Westboro is a station in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, Ontario. It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, on Scott Street between Athlone and Tweedsmuir avenues. The Transitway in the area was in a below-grade 'trench' parallelling Scott Street. Each platform had an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides were connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also had platforms for local buses. In June 2022, this stretch of Transitway was permanently closed to facilitate O-Train Stage 2 construction. The bus stops were relocated to curbside along Scott Street, and the original station was closed. It is within walking distance of the

Minto Metropole The Minto Metropole is a 32-story residential building in the Westboro neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario. At , it is the third-tallest building in Ottawa, after Claridge Icon and Place de Ville Tower C. It is the second-tallest residential buildi ...

, Ottawa's second-tallest residential building.

History

January 2019 accident

On 11 January 2019, an accident occurred at Westboro station. Double decker bus 8155, an Alexander-Dennis Enviro500 bus purchased by OC Transpo in 2017, was driven into the lower platform at the station running as route 269 Bridlewood, ejecting several passengers from the top floor of the bus, and killing three people (one on the platform). The Transitway was closed between Tunney's Pasture and Lincoln Fields as a result of the accident. Westboro trstwy

Service

The following routes serve Westboro station as of October 6, 2019:

References

External links

Westboro station page
{{OC Transpo Rapid Transit Railway stations scheduled to open in 2026 Transitway (Ottawa) stations