Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

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Tunney's Pasture Station is a stop on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue.

The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallel to Scott Street. Each platform has an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides are connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also has platforms for local buses.

1 Major criminal incident
2 Service
3 Gallery
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Major criminal incident

10 May 2003: An arson at the station inflicted damage estimated at $400 000 to $500 000 CAD. The fire left portions of the station out of service for months.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Service

See also: OC Transpo Routes

The station is 2 minutes away from Lebreton Station, and 8 minutes away from Lincoln Fields Station.

The following routes serve Tunney's Pasture Station:
6 15 16 18 50 55 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 73 76 77 82 86 87 94 95 96 97 102 105 151 156 172 176 178 182 261 262 263 283 403 603 693

AM ONLY
20 21 22 23 24 25 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 43 45 84 221 231 232

Note: Route 16 is also available at the corner of Holland and Scott.

Preceding station		Following station
Westboro	Transitway Route 95	Bayview
	Transitway Route 96
	Transitway Route 97

[edit] Gallery

Eastbound view, from upper level, showing transitway below and a building in the Tunney's Pasture government complex.	Another eastbound view, showing the transitway and platforms.	Inside the station, the north elevator and stairways provides access to the westbound transitway platform.	View of station entrance from the corner of Scott Street and Holland Avenue.
Scene of transitway level facing eastbound.	Transitway facing eastbound from platform level.

v • d • e

OC Transpo Rapid Transit Services

OC Transpo Rapid Transit Routes
94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 101 • 102 • O-Train

Bus Rapid Transit Stations
West: Stittsville • Terry Fox • Teron • Eagleson • Bayshore
Southwest: Barrhaven Centre • Strandherd • Fallowfield • Baseline • Iris • Queensway
Central: Lincoln Fields • Dominion • Westboro • Tunney's Pasture • Bayview • Lebreton • Bay • Kent • Bank • Metcalfe • Mackenzie King • Laurier • Campus • Lees • Hurdman
East: Train • St. Laurent • Cyrville • Blair • Jeanne d'Arc • Place d'Orleans • Trim
Southeast: Lycee Claudel • Smyth • Riverside • Pleasant Park • Billings Bridge • Heron • Walkley • Greenboro • South Keys • Airport
O-Train Stations
Bayview • Carling • Carleton • Confederation • Greenboro

[edit] References

^ The Ottawa Citizen. "City/Region", Ottawa Citizen, 11 May 2003, p. A9. "Suspected arsons investigated"
^ "Tunney's Pasture station firebombing update", Ottawa Transit Bulletin, Ottawa Transit Riders Association, July 2003.