St-Laurent station

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St-Laurent
Ottawa - Line 1 Confederation Line - with border.svg
O-Train station
St laurent station from above.jpg
General information
Location Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 45°25′14″N75°38′17″W / 45.42056°N 75.63806°W / 45.42056; -75.63806
Owned by OC Transpo
Platforms2 (LRT), 4 (BRT)
Tracks2
Connections MegabusIcon.svg Megabus
Bus-logo.svg Rider Express
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
OpenedNovember 17, 1987 (BRT station)
September 14, 2019 (LRT station) [1]
Rebuilt2015–2019
Services
Preceding station O-Train icon.png OC Transpo Following station
Tremblay
toward Tunney's Pasture
Line 1 Cyrville
toward Blair
Location
St-Laurent station

St-Laurent is a station on the Confederation Line of Ottawa's O-Train, and on the system's bus network and is located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway. [2]

Contents

Location

The station is integrated to its surroundings, with direct indoor pedestrian access to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. It serves as a major hub for local east end bus routes and has a ticket sales and information office. In addition to serving the shopping centre, it serves numerous commercial and industrial areas in the area and is a major transfer point for east-end commuters, making it one of the busiest stations. An office building occupied in part by ING is also 200 metres west of the station.

History

Original transitway station St-Laurent Station.JPG
Original transitway station

Originally built as a Transitway station, its construction required the complete reconstruction of the St. Laurent Boulevard / Highway 417 interchange and the construction of a tunnel to allow the transitway to cross underneath the Queensway. Its construction was linked to the last major expansion of the shopping centre in 1987.

On June 28, 2015, the main Transitway platforms closed for Confederation Line construction. The station reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began.

Layout

The rail station has two side platforms and is the only underground station on the Confederation Line outside the downtown section between Lyon and Rideau stations. Ticket barriers are located on the platform level, preventing crossover between the platforms within the fare-paid zone.

Above the platform level, a concourse level provides access to the shopping centre. At ground level, a local bus terminus has been retained from the original Transitway station with minor adjustments and renovations.

The station's artwork consists of an untitled series of large murals by Andrew Morrow, depicting moments in Canadian history. [3]

Service

A Confederation Line train exiting the St-Laurent station tunnel in January 2018. Confederation Line train testing near St. Laurent station, January 2018.jpg
A Confederation Line train exiting the St-Laurent station tunnel in January 2018.

OC Transpo

The following routes serve St-Laurent station as of May 20, 2021: [4] [5] Route 12 is temporarily truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard due to the Montreal Road revitalization project.

Key
O-Train Line 1.svg O-Train Line 2.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:
StopRoutes
East O-Train O-Train Line 1.svg
West O-Train O-Train Line 1.svg
A East 24  40  47  302 
B Rail Replacement R1 
C Rail Replacement and Route 12 Westbound R1  12  N39 
D West 7  12  14  18  19  20  27 
E Megabus WestToronto

Megabus

Starting May 20, 2021, Megabus is operating an intercity bus routes between Ottawa's St-Laurent station, Kingston, Scarborough, and Toronto four days a week, between Thursday and Sunday. [6] This is after Greyhound Canada ceased operations from Ottawa Central Station in October 2020 and shut down all bus service permanently on May 13, 2021. [6]

Rider Express

Rider Express offers a Toronto-Kingston-Ottawa service departing from St-Laurent station. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ "St. Laurent" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "St-Laurent | OC Transpo" . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bus Stops | megabus". ca.megabus.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  6. 1 2 "Megabus coming to Ottawa following Greyhound shutdown". CTV News . 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  7. ↑ "Toronto/Ottawa". Rider Express. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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