Lees station

Lees
Lees
O-Train station
	Lees Station LRT platform
General information
Coordinates	45°24′59″N75°40′13″W / 45.41639°N 75.67028°W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	2 (O-Train), 2 (Bus)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Trench (LRT station)
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Station code	3022
History
Opened	1983 (Transitway); September 14, 2019 (O-Train)
Closed	December 20, 2015 (Lower/transitway level only)
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Services

Last updated October 01, 2024

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]

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 v t e
	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: 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
West O-Train
East O-Train
A Lees Avenue, Southwest	16 N39 N45 55 56 N97 R-1
B Lees Avenue, Northwest	16 55 56

Notes:

Routes N39 and N45 heading towards Rideau station do not serve this station.

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References

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

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[open2019-1] 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).

[ottawa-ca-confederation-line-6] "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[7] "Lees | OC Transpo" . Retrieved October 15, 2019.

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