South Keys station

South Keys station is a stop on Ottawa's transitway system.[1] 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.

South Keys
Ottawa Transitway station
South Keys station looking northwest
LocationOttawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates45°21′13″N 75°39′19″W
Owned byOC Transpo
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
History
OpeningSeptember 2, 1995 (Transitway) 2022 (LRT)
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Airport
Terminus
 Route 97 Greenboro
toward Hurdman
Hawthorne
Terminus
 Route 98
Leitrim
toward Barrhaven Centre
 Route 99
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Greenboro
toward Bayview
 Trillium Line
Reopens 2022
 Leitrim
toward Limebank
Uplands
toward Airport
 Airport Link
Opens 2022
 Terminus

OC Transpo bus route 97 continues on the Airport Parkway from Greenboro to the most southern station, Airport station, while other routes such as routes 98 and 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 cancelled on December 14, 2006. In 2022, South Keys will reopen as a centre platform, light rail station. It will serve as the transfer point between the Trillium Line and the Airport Link.[2]

Service
See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve South Keys as of October 6, 2019:

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
Station service
Rapid routes 97   98   99 
Frequent routes 6   40   90 
Local routes 92   93   96   197   198   199 
Connexion routes 294   299 
Shopper routes 304 
Event routes 452 
School routes 640   644   649   698 
Replacement routes R-2 

Safety issues

This station has a history of safety concerns during the night time hours. There were several incidents involving assaults,[3] swarming[4] and vandalism[5] in the vicinity which prompted some increased safety measures. This station has a night stop which all buses use after 9pm.[6]

References
  1. "South Keys" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. "Trillium Line South Extension". ottawa.ca. November 19, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. "Police looking into another south-end personal robbery". CBCnews. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. Bell, Danielle (20 November 2012). "Girls arrested after South Keys robberies". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. "Two boys charged after dog spray released at transit stop". Ottawa Sun. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. "Night Stop and Safe Stop". OCTranspo. Retrieved 11 December 2014.


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