South Keys Station

South Keys
Transitway station
South Keys Station looking northwest
Coordinates	45°21′13″N 75°39′19″W / 45.35361°N 75.65528°W / 45.35361; -75.65528Coordinates: 45°21′13″N 75°39′19″W / 45.35361°N 75.65528°W / 45.35361; -75.65528
Owned by	OC Transpo
Services
Preceding station   OC Transpo   Following station Greenboro toward Bells Corners Route 97 Airport Terminus Greenboro toward Tunney's Pasture Route 98 Hawthorne Terminus Greenboro toward Lebreton Route 99 Leitrim toward Barrhaven Centre

South Keys is a bus station on Ottawa's transitway system. Operated by OC Transpo, it is last station at the southern end of the Transitway, just north of Hunt Club Road. The station is located in the South Keys neighbourhood of Ottawa at the south end of the South Keys Shopping Centre beside the Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas, between Bank Street and the Airport Parkway.

The station was opened to traffic with the southern transitway on September 2, 1995. (The official opening was the following day.)

It is an occasional weekday terminus of route 97 (buses identified as 97X SOUTH KEYS). Route 97 continues on the Airport Parkway to the most southern station, Airport Station, while other routes such as route 98 and route 99 exit at Hunt Club Road.

Previously, City Council approved the addition of an O-Train Station at South Keys (instead of Lester) in conjunction of the expansion of the north-south light rail line. The project was, however, cancelled on December 14, 2006

Service

The following routes serve South Keys Station:
1 40 87 97 98 99 107 114 116 143 144 146 147 199 204 402 452
Notes
1. Route 43 is available at the corner of Bank/Cahill.

Safety Issues

This station has a history of safety concerns during the night time hours. There were several incidents involving assaults,^[1] swarming^[2] and vandalism^[3] in the vicinity which prompted some increased safety measures. This station has a night stop which all buses use after 9pm.^[4]

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