Ottawa station

Ottawa
Location 200 Tremblay Road
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1G 3H5
Coordinates 45°24′59″N 75°39′06″W / 45.41639°N 75.65167°W / 45.41639; -75.65167Coordinates: 45°24′59″N 75°39′06″W / 45.41639°N 75.65167°W / 45.41639; -75.65167
Owned by Via Rail
Platforms 5 island platforms
Tracks 6
Connections Routes 61 & 62
Tremblay (opening 2018)
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Architect John B. Parkin & Associates
Other information
Station code VIA Rail: OTTW
IATA: XDS
History
Opened August 1, 1966
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
toward Toronto
Toronto–OttawaTerminus
Terminus
Fallowfield–Montreal
toward Montreal
TerminusOttawa–Québec City
toward Québec City
Official name Ottawa Railway Station
Designated June 1, 1996
Reference no. 15815

Ottawa station (IATA: XDS), or Ottawa Train Station, is a Via Rail station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 200 Tremblay Road and serves inter-city trains connecting it to Toronto and Montreal. OC Transpo's bus routes 61 and 62 carries railway passengers west into the city centre or east to St-Laurent station (with connections to the eastern suburbs). The adjacent former Bus Transitway station, Train Station, will reopen in 2018 as the Confederation Line station named Tremblay station.

History

The station was designed by John B. Parkin & Associates and was built in 1966. It won a Massey Medal for architecture in 1967. In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada named the station as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium.[1]

Ottawa’s trains once came into a large downtown Union Station a short distance from the Parliament buildings, but with the replacement of the railway tracks beside the Rideau Canal with the National Capital Commission’s Colonel By Drive scenic parkway, the former station has been converted into the Government Conference Centre.

Per a sign located inside the station: "The Ottawa Station was completed in 1966 as part of a plan for the relocation and consolidation of many railway lines built between 1854 and 1916. The new arrangement was based on the plans of the noted urban planner, Jacques Greber, and was constructed by the National Capital Commission. The Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific railway are owners and operators of the new installations." [2] The station is protected under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act since 1996. It "is a glass and steel, International style railway station [...] The VIA Rail Station at Ottawa is one of the finest examples of the International style in Canadian architecture." [3]

Renovations

A $21.7 million renovation project started late 2016. The project will add an elevator in the spiral ramp and at track 3 and 4, a levelled platform for track 1, and roof improvements. [4]

Other Connections

Air France–KLM runs a connecting shuttle bus from this station to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, exclusive for the airline's customers only.[5] As of 2016 Air-France KLM has three daily bus services between those cities.[6]

Swiss International Air Lines previously operated its Swissbus service from Ottawa Railway Station to Dorval Airport for Swiss customers.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Cook, Marcia (11 May 2000). "Cultural consequence". Ottawa Citizen. Canwest. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Ottawa Station (Plaque inside station). Ottawa.
  3. ↑ "VIA Rail Station". historic places.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/media-room/latest-news/213601/29-september-2016-celebrating-50-years-via-rail-ottawa-
  5. ↑ "Bus between Ottawa Railway Station (XDS) and Montreal (YUL)". Travel by train on a KLM ticket. KLM. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ↑ "A new bus service to Quebec City Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine.." Air France. August 16, 2016. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Swissbus Bus transportation between Ottawa and Montreal-Trudeau airport" (Archive). Swiss International Air Lines. June 20, 2012. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.
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