South Keys station

South Keys station is a stop on Ottawa's transitway system.[1] Operated by OC Transpo, it is last station at the southern end of the Transitway, just north of Hunt Club Road. The station is located in the South Keys neighbourhood of Ottawa at the south end of the South Keys Shopping Centre beside the Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas, between Bank Street and the Airport Parkway. The station was opened to traffic with the southern transitway on September 2, 1995.

South Keys
Ottawa Transitway station
South Keys station looking northwest
General information
LocationOttawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates45°21′13″N 75°39′19″W
Owned byOC Transpo
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
History
OpeningSeptember 2, 1995 (Transitway)
2023 (LRT)
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Airport
Terminus
 Route 97 Greenboro
toward Hurdman
Hawthorne
Terminus
 Route 98
Leitrim
toward Barrhaven Centre
 Route 99
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Greenboro
toward Bayview
 Line 2
Reopens 2024
 Leitrim
toward Limebank
Uplands
toward Airport
 Line 4
Opens 2024
 Terminus

OC Transpo bus route 97 continues on the Airport Parkway from Greenboro to the most southern station, Airport station, while other routes such as routes 98 and 99 exit at Hunt Club Road.

Previously, City Council approved the addition of an O-Train station at South Keys (instead of Lester) in conjunction of the expansion of the north–south light rail line. The project was cancelled on December 14, 2006. In fall 2023, South Keys will reopen as a centre platform, light rail station. It will serve as the transfer point between the Trillium Line and the Airport Link.[2]

Service
See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve South Keys as of September 4, 2022:

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:
Station service
O-Train replacement 2 
Rapid routes 97   98   99 
Frequent routes 6   40   90 
Local routes 92   93   93X   96   96B   197   198   199 
Connexion routes 294   299 
Shopper routes 304 
Event routes 452 
School routes 90   92   93   96   99   640   644   649   698 
  • After the Airport Spur and the Trillium Line open to customers, route  97  will be retired and replaced by Line  4  which will connect riders to/from the Airport. For service to/from Hurdman station, customers will have to transfer to routes  98  and  99  or another route that travels to/from Hurdman.
  • School route  693  serves the intersection of Transitway and Hunt Club, but not this station directly.

Safety issues

This station has a history of safety concerns during the night time hours. There were several incidents involving assaults,[3] swarming[4] and vandalism[5] in the vicinity which prompted some increased safety measures. This station has a night stop which all buses use after 9 PM.[6]

References
  1. "South Keys" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. "Trillium Line South Extension". ottawa.ca. November 19, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. "Police looking into another south-end personal robbery". CBCnews. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. Bell, Danielle (20 November 2012). "Girls arrested after South Keys robberies". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. "Two boys charged after dog spray released at transit stop". Ottawa Sun. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. "Night Stop and Safe Stop". OCTranspo. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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