Tunney's Pasture station
# Tunney's Pasture station

Tunney's Pasture is the western O-Train light rail terminal train station in Ottawa, Ontario.

## Location

It is located at the Tunney's Pasture government office complex, on Scott Street at Holland Avenue.

## History

When originally opened in 1983, the transitway in the area consisted of a through station in a below-grade 'trench' parallel to Scott Street. Each platform had an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides were connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also has platforms for local buses.

On 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.

On June 24, 2016, the transitway station was closed for conversion to light rail, and reopened in 2019 as the western terminus of the first phase of the Confederation Line. There are provisions to permit the Confederation Line to extend further west along the transitway in the next stage.

## Layout

The station is a side platform station built below grade in a cutting. At street level, a broad concourse with two ticket barriers gives access to Scott Street and Tunney's Pasture Driveway. It also provides access within the fare-paid zone to the transitway terminal loop, allowing transfer between the bus and train without having to show a ticket or transfer.

As a terminus station, both platforms are used as arrival and departure platforms. Because of the station's side platform rather than island platform layout, displays on the concourse level are necessary to indicate which platform will next have a train departing.

The station features the artwork Gradient Space by Derek Root, a set of coloured mosaics lining the platform walls accompanied by a stained-glass skylight.

## Service

The following routes serve Tunney's Pasture station as of October 6, 2019:

Keyvte :

| | 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: Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route)  Routes 5 to 99: connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: connect to Transitway Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak periods only) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: high schools  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 |
| East O-Train | |
| A Peak West | 164  251  252  256  257  258  261  262  263  264  265  266  267  268 |
| B Transitway West | 57  61  62  63  64  66  67 |
| C Rail Replacement | R1  N57  N61  N75 |
| D Local South/West | 11  16  50  51  80  81  86  87  89  153 |
| E Local East | 11  14  16  53  54  56  61  63  66  75 |
| F Transitway South | 73  74  75  82 |
| G Peak South | 270  271  272  273  277  278  282  283  284 |
| H Scott St. West | none |

## Gallery

* Track level platform
* The bus loop at Tunney's Pasture station
* The former Transitway station in 2007, taken from above the Transitway
* The former transitway station in 2007, facing eastbound
