Hurdman station

Hurdman
O-Train station
Hurdman Station, platform level
General information
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°24′44″N75°39′46″W / 45.41222°N 75.66278°W / 45.41222; -75.66278
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus stands	6
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	560# 3023
History
Opened	1983
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Lees toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Tremblay toward Blair Lycée Claudel toward Hospital Route 45 Terminus Lycée Claudel toward Airport Route 97 Lycée Claudel toward Hawthorne Route 98 Lycée Claudel toward Barrhaven Centre Route 99

Hurdman is a major station on Ottawa's O-Train Confederation Line, and bus rapid transit (BRT) system, transitway. ^[1]

Location

The station is located just southeast of Hurdman Bridge where Highway 417 crosses the Rideau River. It is also located near the intersection of Industrial Avenue and Riverside Drive/Vanier Parkway.

There are connections from Hurdman station to the nearby neighbourhood of Riverview to the east with a bus-only road connecting to Alta Vista Drive. There are also connections for bicycle users, as Hurdman station is located very closely to the Rideau River bicycle path.

The station and nearby landmarks Hurdman Park, Hurdman Road, and Hurdman Bridge are named for the early settlers of the region. The station featured a small convenience store which closed with the original station. The site is relatively isolated, being almost completely surrounded by protected green space, with a few high-rise buildings on adjacent Riverside Drive. To the immediate south are two large artificial hills covering a former city landfill.

Transitway

Hurdman station was opened in 1983 as part of the first phase of Ottawa's bus rapid transitway. It was one of the transitway's busiest stations. Previously, it was the station where the main transitway route from downtown to the west branched off in two directions: one to the east toward Orléans and the other toward South Ottawa. Connexion routes serving Kanata and Barrhaven used to have Hurdman station as the downtown terminus before September 2013.

The original station was closed in September 2015 and was replaced with a temporary station for the duration of construction of the O-Train's Confederation Line. Demolition of the old station structure was completed in November 2015.

On September 3, 2017, Route 40 (originally route 114) was extended to start/end at Hurdman station during peak hours like how what is now route 74 was extended from Nepean Woods to start/end Riverview station on July 19, 2014. However, on June 20, 2021, route 40 was shortened to start/end at Greenboro station during peak hours like it originally did as route 114.

It fully reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began. It remains the terminus of the transitway to South Ottawa, as well as serving local lines.

• 
  Hurdman station from the southeast in 2005
• 
  Hurdman station from the same vantage point in 2019

Layout

Hurdman is an elevated side platform station; a large concourse is located at ground level and contains the ticket barrier, as well as fare-paid zone access to the Transitway terminal loop, allowing transfer between buses and the train without needing to show a transfer. Additional stairwells at the western end of the platforms give direct access to the Transitway terminal.

The station's artwork, Coordinated Movement by Jill Anholt, is a curved sculpture suspended along the station access opposite the ticket barrier. ^[2]

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Hurdman station as of October 6 2019: ^[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

Stop	Routes
East O-Train
West O-Train
A Night Routes	N39  N45  N97
B Rail Replacement and School Routes	R1  48  99  609  613  645
C South	90  93  97  98  99  190  294  299
D South	10  19  45  48  49  88  90  92  96  96B  199  290
E East	9  42  44  46  291

Notes:

• There is a Stop F located at the other end of the bus loop which is currently only used for regional transit lines.
• Routes  93 ,  96 ,  96B ,  99  and  199  serve this station during peak periods only.

References

1. "Hurdman". Station Layout. OC Transpo. October 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
2. "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
3. "Hurdman | OC Transpo" . Retrieved October 15, 2019.

External links

• Media related to Hurdman station at Wikimedia Commons
• OC Transpo area map
• Hurdman Station: Area Redevelopment Study ^{[ dead link ]}