Carleton
The view looking south from Carleton. Note the platform gap fillers at solid yellow markings.
General information
Coordinates45°23′08″N 75°41′45″W / 45.38556°N 75.69583°W / 45.38556; -75.69583
Owned byOC Transpo
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingLot on University Drive
Bicycle facilitiesNone
History
Opened2001
Rebuilt2017
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Dow's Lake
toward Bayview
Line 2
Reopens 2024
Mooney's Bay
toward Limebank

Carleton is a light rail station located along the Trillium Line at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

Carleton is currently the only O-Train station along the Trillium Line with separate tracks and platforms for each direction, in order to allow the two trains working the otherwise single-track line at any given time to pass. The schedule is timed such that the southbound train arrives first and moves onto the platform siding, and then proceeds once the northbound train has entered the station.

North of Carleton, the train heads into a tunnel under the Rideau Canal. South of Carleton, the train crosses over the Rideau River on a bridge. As part of the Stage 2 South expansion, the southernmost pedestrian underpass linking Richcraft Hall and Pigiarvik was rehabilitated, and the main pedestrian underpass located between the station platforms and the Maintenance Building was demolished and replaced with a new structure double the length of the original. As part of Stage 2 South, a tunnel spur was constructed underneath the station footprint, which in the near-to-medium-term future could provide a direct, weather-protected connection between the station and the Carleton University tunnel system, though semantics are unknown at this point. In the 2023 Campus Master Plan update, the university included plans to build a transit hub on the eastern side of the station, which would result in the decommissioning of the existing parking lot and the relocation of all bus connections and bus–train transfers to that area. Pending approval by the City of Ottawa, Carleton plans to connect the transit hub directly to the northbound platform of the train station, providing an additional fare-paid access point for the community.

Facilities

Service

The following routes serve Carleton station as of May 3, 2020:[1]

O-Train
 R1   R2  O-Train replacement bus routes
 98   39  Rapid routes
 N75  Night routes
 40   11  Frequent routes
 55   162  Local routes
 284  Connexion routes
 405  300s: Shopper routes
400s: Event routes
600s: School routes
Additional info:
Carleton station service
O-Train (North) Under construction (opening in 2023)
O-Train (South) Under construction (opening in 2023)
A (Campus Ave.)  2   7   10   111 
B (University Dr.)  2   7   10   111 

See also

References

  1. "Carleton | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 25, 2019.

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