Parliament station explained

Parliament
Style:OC Transpo
Type:O-Train station
Symbol Location:ottawa
Symbol:1big
Address:O'Connor Street & Queen Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Country:Canada
Coordinates:45.4214°N -75.6989°W
Owned:OC Transpo
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Accessible:Yes
Opened:September 14, 2019[1]

Parliament (French: '''Parlement''') is a station on the Confederation Line as part of the O-Train network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The station is located under O'Connor and Queen Streets in Downtown Ottawa.[2] [3] It has the highest projected use of all new stops on the Confederation Line,[3] with access to Parliament Hill, Sparks Street, the downtown business district, as well as the World Exchange Plaza and Bank Street. The station is also near the CBC Ottawa Production Centre studios.

Layout

Parliament is an underground station with two side platforms. A single Grand Hall Concourse is located immediately above platform level. The station's entrances are integrated with the Sun Life Financial Centre and Heritage Place; both lead to the centre of the concourse, with ticket barriers at either end leading to the ends of the platform.[4]

The Grand Hall Concourse is 15 metres underground, while the platform itself is 19 metres.

The station features two artworks: Lone Pine Sunset by Douglas Coupland, an installation of brightly coloured panels based on Tom Thomson's The Jack Pine running along the ceiling of the concourse, as well as Trails: home and away by Jennifer Stead, a series of painted metal screens located between the two tracks at platform level.[4]

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes. The following routes serve Parliament station as of October 6, 2019:[5]

StopsRoutes
East O-Train
West O-Train
A Queen St. East
B Queen St. West
C O' Connor St. Southnone
D #7682 Bank St. Southnone
E Wellington St. Eastnone

Notes and References

  1. News: Line 1 opens on Sept. 14. Watson. Jim. OC Transpo. August 23, 2019. August 23, 2019.
  2. Web site: Welcome to OC Transpo. OC Transpo. 2017-06-28.
  3. Web site: Overview Parliament The Build Ottawa Confederation Line. www.ligneconfederationline.ca. 2017-06-28.
  4. Web site: O-Train Confederation Line . City of Ottawa . 17 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Parliament OC Transpo. October 10, 2019.