Riverside station (Ottawa)

Riverside
General information
Coordinates	45°23′47.5″N75°40′10″W / 45.396528°N 75.66944°W / 45.396528; -75.66944
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	2
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
History
Opened	1991
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Pleasant Park toward Hawthorne Route 98 Smyth toward Hurdman Pleasant Park toward Airport Route 105 Smyth toward St-Laurent
Former services Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Pleasant Park toward Airport Route 97 Closed April 2025 Smyth toward Hurdman Pleasant Park toward Barrhaven Centre Route 99 Truncated April 2025
Location

Riverside station is an OC Transpo bus station on Ottawa's Transitway that is connected to the Riverside Campus of The Ottawa Hospital near the intersection of Smyth Road and Riverside Drive. Stairs and elevators from the platform level lead directly to the interior of the hospital, making bus travel easy for medical appointments even in bad weather.

The hospital is the primary trip generator and main purpose for this station. There are no connecting bus routes here.

The station was built when the hospital underwent a major expansion of its facility. It agreed to let the transitway pass in its terrain and open a new station as there were initially no stations to be built at that location. The 4,200 square feet new administration wing and Transit station was completed in 1991. ^[1]

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Riverside:

Riverside station service
Frequent routes	10  88  90  98  105
Local routes	49  92
Event routes	451
School routes	613  647

Platform 1A, looking southward

Notes

• Route 5 travels along Smyth Road, just north of the station.

References

1. Cervero, Dr. Robert; Zupan, Jeffrey (March 1996). "Public Policy and Transit Oriented Development" (PDF). Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. p. 155. Retrieved October 2, 2021.

External links

• Ottawa Hospital
• OC Transpo station page
• OC Transpo Area Map