Rideau station

The underground station is beneath Rideau Street in Central Ottawa.[2]

Originally, Rideau station was to be built under the Rideau Canal, with a station at Confederation Square, closer to Parliament Hill. It was decided to relocate the station to the east in partnership with Cadillac Fairview, the owners of the Rideau Centre, where it would serve more people and provide access to the ByWard Market.[3]

There are two entrances from the Rideau Centre on the south side and another built into a Scotiabank on the north side of Rideau Street, at the threshold of the ByWard Market.[4]

Through the Rideau Centre, riders can walk to Hudson's Bay, the Westin Hotel, the Shaw Centre, the Transportation Building and the National Defence Headquarters without stepping outside.

The station serves destinations such as the ByWard Market, National Gallery, US Embassy, Shaw Centre, Government Conference Centre,[2] Rideau Canal, National War Memorial, Château Laurier and National Arts Centre,[5] as well as retail shops, restaurants and hotels.[2]

Entrance at the corner of Rideau and William Streets

Rideau is an underground side platform station. Two concourses located above the two ends of the platforms contain the ticket barriers and give access to the Rideau Centre (west concourse) and the William Street/ByWard Market exit (east concourse). Both concourses feature elevators to the surface and the platforms.

The station is the deepest on Ottawa's network, with the platform 26.5 metres underground. It also has the longest transit escalator in Canada at 35.3 metres.[6]

The station features two artworks: FLOW/FLOTS by Geneviève Cadieux, a set of two glass screens on the station concourses overlooking the platforms; and The shape this takes to get to that by Jim Verburg, a set of murals in the access stairwells.[7] Additionally, an exhibition area called "Corridor 45|75" is located along the corridor connecting the west concourse with the access to the Rideau Centre.[8]

The following routes serve Rideau station as of December 20, 2020:[9] Route 12 is temporarily truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard due to the Montreal Road revitalization project.

Key
	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: Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route)   Routes 5 to 99: connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: connect to Transitway Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak periods only) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: high schools   Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service Route R2: alternative name for current Route 2 Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1) White backgrounds: service may be limited   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 Rideau St. West	R1   5   6   7   14   15   18   N57   N61   N75   114
B Rideau St. East	R1   5   6   7   14   15   18   N39   N45   N97
C Sussex Dr. North	9
D Rideau St. West	6   9

A sinkhole unexpectedly appeared on June 8, 2016, on Rideau Street adjoining the excavation for the underground station.[10]

• Confederation Line: Overview of Rideau station