Pimisi station

Pimisi
General information
Location	Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°24′50″N75°42′48″W / 45.41389°N 75.71333°W / 45.41389; -75.71333
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	2 (O-Train), 2 (bus)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underpass
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1983 (Transitway) September 14, 2019 (O-Train) [1]
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Previous names	LeBreton
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Bayview toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Lyon toward Blair
Location

Pimisi station is a light rail station on Line 1 as part of the O-Train network.

Location

The stop is located under Booth Street in LeBreton Flats. ^[2] and opened on September 14, 2019. ^[3] It serves the redeveloped flats area, including the New Central Library, Chinatown, and Little Italy.

History

The Transitway station was originally named LeBreton. By proposal of the local Algonquin leaders it was renamed "Pimisi" (Algonquin: eel) when it was rebuilt to accommodate the O-Train. ^[4]

Layout

The station features an island platform located at grade. Unusually, the platform level is an intermediate level. Above it, two entrance buildings with entrance barriers are located on either side of Booth Street. Below the platform, a concourse with its own ticket barrier gives access to the green space and plaza north of the station and to Albert Street.

The station features several artworks by Algonquin artists. Nadia Myre's work Eel Spirit, Basket, and Fence ^[5] is a trilogy consisting of two sculptures (the eel and basket) located in the plaza north of the station, and a series of forest designs on the glass platform walls. The sculpture Algonquin Moose by Simon Brascoupé is also located in the plaza, while another work by him, Algonquin Birch Bark Biting Designs, is located on the glass wall of the entrance on the west side of Booth Street. Finally, Màmawi: Together ^[6] is a work featuring 100 wooden paddles painted by four Algonquin artists mentored by Brascoupé—Emily Brascoupé-Hoefler, Doreen Stevens, Sherry-Ann Rodgers, and Sylvia Tennisco—as well as Algonquin community members who participated in workshops led by these artists. ^[7] It is suspended above the platform.

Platform level

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Pimisi station as of October 6, 2019: ^[8]

Key v t e
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1  R2  R4	O-Train replacement bus routes
N75	Night routes
40  11	Frequent routes
99  162	Local routes
275	Connexion routes
303	Shopper routes
405	Event routes
646	School routes
Additional info: Line 1: Confederation Line Line 2: Trillium Line Line 4: Airport Link   Routes 5 to 199: Custom routing that that connects to Line 1 and/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 600 to 699: School Routes   Route R1: replaces Line 1 when it is out of service Route R2: replaces Line 2 when it is out of service Route R4: replaces Line 4 when it is out of service Routes N39 to N98: night service (replaces Line 1 and N98 replaces Line 4) White backgrounds: limited service   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 Booth St. North	8  13
B Booth St. South	8  13
C Albert St. West	R1  12  N57  N61  N63  N75
D Albert St. East	R1  12  N57  N61  N63  N75

References

1. Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. "Expanding O-Train Service". OC Transpo. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
3. "Overview | Pimisi | The Build | Ottawa Confederation Line". www.ligneconfederationline.ca. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
4. "'Pimisi' label for LeBreton transit station gets approval". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on August 21, 2013.
5. "aabaakwad Speakers". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
6. Brascoupé, Simon. "About | Màmawi : Together" . Retrieved September 16, 2019.
7. "Confederation Line's Pimisi Station Painted Paddle Project" (PDF). Algonquins of Ontario. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
8. "Pimisi | OC Transpo" . Retrieved October 10, 2019.