Corso Italia station

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Corso Italia
Ottawa - Line 2 Trillium Line - with border.svg
O-Train station
Corso Italia station (cropped).jpg
Corso Italia from Somerset Street
General information
Coordinates 45°24′15″N75°42′52″W / 45.40417°N 75.71444°W / 45.40417; -75.71444
Owned by OC Transpo
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeTrenched
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle shelter
History
Opening2024 (2024)
Future services
Preceding station O-Train icon.svg OC Transpo Following station
Bayview
Terminus
Line 2
Reopens 2024
Dow's Lake
toward Limebank

Corso Italia is an infill station currently under construction on the Trillium Line in Ottawa, Ontario. It will service Ottawa's Little Italy neighbourhood. It is being constructed as part of the Stage 2 O-Train expansion and is scheduled for completion in 2024. The station will consist of two side platforms and is located north of Gladstone Avenue, near Preston Street. [1] The station was known as Gladstone during development.

An OC Transpo Stadler FLIRT arrives at the Corso Italia O-Train station FLIRT at Corso Italia.jpg
An OC Transpo Stadler FLIRT arrives at the Corso Italia O-Train station

Service

The following service is planned for Corso Italia upon implementation of New Ways to Bus in April 2025. [2]

Corso Italia station Future Service
O-Train North O-Train Line 2.svg
O-Train South O-Train Line 2.svg
A (Gladstone Ave.) 14 
B (Gladstone Ave.) 14 
C (Preston St.) 8 
D (Preston St.) 8 

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References

  1. "Trillium Line South Extension". ottawa.ca. November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. "New Ways to Bus | OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.