Rideau station

Rideau is a station on the O-Train Confederation Line on Rideau Street on the border of the Sandy Hill and ByWard Market neighbourhoods in Central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Rideau
O-Train station
Rideau Station westbound platform
General information
Location	Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°25′34″N 75°41′31″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	September 14, 2019[1]
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Parliament toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 uOttawa toward Blair

Location

The underground station is beneath Rideau Street in Central Ottawa.^[2]

Originally, Rideau station was to be built under the Rideau Canal, with a station at Confederation Square, closer to Parliament Hill. It was decided to relocate the station to the east in partnership with Cadillac Fairview, the owners of the Rideau Centre, where it would serve more people and provide access to the ByWard Market.^[3]

There are two entrances from the Rideau Centre on the south side and another built into a Scotiabank on the north side of Rideau Street, at the threshold of the ByWard Market.^[4]

Through the Rideau Centre, riders can walk to Hudson's Bay, the Westin Hotel, the Shaw Centre, the Transportation Building and the National Defence Headquarters without stepping outside.

The station serves destinations such as the ByWard Market, National Gallery, US Embassy, Shaw Centre, Government Conference Centre,^[2] Rideau Canal, National War Memorial, Château Laurier and National Arts Centre,^[5] as well as retail shops, restaurants and hotels.^[2]

Layout

Entrance at the corner of Rideau and William Streets

Rideau is an underground side platform station. Two concourses located above the two ends of the platforms contain the ticket barriers and give access to the Rideau Centre (west concourse) and the William Street/ByWard Market exit (east concourse). Both concourses feature elevators to the surface and the platforms.

The station is the deepest on Ottawa's network, with the platform 26.5 metres underground. It also has the longest transit escalator in Canada at 35.3 metres.^[6]

The station features two artworks: FLOW/FLOTS by Geneviève Cadieux, a set of two glass screens on the station concourses overlooking the platforms; and The shape this takes to get to that by Jim Verburg, a set of murals in the access stairwells.^[7] Additionally, an exhibition area called "Corridor 45|75" is located along the corridor connecting the west concourse with the access to the Rideau Centre.^[8]

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

OC Transpo bus at Mackenzie King station, east platform.

The following routes serve Rideau station as of December 20, 2020:^[9] Route 12 is temporarily truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard due to the Montreal Road revitalization project. Connections with Société de transport de l'Outaouais as well as OC Transpo routes R1, 11, 16, and 19, exist on the other side of the Rideau Centre, at Mackenzie King station, accessed via a indoor interchange.

Key v t e
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1   R2	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 Rideau St. West	R1   5   6   7   14   15   18   N57   N61   N75   114
B Rideau St. East	R1   5   6   7   14   15   18   N39   N45   N97
C Sussex Dr. North	9
D Rideau St. West	6   9

Sinkhole

Main article: 2016 Ottawa sinkhole

A sinkhole unexpectedly appeared on June 8, 2016, on Rideau Street adjoining the excavation for the underground station.^[10]

References

1. Watson, Jim (August 23, 2019). "Line 1 opens on Sept. 14". octranspo.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. "Downtown LRT Stations" (PDF). OC Transpo. 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
3. Joanne Chianello (15 July 2015). "Rideau Centre strikes gold with LRT station". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
4. Joanne Chianello (12 May 2015). "Downtown LRT stations to be integrated into buildings". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved June 20, 2016. there are actually three entrances at Rideau station
5. "Rideau". Confederation Line. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
6. "5 things: Confederation Line LRT will have the longest transit escalator in Canada". ottawacitizen.
7. "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
8. "Corridor 45|75". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
9. "Rideau | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 10, 2019.
10. "Massive sinkhole closes Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa". CBC News. 8 June 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016. Workers were excavating the last 50 metres of the station when the road fell in

External links

• Confederation Line: Overview of Rideau station