at Ottawa transit station". CBC News Ottawa. January 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Westboro". OC Transpo. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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