Fallowfield station () or Fallowfield Train Station is an

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and bus rapid transit

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located at 3347 Fallowfield Road in the

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neighbourhood of

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Location

Fallowfield station is located on the north side of Fallowfield Road (Regional Road 12) just west of its intersection with Woodroffe Avenue. The main station entrance faces southeast towards a short access road (Via Park Place) which connects the station to Fallowfield Road. On the northwest side of the station, trains call at 1 low-level

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and two tracks bordering on agricultural lands of the Ottawa Greenbelt. Small paid parking lots are located to either side of the station, while to the southeast lies an OC Transpo Transitway bus rapid transit station and a large commuter

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. The station is located southwest of

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on the edge of a low-density residential neighbourhood. The closest hotels are more than 5 kilometres to the northeast near Hunt Club Road and the

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. South of the station, on the other side of Fallowfield Road, are various fast food franchises, including a

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and a Gabriel Pizza location inside a small

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. Additional food options in the area are located more than a kilometre to the west on Fallowfield Road. Fallowfield station is located approximately 12 kilometres to the west of the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport.

Station facilities

The wheelchair accessible station is staffed and the building is equipped with a ticket office, waiting room, vending machines, washrooms and Wi-Fi internet access. 1709 surface lot parking spaces are available in the OC Transpo park and ride lot south of the station, while the 107 paid parking spots on either side of the train station are managed by Indigo Parking. Hourly and monthly rates are available.

Railway services

Fallowfield station is served by all trains on Via Rail's Toronto-Ottawa route. As of October 2023 the station is served by 8 to 10 trains per day in each direction.

Transitway station

Southeast of the train station entrance is an

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Transitway bus stop (Fallowfield Transitway Station) offering frequent bus service to the west end of Ottawa and

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. The following routes serve Fallowfield as of April 27, 2025:

Future plans

*The

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plans to extend

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Line 1 to Fallowfield station sometime after 2031.

Incidents

The 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash took place on September 18, 2013, between an

bus and a Via train, at a level crossing located north of Fallowfield station. Six bus passengers died and several people were injured as a result.

References

External links

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Via Rail temporary train schedule with changes due to Covid 19 (Effective 31 March 2020)OC Transpo bus station page
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