Place d’Orléans station is a Transitway station in the suburb of

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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, Canada. The station opened in 1994, just off Regional Road 174 and Champlain Street right next to Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre. It is the main transit hub between local routes in Orléans and route 39 (previously known as route 95). In 2025, as part of Stage 2 of Ottawa's light-rail transit system, Line 1 will be extended east from

Blair station Blair station is a station on Ottawa's O-Train and Transitway (Ottawa), Transitway systems located at Blair Road (Ottawa), Blair Road and Regional Road 174 (Ottawa), Regional Road 174. It is a major transfer point for commuters within urban Glo ...

Trim station Trim station is a Transitway station and future O-Train terminus in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, located near Trim Road and Regional Road 174 (former Highway 17). A Natrel factory is located near this station. Trim station once served as ...

, making Place d'Orléans one of the 16 new LRT stations on the alignment. The current Transitway station is going to be converted to

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, connecting the city from east to west. There is a

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail transport, r ...

lot located north of

Regional Road 174 Ottawa Road 174, formerly Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 174 and commonly referred to as Highway 174, is a municipal expressway and numbered road in the City of Ottawa which serves the eastern suburbs of Orléans and Cumberland. The four-lane fre ...

off Champlain street. This lot is accessible from the main station by a covered pedestrian overpass and is also serviced by Route 39 as it departs towards Blair via the Transitway. This parking lot reaches capacity on a daily basis, and, overflow parking is allowed at the south-west corner of the Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre.

and the associated park and ride lot were constructed to alleviate pressure on the Orléans park and ride lot. Peak period trips on Route 39 departing from Trim station do not serve the station itself, and instead, access the park and ride directly from Regional Road 174 on its way

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. During the summer, Route 139 provides special weekend service to Petrie Island Beach, located just off Trim Road.

Service

The following routes serve Place d’Orléans station:

Notes

* Route 33 does not travel east of Blair during certain mid-day trips and only serves the Park and Ride during peak periods. * Route 139 only operates on weekends during the summer months. * Route 237 terminates at the park-and-ride for this station during the afternoon peak period.

References

External links

OC Transpo - Routes & Maps - Route 39
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