Westboro station

Westboro is a station on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, on Scott Street between Athlone and Tweedsmuir avenues.

Westboro
Ottawa Transitway station
Coordinates45°23′47.5″N 75°45′08″W
Owned byOC Transpo
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Dominion
toward Bells Corners
 Route 57 Tunney's Pasture
Terminus
Dominion
toward Stittsville
 Route 61
Route 62
Dominion
toward Innovation
 Route 63
Dominion
toward Riverview
 Route 74
Dominion
toward Cambrian
 Route 75

The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallelling 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.

It is within walking distance of the Minto Metropole, Ottawa's tallest residential building.

History

January 2019 accident
Main article: 2019 Westboro station bus crash

On 11 January 2019, an accident occurred at Westboro station. Double decker bus 8155, an Alexander-Dennis Enviro500 bus purchased by OC Transpo in 2017, was driven into the lower platform at the station running as route 269 Bridlewood, ejecting several passengers from the top floor of the bus, and killing three people (one on the platform).[1] The Transitway was closed between Tunney's Pasture and Lincoln Fields as a result of the accident.

Service
See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Westboro station as of October 6, 2019:[2]

Key
O-Train
 98   39  Rapid routes
 40   11  Frequent routes
 55   173  Local routes
 298  Connexion routes
 406  300s: Shopper routes
400s: Event routes
600s: School routes
Stop Routes
1A Transitway West 57   58   61   62   63   64   66 
1B Transitway South 73   74   75   82   83   84   87   164   404 
2A Transitway East 57   58   61   62   63   64   66   73   74   75   82   83   84   87   164 
3A Local West 16   50   153 
4A Local East 50   153 

References
  1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bus-crash-westboro-station-ottawa-1.4975385
  2. "Westboro | OC Transpo". Retrieved December 6, 2019.


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