Blair station

Blair is a station on Ottawa's bus transitway and O-Train systems located at Blair Road and Regional Road 174.^[1] It is a major transfer point for commuters within urban Gloucester and Orléans.

Blair
O-Train station
General information
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°25′52″N 75°36′30″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	Centre platform (LRT) Side platform x 2 (BRT)
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	1989 (BRT station) September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14) (LRT station)
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Cyrville toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Terminus Terminus Route 39 Montréal toward Millennium
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Cyrville toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Opens 2025 Montréal toward Trim

Main station building viewing from bus terminal

Side view of Blair station

Location

This station is adjacent to the Gloucester Centre shopping complex, and nearby the Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa mega-movie theatre, a small bank, and other major retail stores. Shoppers City East located across Blair Road contains also several other major stores such as Canadian Tire. Headquarters of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is located within a close proximity of the station. A long pedestrian overpass for the Queensway provides access to office complexes, a small park and ride parking lot, and the Pineview residential area.

Transitway

Prior to the construction of the Confederation Line, this was the last station in the grade separated eastern leg of the transitway; after this point, buses used exclusive shoulder lanes on the Queensway beyond this point towards Orleans.

The main Transitway platforms closed down prior to Confederation Line construction as of 28 June 2015.^[2] The platforms reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began.

Confederation Line

Blair station is the eastern terminus of the Confederation Line of the O-Train. It is an elevated island platform station, with both platform faces being used by terminating and departing trains. This will change when service is extended towards Trim in 2025.

The overpass of the previous Transitway station, located above the platforms at the concourse level of the station, was retained as part of the new O-Train station.

The station offers transfer to Transitway buses within the fare-paid zone—i.e. without needing to present proof of payment to transfer between buses and the station. The bus terminal is located on the ground level of the station. There are many heated shelters along the terminal with bus times for routes which serve each lettered platform.

The station's artwork, entitled Lightscape, is by cj fleury and Catherine Widgery. It is a series of suspended installations featuring brightly coloured elements that catch the light.^[3]

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Blair station as of June 23rd, 2024:^[4]

Key v t e
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
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: Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route)   Routes 5 to 99: Custom routing that connects to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: Custom routing that does not connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak-period only routes that connect to the O-Train) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper Routes (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: School Routes   Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service Route R2: alternative name for current Route 2 Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1) White backgrounds: service may be limited   Last two digits represent service area: 00s and 10s – Central 20s – Gloucester 30s – Orléans 40s – Ottawa East 50s – Ottawa West 60s – Kanata, Stittsville 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

Stop	Routes
West O-Train
A West, Peak East	15   24   25   39   125   222   228   624
B East	25   28   38   237
C Rail Replacement, Shuttle Express, but used primarily for route terminations and passenger dropoffs	R1   E1
D East	21   30   31   32   33   34   35   39   221   231   232   234   236   630   631
F On-demand	none
H School, Shopper	26   28   35   302   451   619   624   628   630   631
I West, Local, Shopper	12   15   23   24   26   N39   42   302

Notes

• Route  125  operates every 30 min on weekends during the summer months.
• Stop B and I will be the only stops active after 9 PM. Routes that normally serve stops A, C and D will serve B instead, and routes serving stops F and H will serve I instead.^[5]

References

1. "Blair". Station Layout. OC Transpo. October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
2. "OC Transpo - On Track 2018 - Transitway Closure". OC Transpo. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
3. "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
4. "Blair | OC Transpo". Retrieved February 22, 2024.
5. "Transecure | OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

External links

Media related to Blair station at Wikimedia Commons