St. Laurent Station (OC Transpo)
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St. Laurent Station is a station on Ottawa's Transitway busway located at St. Laurent Boulevard and the Queensway. This station is the most integrated to its surroundings with direct indoor pedestrian access to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. It serves as a major hub between Transitway and local east end routes and has a ticket sales and information office.
The station has two distinct platform areas. One platform area below grade serves main Transitway route 95 and express routes. Intercity bus services also stop here on request. A second platform at grade serves numerous local routes. The two platforms are connected primarily via escalators, which are rare in Transitway stations.
This station was the most complex to build as it required the complete reconstruction of the St. Laurent/Queensway interchange and the construction of a tunnel to allow the transitway to cross underneath the Queensway. Its construction was linked to the last major expansion of the shopping centre.
In addition to serving the shopping centre, it also serves numerous commercial and industrial areas in the area, and is a major transfer point for east end commuters, making this one of the busiest stations.
It is the terminal for many crosstown routes including the 5, 7, 14, 18, 85, 111 (except Sundays) & 127
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