Blair Station (OC Transpo)

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Blair Station is a station on Ottawa's Transitway busway located at Blair Road and Highway 174. It is the eastern terminal for Route 101 during peak periods (it's extended to/from Orleans Station outside of peak hours) and crosstown route 2. Route 94 also joins the Transitway at this station coming from Blair Road. It is also a major transfer point for commuters within urban Gloucester.

This station is adjecent to the Gloucester Centre shopping complex, and nearby the Sliver City Gloucester mega-movie theatre, a small bank, and other major retail stores. Shoppers City East located across Blair Road contains also several other major stores such as Canadian Tire. A long pedestrian overpass for the Queensway provides access to office complexes, a small park and ride parking lot, and the Pineview residential area

This is the last station in the grade separated eastern leg of the Transitway; buses use exclusive shoulder lanes on the Queensway beyond this point towards Orleans. There are no plans to move the Transitway onto its own right-of-way beyond this point.

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See also: OC Transpo Routes

Travel time between Blair and Place d'Orleans is 9 minutes. St. Laurent Station is only 3 minutes using almost any bus that travels along the transitway. During daytime hours, most buses using the Transitway can reach Hurdman Station within 8 minutes.

The following routes serve Blair Station:
2 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 94 95 101 102 123 124 126 127 128 129 190 194 221 231 401 601 608 619 824