Riverside
Transitway station
General information
Coordinates45°23′47.5″N 75°40′10″W / 45.396528°N 75.66944°W / 45.396528; -75.66944
Owned byOC Transpo
Platforms2
Construction
Platform levels2
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened1991
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Pleasant Park
toward Airport
 Route 97 Smyth
toward Hurdman
Pleasant Park
toward Hawthorne
 Route 98
Pleasant Park
toward Barrhaven Centre
 Route 99

Riverside is an OC Transpo bus station on Ottawa's Transitway that is connected to the Riverside Campus of The Ottawa Hospital near the intersection of Smyth Road and Riverside Drive. Stairs and elevators from the platform level lead directly to the interior of the hospital, making bus travel easy for medical appointments even in bad weather.

The hospital is the primary trip generator and main purpose for this station. There are no connecting bus routes here.

The station was built when the hospital underwent a major expansion of its facility. It agreed to let the transitway pass in its terrain and open a new station as there were initially no stations to be built at that location. The 4,200 square feet new administration wing and Transit station was completed in 1991.[1]

Service

The following routes serve Riverside:

Riverside Station Service
Rapid routes 97   98   99 
Frequent routes 10   88   90 
Local routes 48   49   92   93   96   96B   190   199 
Connexion routes 290   291   294   299 
Event routes 451 
School routes 48   99   613 

Notes

  • Routes  93 ,  96 ,  96B ,  99  and  199  serve this station during peak periods only.
  • Route  55  travels along Smyth Road, just north of the station, Monday-Saturday.

References

  1. ↑ Cervero, Dr. Robert; Zupan, Jeffrey (March 1996). "Public Policy and Transit Oriented Development" (PDF). Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. p. 155. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
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