Lees station

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Lees
Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line - with border.svg
O-Train station
Lees Station Platform, November 2022.jpg
Lees Station LRT platform
General information
Coordinates 45°24′59″N75°40′13″W / 45.41639°N 75.67028°W / 45.41639; -75.67028
Owned by OC Transpo
Platforms2 (O-Train), 2 (Bus)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeTrench (LRT station)
Platform levels2
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station code3022
History
Opened1983 (Transitway)
September 14, 2019 (O-Train) [1]
ClosedDecember 20, 2015 (Lower/transitway level only)
Rebuilt2015–2019
Services
Preceding station O-Train icon.svg OC Transpo Following station
uOttawa
toward Tunney's Pasture
Line 1 Hurdman
toward Blair

Lees is an OC Transpo light rail transit station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It had previously been a transitway station, which closed in January 2016 and was converted into an O-Train station. [2]

Contents

Location

It is located south of the Highway 417 just to the west of the Rideau River. It serves the Lees Avenue and Sandy Hill Heights communities, as well as the Lees Campus of the University of Ottawa.

History

The transitway station has had quite a notorious history for serious incidents. Soon after the station was constructed, coal tar began seeping into the station and it was closed for two months. It was soon discovered that this industrial waste was under much of the Lees Avenue area, necessitating a $6 million cleanup operation. [3]

The station was also the site of a deadly accident on July 18, 1994, when a 30-tonne transport truck plunged off the exit ramp of Highway 417 onto the transitway, killing two women and leaving a nine-month-old with permanent brain damage. The driver was later found guilty of dangerous driving. [4]

In July 2003, an eastbound bus approaching the station lost control due to a mechanical breakdown, and slammed into the station. No one was seriously injured, but it took months to repair the station[ citation needed ].

In December 2015, the Transitway from Lees station to Blair station was closed; it reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began. [5]

Layout

Lees is a side platform station located at grade in a cutting. Above the platforms, the station's entrance building contains the ticket barrier and gives access to a plaza on the north side of Lees Avenue.

The station's artwork, Transparent Passage by Amy Thompson, features a series of forest designs on the station's glass platform walls, backed by sculptures of birds in flight along the retaining walls behind them. [6]

Service

The following routes serve Lees as of October 6, 2019: [7]

Key
O-Train Line 1.svg O-Train Line 2.svg 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:
  • Line 1: Confederation Line
  • Line 2: Trillium Line
  • Line 4: Airport Link
     
  • Routes 5 to 99: Custom routing that connects to Line 1 and/or 2
  • Routes 100 to 199: Custom routing that does not connect to Line 1 or 2
  • Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak-period only routes that connect to the O-Train)
  • Routes 301 to 305: Shopper Routes (limited rural service)
  • Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events
  • Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events
  • Routes 602 to 698: School Routes
     
  • Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service
  • Route R2: replaces Line 2 when out of service
  • Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1)
  • White backgrounds: service may be limited
     
  • Last two digits represent service area:
StopRoutes
West O-Train O-Train Line 1.svg
East O-Train O-Train Line 1.svg
A Lees Avenue, Southwest 16  N39  N45  55  56  N97  R1 
B Lees Avenue, Northwest 16  55  56 

Notes:

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References

  1. ↑ Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "OC Transpo - On Track 2018 April 24 Service Change". OC Transpo. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Canadian Press (1986). "Ottawa-Carleton region offices raided in probe of coal-tar leak". Toronto Star. p. A21. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  4. ↑ Lemieux, Julie (1994). "Un camion chute: deux morts". Le Droit. Gatineau. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  5. ↑ OC Transpo (2015-10-14). "Transit Service Adjustments during Confederation Line Construction" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Lees | OC Transpo" . Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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