Westboro station

Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
Westboro's temporary bus station during O-Train Stage 2 construction
General information
Coordinates	45°23′47.5″N75°45′08″W / 45.396528°N 75.75222°W / 45.396528; -75.75222
Owned by	OC Transpo
Construction
Structure type	Trench (LRT station)
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Dominion toward Carling Campus Route 57 Tunney's Pasture Terminus Dominion toward Abbot POC Route 58 Dominion toward Stittsville Route 61 Route 62 Dominion toward Innovation Route 63 Dominion toward Limebank Route 74 Dominion toward Cambrian Route 75
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Kìchì Sìbì toward Algonquin Line 1 Opens 2027 Tunney's Pasture toward Trim Kìchì Sìbì toward Moodie Line 3 Opens 2027
Location

Westboro station currently serves as a bus station in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, on Scott Street between Athlone and Tweedsmuir avenues.

It was formerly a Transitway station, in a below-grade 'trench' paralleling Scott Street. Each platform had an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides were connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also had platforms for local buses. In June 2022, this stretch of Transitway was permanently closed to facilitate O-Train Stage 2 construction. The bus stops were relocated to curbside along Scott Street, and the original station was closed. ^[1]

History

January 2019 accident

On January 11, 2019, an OC Transpo double-decker bus, operating on route 269 to Kanata, crashed into the bus shelter at Westboro Station. ^[2] The crash killed three people and injured twenty-three others, and part of the upper deck of the bus was torn off on impact. ^{[3] [4]}

The collision was investigated by the Ottawa Police Service, ^[5] with assistance from the Transportation Safety Board. ^[6] They cleared the city of Ottawa and OC Transpo of criminal wrongdoing. ^{[7] [8]} The police arrested the driver and charged her with three counts of dangerous driving causing death and 35 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. She was acquitted at trial after the judge placed blame for the crash on road conditions and misleading road markers. ^[9]

Original Westboro station on Transitway

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Westboro station as of April 9, 2024: ^[10]

Stop	Routes
West O-Train	Under construction (opening in 2027)
East O-Train	Under construction (opening in 2027)
A	57  58  60  61  62  63  66  67  73  74  75  81  82  87  256  261  262  263  265  266  404
B	57  58  60  61  62  63  66  67  73  74  75  81  82  87

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 serivce   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

References

1. "Two sections of the Transitway permanently closing to buses this weekend". Ottawa. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
2. "3 dead in bus crash at Ottawa transit station". CBC News Ottawa. January 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
3. "3 dead in bus crash at Ottawa transit station". CBC News . January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
4. Laucius, Joanne (January 16, 2019). "All three killed in Friday crash were on OC Transpo bus, police chief clarifies". Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved January 16, 2019.
5. Rizza, Alanna (January 13, 2019). "Experts call on TSB to investigate fatal Ottawa bus crash". The Globe and Mail.
6. "Shalaby: We should let the Transportation Safety Board dig deeper on Westboro crash". Ottawa Citizen . Archived from the original on 2025-04-12. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
7. Yogaretnam, Shaamini (August 24, 2019). "OC Transpo driver faces dozens of criminal charges in Westboro bus crash". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
8. "Driver in fatal OC Transpo bus crash facing 38 criminal charges". CBC News. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
9. Kupfer, Matthew; Yogaretnam, Shaamini (September 22, 2021). "Ottawa bus driver acquitted of all charges in fatal Westboro crash". CBC News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
10. "Westboro". OC Transpo. Retrieved April 4, 2023.

External links

• Westboro station page