Westboro station

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

Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
General information
Coordinates45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W
Owned byOC Transpo
Construction
Structure typeTrench (LRT station)
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Dominion
toward Bells Corners
 Route 57 Tunney's Pasture
Terminus
Dominion
toward Stittsville
 Route 61
Route 62
Dominion
toward Innovation
 Route 63
Dominion
toward Riverview
 Route 74
Dominion
toward Cambrian
 Route 75
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Kìchì Sìbì
toward Algonquin
 Line 1
Opens 2026
 Bayview
toward Trim
Kìchì Sìbì
toward Moodie
 Line 3
Opens 2026

The Transitway in the area was in a below-grade 'trench' parallelling 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]

It is within walking distance of the Minto Metropole, Ottawa's second-tallest residential building.

History

January 2019 accident
Main article: 2019 Westboro station bus crash

On 11 January 2019, an accident occurred at Westboro station. Double decker bus 8155, an Alexander-Dennis Enviro500 bus purchased by OC Transpo in 2017, was driven into the lower platform at the station while running as route 269 Bridlewood. It ejected several passengers from the top floor of the bus, killing three people (including one on the platform).[2] The Transitway was closed between Tunney's Pasture and Lincoln Fields as a result of the accident.

Original Westboro station on Transitway

Service
See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Westboro station as of October 6, 2019:[3]

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:
Stop Routes
1A Transitway West 57   61   62   63   64   66   67 
1B Transitway South 73   74   75   82   87   164   404 
2A Transitway East 57   61   62   63   64   66   67   73   74   75   82   87   164 
3A Local West 16   50   153 
4A Local East 50   153 

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. "Westboro". OC Transpo. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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