Cyrville station

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Cyrville
Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line - with border.svg
O-Train station
Q5201167 Cyrville station 02.jpg
General information
Coordinates 45°25′21″N75°37′35.5″W / 45.42250°N 75.626528°W / 45.42250; -75.626528
Owned by OC Transpo
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1990
ClosedJune 28, 2015
RebuiltSeptember 14, 2019 [1]
Services
Preceding station O-Train icon.png OC Transpo Following station
St-Laurent
toward Tunney's Pasture
Line 1 Blair
Terminus

Cyrville is a station on the Confederation Line (Line 1) of Ottawa's O-Train light metro system, located at Cyrville Road (an arterial road serving several industrial areas) and near the Queensway.

Contents

History

Cyrville opened in 1990 as a Transitway infill station between St-Laurent and Blair. [2] It closed on June 28, 2015 to make way for the Confederation Line construction. [3] It reopened on September 14, 2019, when the Confederation Line service began.

Location

Retail stores near Cyrville station include the Desjardins credit union, [4] Value Village and CANEX. This station serves very few riders however the limited adjacent empty lands may have development potential. Currently there are condominiums by Richcraft Homes, Brownstones at Place des Gouverneurs, which has four condominium towers built just north of the station. Richcraft Homes has added four matching apartment buildings, making these some of the closest homes to the LRT line east of downtown Ottawa.

Layout

The station is an island platform station located at grade underneath the Cyrville Road overpass. Station entrances are located on either side of Cyrville Road; the northeastern entrance includes a ticket barrier, while the ticket barrier serving the southwestern entrance is located at platform level. Both accesses are wheelchair accessible as they are supplied with elevators.

The station's artwork, Stand of Birch by Don Maynard, is a cluster of sculptures representing birch trees, located beyond the northeastern end of the station platform. [5]

Service

The following routes serve Cyrville as of October 6, 2019: [6]

Key
Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line.svg Ottawa - Line 2 Trillium Line.svg O-Train
 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:
Stop(s)Routes
West O-Train Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line.svg
East O-Train Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line.svg
A and B Cyrville Road, in front of the station R1 
C and D Cyrville and Cummings intersection N39 

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References

  1. ↑ Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Transitway Background 1983-2008". OC Transpo. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01.
  3. ↑ "OC Transpo - On Track 2018 - Transitway Closure". OC Transpo. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Desjardins Ontario Credit Union – Ottawa". Desjardins.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cyrville | OC Transpo" . Retrieved October 24, 2019.

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