Location Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Province Ontario Rebuilt May 2018 | Owned by OC Transpo Owner OC Transpo | |
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Closed 28 June 2015 (Lower/Transitway level only) Address 1300 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1K 3B6, Canada Similar Blair station, Cyrville station, Confederation station, Bayview station, Lees station | ||
St-Laurent is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway. The station is the most integrated to its surroundings, with direct indoor pedestrian access to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. It serves as a major hub between transitway and local east end routes and has a ticket sales and information office.
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The station has two distinct platform areas. One platform area below grade serves main transitway route 95, express routes and other routes using the transitway. In addition, intercity bus services also stop here on request. A second platform at grade serves numerous local routes. The two platforms are connected primarily via escalators, which are rare in transitway stations, in addition to the standard staircases and elevators.
This station was the most complex and most expensive to build as it 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.
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 m west of the station.
The station is to be converted to Light Rail Transit (LRT) until 2018, as part of Ottawa's Confederation Line project. Due to the significant investment to originally build this transit station in 1987, it will likely be the easiest to convert to light rail transit.
Effective 28 June 2015, the main Transitway platforms are closed for Confederation Line construction. As well, the Transitway between Hurdman Station and Blair Station is closed until 2018 so routes either end at Blair Station or Hurdman Station or travel via Ottawa Road 174 toward downtown. As well, new route 91 and all express routes eastbound do not serve St. Laurent Station toward Orleans.
Service
The following routes serve St. Laurent station:
Regular Routes: 7 14 18 19 92 94 95 96 101 104 106 114 124 129
Peak-Only Routes: 192 199
Shoppers' Routes: 302
Event Routes: 401 451
School Routes: 128 148 633
The following routes serve St. Laurent station in the westbound direction only:
Regular Routes: 91
Peak-Only Routes: 103
The following routes only drop off passengers at St. Laurent station in the morning and bypass the station in the afternoon:
Peak-Only Routes: 22 30 33 34 38
Connexion Routes: 221 222 224 228 231 232 233 234 235 237