Rideau station

Rideau station is a station on the O-Train Line 1 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

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 station 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 an indoor interchange.

Key v t e
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1   R2   R4	O-Train replacement bus routes
N75	Night routes
40   11	Frequent routes
99   162	Local routes
275	Connexion routes
303	Shopper routes
405	Event routes
646	School routes
Additional info: Line 1: Confederation Line Line 2: Trillium Line Line 4: Airport Link   Routes 5 to 199: Custom routing that that connects to Line 1 and/or 2 Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak-period only routes that connect to the O-Train) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper Routes (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 600 to 699: School Routes   Route R1: replaces Line 1 when it is out of service Route R2: replaces Line 2 when it is out of service Route R4: replaces Line 4 when it is out of service Routes N39 to N98: night service (replaces Line 1 and N98 replaces Line 4) White backgrounds: limited service   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   12   14   15   17   18   N57   N61   N63   N75
B Rideau St. East	R1   5   6   7   12   14   15   17   18   N39   N45   N105
C Sussex Dr. North	9
D Rideau St. West	6   9

Problems

Main article: 2016 Ottawa sinkhole

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

Since the station opening, Rideau station have a 'rotten egg' smell and could not resolve.^{[11][12][13][14]}