Dominion station

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.

Dominion
Ottawa Transitway station
LocationOttawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates45°23′32″N 75°45′38″W
Owned byOC Transpo
History
OpenedNovember 29, 1999
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Lincoln Fields
toward Bells Corners
 Route 57 Westboro
toward Tunney's Pasture
Lincoln Fields
toward Stittsville
 Route 61
Route 62
Lincoln Fields
toward Innovation
 Route 63
Lincoln Fields
toward Riverview
 Route 74
Lincoln Fields
toward Cambrian
 Route 75

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 Frequent Route 11 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.

The City proposed changing the name of the station to Kìchì Sìbì to better associate it with the Kitchissippi Lookout on nearby Westboro beach upon inclusion in the Confederation Line Stage 2 expansion.[5] The name, along with the rest of the Stage 2 station names were open to public review until August 26, 2020.[6]

Service
See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Dominion station as of October 6 2019:[7]

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   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 

References
  1. "Dominion" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  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.
  5. "City has a lot riding on LRT station names as Stage 2 proposals are released for public feedback". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  6. Dept, Transportation Services (2020-08-05). "Have your say: Stage 2 O-Train station names". ottawa.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  7. "Dominion | OC Transpo". Retrieved December 6, 2019.

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