Tunney's Pasture Station (OC Transpo)

Tunney's Pasture
Transitway Station
Station statistics
Other information
Owned by OC Transpo
Services
Preceding station   OC Transpo   Following station
toward Kanata North
Route 93
toward Lebreton
toward Woodroffe
Route 94
toward Millennium
Route 95
toward Trim
Route 96
toward Blair
Route 97
toward Airport
Terminus Route 98
toward Hawthorne
Terminus Route 102

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.

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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]

Service

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:
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60 61 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 73 76 77
86 87 93 94 95 96 97 98 102 105
150 151 159 176 261 262 263 283 403 603 693

AM ONLY
20 21 22 27 30 31 34 35 37 38 24 40 41 43 231 232

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References

  1. ^ The Ottawa Citizen (11 May 2003). "City/Region". Ottawa Citizen. p. A9. "Suspected arsons investigated" 
  2. ^ "Tunney's Pasture station firebombing update". Ottawa Transit Bulletin (Ottawa Transit Riders Association). July 2003. http://otra.sandelman.ca/otb/2003-July.html. 

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