Baseline station
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| Ottawa Transitway station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°20′51″N 75°45′39″W / 45.34750°N 75.76083°WCoordinates: 45°20′51″N 75°45′39″W / 45.34750°N 75.76083°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | OC Transpo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Baseline Ottawa Transitway station is directly across from the main campus of Algonquin College in Ottawa's west end, off of Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road. Many Algonquin College students and Centrepointe residents use this terminal to get to various points in the city, and of course, to get to the College. Several residential and business areas such as Centrepointe and College Square are also served by this important station.
It is also a major transfer point for communities in the inner southwest part of Ottawa, making it one of the busiest stations. A small park and ride is also located here, which was the terminus for route 95 for many years until it was extended to Barrhaven. After this station, Route 95 buses leave the transitway to travel on reserved bus lanes on Woodroffe Avenue, and re-enter the transitway at the Nepean Sportsplex. Baseline Station was the first station to be constructed in 1983 when the Transitway was undergoing initial construction.
Several trips on route 95 are shortened to start/end at Baseline Station. These trips are meant to supplement the trips travelling to/from Barrhaven Centre Station and do not serve Barrhaven. Several peak period and weekend trips on route 94 are also shortened to start/end here, supplementing service to/from Nepean Woods Station in east Barrhaven and providing an alternative route to route 95.
Baseline station is currently undergoing a series of renovations, as part of the expansion of the Southwest Transitway. The current plan involves constructing a new station west of the current one, making room for the new Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE). The new station will allow passengers to transfer from buses to the proposed LRT line when it is completed.
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