Ottawa Train Station

This article is about the railway station in Ottawa. For the transitway station, see Train Station (OC Transpo).

Ottawa
Location	200 Tremblay Road Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°24′59″N 75°39′06″W
Owned by	Via Rail
Platforms	5 island platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Train Station (OC Transpo)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	John B. Parkin & Associates
Other information
Station code	VIA Rail: OTTW IATA: XDS
History
Opened	1966
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station Fallowfield (limited) Terminus Ottawa–Montreal Casselman (limited) toward Montreal Fallowfield toward Toronto Toronto–Ottawa Terminus

Ottawa Station (IATA: XDS) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located at 200 Tremblay Road, is served by Via Rail inter-city trains connecting it to Toronto and Montreal. OC Transpo’s Train rapid transit station (which, despite its name, is a bus stop) carries railway passengers into the city centre or into the eastern suburbs.

The station was designed by John B. Parkin & Associates and was built in 1966. It won a Massey Medal for architecture in 1967. In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada named the station as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium.

Ottawa’s trains once came into a large downtown Union Station a short distance from the Parliament buildings, but with the replacement of the railway tracks beside the Rideau Canal with the National Capital Commission’s Colonel By Drive scenic parkway, the former station has been converted into the Government Conference Centre.

External links

• Media related to Ottawa Train Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Ottawa Regional Society of Architects -- Architecture of the Ottawa Train Station
• Photos of Ottawa Train Station
• Via Rail station page for Ottawa Train Station