Dominion station

Dominion
Ottawa Transitway station
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°23′32″N 75°45′38″W / 45.39222°N 75.76056°WCoordinates: 45°23′32″N 75°45′38″W / 45.39222°N 75.76056°W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Services
Preceding station   OC Transpo   Following station Lincoln Fields toward Baseline Route 91 Westboro toward Trim Lincoln Fields toward Stittsville Route 92 Westboro toward St. Laurent Lincoln Fields toward Innovation Route 93 Westboro toward Lebreton Lincoln Fields toward Riverview Route 94 Westboro toward Millennium Lincoln Fields toward Barrhaven Centre Route 95 Westboro toward Trim Lincoln Fields toward Stittsville Route 96 Westboro toward St. Laurent Lincoln Fields toward Bells Corners Route 97 Westboro toward Airport

Dominion is a station on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario.^[1] It is located north of the western edge of Westboro village, where the below-grade transitway segment joins the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. The station is named after nearby Dominion Avenue.

Opened on 29 November 1999^[2] as an intermediate station between the long-established Lincoln Fields and Westboro stations, Dominion Station consists of two bus shelters and a grade level crosswalk rather than a true station with platforms. It has no connections to local routes but is actually very close (225m) to the commercial strip on Richmond Road in Westboro village and Westboro Beach.

It serves a primarily residential neighbourhood which previously had only the local Route 2 bus service on Richmond Road for regular transit service. The Académie de Formation Linguistique building at 495 Richmond Road (the former Denis Coolican Building, originally operated by the City of Ottawa) is also served by this station.^[3]

This stop is also used frequently by cyclists as there are two bike pathways – one on each side of the parkway – which is part of a large network of cycling paths in the city.

During the summer months, the westbound stop is closed from 9:00AM to 1:00PM on Sundays due to the Alcatel Sunday Bike events, when the Parkway is closed westbound while cyclists use the roadway. Buses travel on Richmond Road, Woodroffe Avenue and Carling Avenue instead. During the detour, a bus stop at the corner of Richmond Road and Golden Avenue is used in lieu of the regular stop at Dominion Station. Eastbound service is not affected by the detour.

Plans to extend the Confederation Line west ^[4] to Lincoln Fields and Bayshore Shopping Centre would include construction of a proper, complete rapid transit station for Dominion.

Service

The following routes serve Dominion Station:^[1]
60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 77 87 91 92 93 94 95 96 96C 97 164 182 261 262 263 283 403

AM ONLY
96D

Notes

• Route 2 is available nearby at the intersection Richmond Road and Golden Avenue.
• Route 87 doesn't serve Dominion Station in the late evenings Monday-Friday or outside of business hours on the weekends.

References

1. "Dominion" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved March 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Ottawa Public Transit Milestones". OC Transpo. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
3. "495 Richmond Road" (pdf). Académie de Formation Linguistique. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
4. "Unsatisfied with City proposal partially bury western extension". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

External links

Media related to Dominion Station at Wikimedia Commons