Dominion Station

Dominion
Transitway station
Coordinates 45°23′32″N 75°45′38″W / 45.39222°N 75.76056°WCoordinates: 45°23′32″N 75°45′38″W / 45.39222°N 75.76056°W
Owned by OC Transpo
Services
Preceding station   OC Transpo   Following station
toward Kanata North
Route 93
toward Lebreton
toward Riverview
Route 94
toward Millennium
Route 95
toward Trim
toward Stittsville
Route 96
toward Blair
Route 97
toward Airport

Dominion Station is a stop on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located north of the western edge of Westboro village, where the below-grade transitway segment joins the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. The station is named after nearby Dominion Avenue.

Opened on 29 November 1999[1] as an intermediate station between the long-established Lincoln Fields and Westboro stations, Dominion Station consists of two bus shelters and a grade level crosswalk rather than a true station with platforms. It has no connections to local routes but is actually very close (225m) to the commercial strip on Richmond Road in Westboro village and Westboro Beach.

It serves a primarily residential neighbourhood which previously had only the local Route 2 bus service on Richmond Road for regular transit service. The Académie de Formation Linguistique building at 495 Richmond Road (the former Denis Coolican Building, originally operated by the City of Ottawa) is also served by this station.[2]

This stop is also used frequently by cyclists as there are two bike pathways – one on each side of the parkway – which is part of a large network of cycling paths in the city.

During the summer months, the westbound stop is closed from 9:00AM to 1:00PM on Sundays due to the Alcatel Sunday Bike events, when the Parkway is closed westbound while cyclists use the roadway. Buses travel on Richmond Road, Woodroffe Avenue and Carling Avenue instead. During the detour, a bus stop at the corner of Richmond Road and Golden Avenue is used in lieu of the regular stop at Dominion Station. Eastbound service is not affected by the detour.

Plans to extend the Confederation Line west [3] to Lincoln Fields and Bayshore Shopping Centre would include construction of a proper, complete rapid transit station for Dominion.

Service

The following routes serve Dominion Station:
60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 77 87 93 94 95 96 96A 96C 97 261 262 263 283 403

AM ONLY
20 21 22 24 27 30 31 34 35 37 38 41 43 96D 231 232

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References

  1. ↑ "Ottawa Public Transit Milestones". OC Transpo. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  2. ↑ "495 Richmond Road" (PDF). Académie de Formation Linguistique. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  3. ↑ "Unsatisfied with City proposal partially bury western extension". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

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