Blair station
Blair is a station on Ottawa's transitway and O-Train located at Blair Road and Regional Road 174.[1] It is a major transfer point for commuters within urban Gloucester and Orléans.
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Location | Ottawa, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°25′52″N 75°36′30″W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | OC Transpo | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | Centre platform (LRT) Side platform x 2 (BRT) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1989 (BRT station) September 14, 2019 (LRT station) | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2015–2019 | |||||||||||||||
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Location
This station is adjacent to the Gloucester Centre shopping complex, and nearby the Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa mega-movie theatre, a small bank, and other major retail stores. Shoppers City East located across Blair Road contains also several other major stores such as Canadian Tire. A long pedestrian overpass for the Queensway provides access to office complexes, a small park and ride parking lot, and the Pineview residential area.
Transitway
Prior to the construction of the Confederation Line, this was the last station in the grade separated eastern leg of the transitway; after this point, buses used exclusive shoulder lanes on the Queensway beyond this point towards Orleans.
The main Transitway platforms closed down prior to Confederation Line construction as of 28 June 2015.[2] The platforms reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began.
Confederation Line
Blair station is the eastern terminus of the Confederation Line of the O-Train. It is an elevated island platform station, with both platform faces being used by terminating and departing trains.
The overpass of the previous Transitway station, located above the platforms at the concourse level of the station, was retained as part of the new O-Train station.
The station offers transfer to Transitway buses within the fare-paid zone—i.e. without needing to present proof of payment to transfer between buses and the station. The bus terminal is located on the ground level of the station.
The station's artwork, entitled Lightscape, is by cj fleury and Catherine Widgery. It is a series of suspended installations featuring brightly coloured elements that catch the light.[3]
Service
The following routes serve Blair station as of October 25, 2023:[4]. Route 15 is temporarily designated as a frequent route due to more frequency and service from Route 12 being truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard for construction on Montreal. When Route 12 service is restored west of St. Laurent Boulevard, Route 15 will revert to being a peak period only Local Limited Service route potentially restoring mid-day service between Parliament Station and the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau.
O-Train | |
R1 R2 | O-Train replacement bus routes |
98 39 | Rapid routes |
N75 | Night routes |
40 11 | Frequent routes |
55 162 | Local routes |
284 | Connexion routes |
405 | 300s: Shopper routes 400s: Event routes 600s: School routes |
Additional info:
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Stop | Routes |
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West O-Train | |
A West, Peak East | 24 25 39 222 224 225 228 302 624 |
B East | 25 28 38 237 |
C Rail Replacement | R1 15 |
D East | 21 30 31 32 33 34 35 39 630 631 |
E Peak East | 221 231 232 233 234 235 236 |
G | none |
H | 26 28 35 302 451 619 624 628 630 631 |
I Local | 12 15 23 24 26 N39 42 302 |
References
- "Blair". Station Layout. OC Transpo. October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- "OC Transpo - On Track 2018 - Transitway Closure". OC Transpo. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Blair | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 25, 2023.
External links
Media related to Blair station at Wikimedia Commons