Rideau station

Rideau
Location Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 45°25′34″N 75°41′31″W / 45.42611°N 75.69194°W / 45.42611; -75.69194Coordinates: 45°25′34″N 75°41′31″W / 45.42611°N 75.69194°W / 45.42611; -75.69194
Owned by OC Transpo
Construction
Structure type Underground
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening May 2018
Services
Preceding station   OC Transpo   Following station
Confederation Line
(opens 2018)
toward Blair

Rideau station is under construction on the O-Train Confederation Line in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The underground station is beneath Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa.[1]

Originally, Rideau station was to be built under the Rideau Canal, with a station at Confederation Square, closer to Parliament Hill. It was decided to relocate the station to the east in partnership with Cadillac Fairview, the owners of the Rideau Centre, where it would serve more people and provide access to the ByWard Market.[2]

There will be two entrances from the Rideau Centre on the south side and another built into a future Scotiabank on the north side of Rideau Street.[3]

The station will serve destinations such as the ByWard Market, National Gallery, US Embassy, Ottawa Convention Centre, Government Conference Centre,[1] Rideau Canal, National War Memorial, Chateau Laurier and National Arts Centre,[4] as well as retail shops, restaurants and hotels.[1]

Sinkhole

Main article: 2016 Ottawa sinkhole

A sinkhole unexpectedly appeared on June 8, 2016 on Rideau Street adjoining the excavation for the underground station.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Downtown LRT Stations" (PDF). OC Transpo. 2013. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Joanne Chianello (15 July 2015). "Rideau Centre strikes gold with LRT station". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Joanne Chianello (12 May 2015). "Downtown LRT stations to be integrated into buildings". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved June 2016. there are actually three entrances at Rideau station Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Rideau". Confederation Line. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Massive sinkhole closes Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa". CBC News. 8 June 2016. Retrieved June 2016. Workers were excavating the last 50 metres of the station when the road fell in Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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