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St-Laurent
St-Laurent
O-Train station
General information
Location	Ottawa, Ontario; Canada
Coordinates	45°25′14″N 75°38′17″W / 45.42056°N 75.63806°W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	2 (LRT), 4 (BRT)
Tracks	2
Connections	Megabus; Rider Express
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	November 17, 1987 (BRT station); September 14, 2019 (LRT station)
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Services
Location

St-Laurent is a station on the Confederation Line of Ottawa's O-Train, and on the system's bus network and is located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway.^[2]

Location edit

The station is integrated to its surroundings, with direct indoor pedestrian access to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. It serves as a major hub for local east end bus routes and has a ticket sales and information office. In addition to serving the shopping centre, it serves numerous commercial and industrial areas in the area and is a major transfer point for east-end commuters, making it one of the busiest stations. An office building occupied in part by ING is also 200 metres west of the station.

History edit

Original transitway station

Originally built as a Transitway station, its construction required the complete reconstruction of the St. Laurent Boulevard / Highway 417 interchange and the construction of a tunnel to allow the transitway to cross underneath the Queensway. Its construction was linked to the last major expansion of the shopping centre in 1987.

On June 28, 2015, the main Transitway platforms closed for Confederation Line construction. The station reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began.

Layout edit

The rail station has two side platforms and is the only underground station on the Confederation Line outside the downtown section between Lyon and Rideau stations. Ticket barriers are located on the platform level, preventing crossover between the platforms within the fare-paid zone.

Above the platform level, a concourse level provides access to the shopping centre. At ground level, a local bus terminus has been retained from the original Transitway station with minor adjustments and renovations.

The station's artwork consists of an untitled series of large murals by Andrew Morrow, depicting moments in Canadian history.^[3]

Service edit

A Confederation Line train exiting the St-Laurent station tunnel in January 2018.

OC Transpo edit

The following routes serve St-Laurent station as of May 20, 2021:^[4]^[5] Route 12 is temporarily truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard due to the Montreal Road revitalization project.

Key v t e
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1 R2 R4	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: Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route) Routes 5 to 99: connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: connect to Transitway Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak periods only) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: high schools Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service Route R2: alternative name for current Route 2 Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1) White backgrounds: service may be limited Last two digits represent service area: 00s and 10s – Central 20s – Gloucester 30s – Orléans 40s – Ottawa East 50s – Ottawa West 60s – Kanata, Stittsville 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

Stop	Routes
East O-Train
West O-Train
A East	24 40 47 302
B Rail Replacement	R1
C Rail Replacement and Route 12 Westbound	R1 12 N39
D West	7 12 14 18 19 20 27
E Megabus West	Toronto

Megabus edit

Starting May 20, 2021, Megabus is operating an intercity bus routes between Ottawa's St-Laurent station, Kingston, Scarborough, and Toronto four days a week, between Thursday and Sunday.^[6] This is after Greyhound Canada ceased operations from Ottawa Central Station in October 2020 and shut down all bus service permanently on May 13, 2021.^[6]

Rider Express edit

Rider Express offers a Toronto-Kingston-Ottawa service departing from St-Laurent station.^[7]

References edit

^ Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
^ "St. Laurent" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
^ "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ "St-Laurent | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ "Bus Stops | megabus". ca.megabus.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
^ ^a ^b "Megabus coming to Ottawa following Greyhound shutdown". CTV News. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
^ "Toronto/Ottawa". Rider Express. Retrieved 8 July 2021.