St. Laurent Station (OC Transpo)

St. Laurent Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway. This station is the most integrated to its surroundings with direct indoor pedestrian access to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. It serves as a major hub between transitway and local east end routes and has a ticket sales and information office.

The station has two distinct platform areas. One platform area below grade serves main transitway route 95, express routes and other routes using the transitway. In addition, intercity bus services also stop here on request. A second platform at grade serves numerous local routes. The two platforms are connected primarily via escalators, which are rare in transitway stations, in addition to the standard staircases and elevators.

This station was the most complex and most expensive to build as it required the complete reconstruction of the St. Laurent/Queensway interchange and the construction of a tunnel to allow the transitway to cross underneath the Queensway. Its construction was linked to the last major expansion of the shopping centre in 1987.

In addition to serving the shopping centre, it also serves numerous commercial and industrial areas in the area, and is a major transfer point for east end commuters, making this one of the busiest stations. An office building which is occupied in part by ING is also located 200 metres west of the station.

Service

By bus, it takes 3 minutes to reach Blair Station, and 4 minutes to reach Hurdman. Reaching Rideau Centre at Mackenzie King Station will take 9 or 10 minutes, while reaching Place d'Orleans Station will take 13 minutes.

The following routes serve St. Laurent Station:

5 7 14 1820 21 22 232425 272930 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 3994 95101102114 118121124125126127128 129190 191 192221 231 232401601 608 633 694824 825 829 891 (eastbound only)

AM ONLY
50 51 5759 60 61 63 64 65 666768 69 70 71 76 77156 172261 262

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See also

* St. Laurent Shopping Centre

External links

* [http://www.octranspo.com/mapscheds/transitway/station_layout_pdf/STL.pdf OC Transpo station page]
* [http://www.octranspo.com/mapscheds/transitway/area_map.asp?station_id=STL OC Transpo Area Map]