Parliament station

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Parliament
Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line - with border.svg
O-Train station
Parliament Station Platform, November 2022.jpg
Parliament Station, platform level
General information
Location O'Connor Street & Queen Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 45°25′17″N75°41′56″W / 45.42139°N 75.69889°W / 45.42139; -75.69889 Coordinates: 45°25′17″N75°41′56″W / 45.42139°N 75.69889°W / 45.42139; -75.69889
Owned by OC Transpo
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedSeptember 14, 2019 [1]
Services
Preceding station O-Train icon.png OC Transpo Following station
Lyon Line 1 Rideau
toward Blair

Parliament (French : Parlement) is a station on the Confederation Line as part of the O-Train network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The station is located under O'Connor and Queen Streets in Downtown Ottawa. [2] [3] It has the highest projected use of all new stops on the Confederation Line, [3] with access to Parliament Hill, Sparks Street, the downtown business district, as well as the World Exchange Plaza and Bank Street. The station is also near the CBC Ottawa Production Centre studios.

Contents

Layout

Street Entrance Parlement - 07.jpg
Street Entrance

Parliament is an underground station with two side platforms. A single Grand Hall Concourse is located immediately above platform level. The station's entrances are integrated with the Sun Life Financial Centre and Heritage Place; both lead to the centre of the concourse, with ticket barriers at either end leading to the ends of the platform. [4]

The Grand Hall Concourse is 15 metres underground, while the platform itself is 19 metres. [3]

The station features two artworks: Lone Pine Sunset by Douglas Coupland, an installation of brightly coloured panels based on Tom Thomson's The Jack Pine running along the ceiling of the concourse, as well as Trails: home and away by Jennifer Stead, a series of painted metal screens located between the two tracks at platform level. [4]

Service

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:

The following routes serve Parliament station as of October 6, 2019: [5]

StopsRoutes
East O-Train Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line.svg
West O-Train Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line.svg
A Queen St. East R1  6  7  11  15  16  18  19  N57  N61  N75 
B Queen St. West R1  6  7  11  15  16  N57  N61  N75 
C O' Connor St. Southnone
D #7682 Bank St. Southnone
E Wellington St. Eastnone

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  2. "Welcome to OC Transpo". OC Transpo . Retrieved 2017-06-28.
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