Riverview
Ottawa Transitway station
General information
LocationEarl Armstrong Road, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates45°16′07″N 75°41′41″W / 45.26861°N 75.69472°W / 45.26861; -75.69472
Owned byOC Transpo
Construction
Parking160 spaces[1]
History
Opened2009
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Nepean Woods
toward Barrhaven Centre
 Route 99 Leitrim
toward Hurdman

Riverview is an OC Transpo transit station located in the Riverside South community in Ottawa, Ontario. The station is located south of Earl Armstrong Road east of River Road.[2]

Riverview was officially designated as a Transitway station in the 2009 system map and was part of an eventual rapid transit corridor that would link with the existing Southeast Transitway that ends at Hunt Club Road and South Keys Shopping Centre. The corridor was intended for a previous light-rail extension towards Riverside South which was cancelled in 2006.[3]

The station is located just across from the Vimy Memorial Bridge which was completed in July 2014 and connects Riverside South with Barrhaven across the Rideau River. A rapid transit corridor along Strandherd Drive and Earl Armstrong Road is planned and would eventually connect to the Southwest Transitway near Greenbank Road and Strandherd Drive. Route 74, which previously started and ended at Nepean Woods station, was extended to/from Riverview station via the Vimy Memorial Bridge until it reverted to previous routing in June of 2021;[4] route 99 was also extended to Barrhaven Centre station (and later CitiGate on select trips) from its previous southwest terminus here at Riverview.

A park and ride facility with 155 parking spaces is operational at this station. A temporary park and ride area was built in the northwest corridor of River and Earl Armstrong until the completion of the permanent facility.[5]

A dedicated rapid transit corridor is currently zoned and protected by the City of Ottawa in its Ultimate Concept Transportation Master Plan which would connect Riverview through residential areas south of Earl Armstrong Road to the Trillium Line terminus at Limebank station.

The station is not to be confused with the neighbourhood of Riverview, which is located in another part of the city.

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes currently serve Riverview:

Riverview Station Service
Rapid routes  74   99 
Local limited service routes  198 
Connexion routes  278 
Event routes  406 
School routes  80   99   676   680 

References

  1. ^ Steve Desroches (1 June 2009). "Increased OC Transpo Service Planned for Riverside South and Leitrim". Riverside South Community Association. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Riverview" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Report to Transit Committee and Council". 12 May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "OC Transpo summer service to begin Sunday, June 20". Bay Ward Bulletin. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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