Tunney's Pasture station
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| Coordinates | 45°24′14″N 75°44′06″W / 45.40389°N 75.73500°WCoordinates: 45°24′14″N 75°44′06″W / 45.40389°N 75.73500°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tunney's Pasture is a station on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue.
The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallel to Scott Street. Each platform has an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides are connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also has platforms for local buses.
Major criminal incident
10 May 2003: An arson at the station inflicted damage estimated at $400 000 to $500 000 CAD. The fire left portions of the station out of service for months.[1][2]
Service
The following routes serve Tunney's Pasture Station:
6
16
60 61 62 64 65 66
67
68 69 70 71 72 73 77
86B 86C 87
91
92
93
94 95 96
96C
97 98
105
150 151
159
164
176
182
261 262 263 283
403
AM ONLY
96D
Notes
- Route 16 has supplementary trips that start/end at Tunney's Pasture. The trips extended to/from downtown don't enter the station, but are available at the intersection of Scott Street and Holland Avenue.
- Routes 87 and 98 don't serve Tunney's Pasture Station in the late evenings Monday-Friday or outside of business hours on the weekend.
- Route 97 has some trips that start/end at Tunney's Pasture on weekdays during the day, usually to/from the Ottawa Airport.
- Route 98 starts/ends at Lebreton Station on weekdays outside of peak periods.
Gallery
Eastbound view, from upper level, showing transitway below and a building in the Tunney's Pasture government complex.
Another eastbound view, showing the transitway and platforms.
Inside the station, the north elevator and stairways provides access to the westbound transitway platform.
View of station entrance from the corner of Scott Street and Holland Avenue.
Scene of transitway level facing eastbound.
Transitway facing eastbound from platform level.
References
- ↑ The Ottawa Citizen (11 May 2003). "City/Region". Ottawa Citizen. p. A9.
Suspected arsons investigated
- ↑ "Tunney's Pasture station firebombing update". Ottawa Transit Bulletin. Ottawa Transit Riders Association. July 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
