Tunney's Pasture station is the western

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and a major bus transitway station in

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Location

It is located at the

Tunney's Pasture Tunney's Pasture is a campus in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, that is exclusively developed for federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Kichi Zibi Mikan to the nort ...

government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue.

History

When originally opened in 1983, the transitway in the area consisted of a through station in a below-grade 'trench' parallel to 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 has platforms for local buses. On 10 May 2003, an

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at the station inflicted damage estimated at $400,000 to $500,000

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. The fire left portions of the station out of service for months. On June 24, 2016, the transitway station was closed for conversion to

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, and reopened in 2019 as the western terminus of the first phase of the

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. There are provisions to permit the Confederation Line to extend further west along the transitway in the next stage.

Layout

The station is a

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station built below grade in a cutting. At street level, a broad concourse with two

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s gives access to Scott Street and Tunney's Pasture Driveway. It also provides access within the fare-paid zone to the transitway terminal loop, allowing transfer between the bus and train without having to show a ticket or transfer. As a terminus station, both platforms are used as arrival and departure platforms. Because of the station's side platform rather than island platform layout, displays on the concourse level are necessary to indicate which platform will next have a train departing. The station features the artwork ''Gradient Space'' by Derek Root, a set of coloured mosaics lining the platform walls accompanied by a stained-glass skylight.

Service

The following routes serve Tunney's Pasture station as of April 27, 2025:

Gallery

File:TunneysPasture.jpg, Track level platform File:Bus Loop – Tunneys Pasture.jpg, The bus loop at Tunney's Pasture station File:Oc-tunneys-2-ebupst.jpg, The former Transitway station in 2007, taken from above the Transitway File:Oc-tunneys-5-ebupst.jpg, The former transitway station in 2007, facing eastbound

References

External links

OC Transpo station pageOC Transpo area map with location of main buildings of Tunney's Pasture
{{OC Transpo 1983 establishments in Ontario 2019 establishments in Ontario Buildings and structures in Canada destroyed by arson Line 1 (O-Train) stations Line 3 (O-Train) stations Railway stations in Canada opened in 2019 Transitway (Ottawa) stations