St. Laurent Station (OC Transpo)

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St. Laurent Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway. This 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.

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/Queensway 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 also serves numerous commercial and industrial areas in the area, and is a major transfer point for east end commuters, making this one of the busiest stations. An office building which is occupied in part by ING is also located 200 metres west of the station.

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See also: OC Transpo Routes

By bus, it takes 3 minutes to reach Blair Station, and 4 minutes to reach Hurdman. Reaching Rideau Centre at Mackenzie King Station will take 9 or 10 minutes, while reaching Place d'Orleans Station will take 13 minutes.

The following routes serve St. Laurent Station:

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