Carleton station

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Carleton
Ottawa - Line 2 Trillium Line - with border.svg
O-Train station
Carleton station overhead view.jpg
Overhead view of Carleton station. Two Stadler FLIRT trains dwell at both platforms.
General information
Coordinates 45°23′08″N75°41′45″W / 45.38556°N 75.69583°W / 45.38556; -75.69583
Owned by OC Transpo
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingParking Lot P4
Bicycle facilitiesBike shelter at both entrances
AccessibleYes
History
Opened2001
Rebuilt2017, 2020–2025
Services
Preceding station O-Train icon.svg OC Transpo Following station
Dow's Lake
toward Bayview
Line 2 Mooney's Bay
toward Limebank

Carleton station is an O-Train light rail station located in the center of the Carleton University campus in Ottawa, Ontario. The station is served by Line 2, which began service in 2001, and is between Dow's Lake station to the north and Mooney's Bay station to the south. Along with the rest of the Trillium Line, the station closed on May 3, 2020, for the extension of the line and an upgrade of the station. The station re-opened on January 6, 2025.

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History

The station in 2005 Carletonstation.jpg
The station in 2005
A Bombardier Talent train at Carleton station in 2008, before the fleet was replaced in 2015 and the station upgraded in 2017. ON-OCT-OTrain 20070410-141651 Carleton.jpg
A Bombardier Talent train at Carleton station in 2008, before the fleet was replaced in 2015 and the station upgraded in 2017.

Carleton station was previously the only O-Train station along the Trillium Line with separate tracks and platforms for each direction, in order to allow the two trains working the otherwise (formerly) single-track line at any given time to pass. Since service upgrades in 2014-2015, and the ongoing O-Train South expansion project (Stage 2), more passing tracks have been added to the line. The station was upgraded in 2017 to accommodate the installations of fare gates and shelters parallel to the existing platforms, replacing the previous Proof-of-payment system.

Stage 2 expansion and upgrades

South of the station, the line crosses over the Rideau River on a bridge, which was refurbished during Stage 2. As part of the Stage 2 South expansion, the southernmost pedestrian underpass linking Richcraft Hall and Pigiarvik was rehabilitated, and the main pedestrian underpass located between the station platforms and the Maintenance Building was demolished and replaced with a new structure double the length of the original. During Stage 2, a short tunnel was dug perpendicular to the platforms at their north end. Although it is currently not connected, in the near-to-medium-term future it will provide a direct, weather-protected connection between the station and the Carleton University tunnel system; likely to be connected to the Minto CASE in the building's later expansion. In the 2023 Campus Master Plan update and the 2019 Carleton University Transportation Strategy, the university included plans to build a bus loop or transit hub on the eastern side of the station, in the footprint of existing Parking Lot P4- and relocating all bus connections and bus–train transfers to that area. [1] [2] Pending approval by the City of Ottawa, Carleton plans to connect the transit hub directly to the northbound platform of the train station, providing an additional fare-paid access point for the community.

A Stadler FLIRT train dwells on the southbound platform during Stage 2 testing and construction Carleton Station O-Train platform.jpg
A Stadler FLIRT train dwells on the southbound platform during Stage 2 testing and construction

Service

The following routes serve Carleton station as of March 29th, 2025: [3]

O-Train Line 1.svg O-Train Line 2.svg O-Train Line 4.svg O-Train
 E1 Shuttle Express
 R1  R2  R4 O-Train replacement bus routes
 N75 Night routes
 40  11 Frequent routes
 99  162 Local routes
 275 Connexion routes
 303 Shopper routes
 405 Event routes
 646 School routes
Additional info:
Carleton station service
O-Train (North) O-Train Line 2.svg
O-Train (South) O-Train Line 2.svg
A (Campus Ave.) R2  7  10  48  111 
B (University Dr.) R2  7  10  48  111 

See also

References

  1. "Carleton University Transportation Strategy 2019" (PDF). carleton.ca. Jan 24, 2019.
  2. "Carleton University Transportation Plan" (PDF). carleton.ca. June 6, 2023.
  3. "Carleton | OC Transpo". octranspo.com. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

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