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
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°21′13″N 75°39′19″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
History
Opening	September 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 Line 2 Reopens 2022 Leitrim toward Limebank Uplands toward Airport Line 4 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

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
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 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

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.