Leitrim station

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Leitrim
Ottawa Transitway and O-Train station
Leitrim O-Train station.jpg
Main entrance of Leitrim during the O-Train South expansion
General information
LocationGilligan Road, Leitrim
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 45°18′52″N75°37′50″W / 45.31444°N 75.63056°W / 45.31444; -75.63056
Owned by OC Transpo
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Parking290 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle shelter
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2024 (LRT)
Services
Preceding station O-Train icon.png OC Transpo Following station
Riverview Route 99 South Keys
toward Hurdman
Future services
Preceding station O-Train icon.png OC Transpo Following station
South Keys
toward Bayview
Line 2
Reopens 2024
Bowesville
toward Limebank

Leitrim is an OC Transpo transit station in the suburban community of Leitrim in Ottawa, Ontario. [2] It is located on Gilligan Road, which is just west of Albion Road and south off Leitrim Road, near the former Bytown and Prescott Railway Line.

Contents

The Trillium Line will be extended to Leitrim in 2024. The station will consist of two side platforms and will connect to the existing bus platforms. The Park and ride will be expanded to 330 spaces, with the possibility to expand to 925 spaces in the future. [3]

O-Train station

Leitrim will be a new Line 2 station serving the community of Findlay Creek (Leitrim) upon completion of the O-Train South expansion. The existing Park and Ride lot will be expanded from its current 290 parking spaces to 330 spaces once initially opened, and is planned to later hold 925 spaces. A new bus loop with a staff facilities building at the north of the lot will be within a fare paid zone, which is made to be accessible through the station fare gates when Line 2 service ends at midnight. [4]

Bus platforms in the fare-paid bus loop at Leitrim, looking east. Staff facilities building is in the middle of the loop. Leitrim new bus loop.jpg
Bus platforms in the fare-paid bus loop at Leitrim, looking east. Staff facilities building is in the middle of the loop.

Service

Station service
Rapid routes 99 
Local routes 93 
Connexion routes 299 

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References

  1. Steve Desroches (1 June 2009). "Increased OC Transpo Service Planned for Riverside South and Leitrim". Riverside South Community Association. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. "Leitrim" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. September 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. "Trillium Line South Extension". ottawa.ca. November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. "Leitrim | OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.