Hurdman station is a major station on

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Line 1, and bus rapid transit (BRT) system, Transitway.

Location

The station is located southeast of Hurdman Bridge, and south of where Highway 417 crosses the

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. It is also located near the intersection of Industrial Avenue and Riverside Drive/

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. There are connections from Hurdman station to the nearby neighbourhood of Riverview to the east, with a bus-only road connecting to Alta Vista Drive. There are also connections for

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users, as Hurdman station is located near to the Rideau River bicycle path. The station and nearby landmarks, Hurdman Park, Hurdman Road, and Hurdman Bridge, are named for the region's early settlers. The station featured a small convenience store, which closed with the original station. The site is relatively isolated, almost surrounded by protected green space, with a few high-rise buildingss on adjacent Riverside Drive. To the immediate south are two large artificial hills covering a former city landfill.

Transitway

Hurdman Station was opened in 1983 as part of the first phase of the Transitway, Ottawa's bus rapid transit system. It was one of the transitway's busiest stations. Previously, it was the station where the main transitway route from downtown to the west branched off in two directions: one to the east toward Orléans, Ontario, Orléans and the other toward South Ottawa. Connexion routes serving Kanata and Barrhaven used to have Hurdman Station as the downtown terminus before September 2013. The original station was closed in September 2015 and was replaced with a temporary station for the duration of construction of the

's Line 1 (O-Train), Confederation Line. Demolition of the old station structure was completed in November 2015. On September 3, 2017, Route 40 (originally Route 114) was extended to start/end at Hurdman station during peak hours, so that what is now Route 74 was extended from Nepean Woods to start/end at Riverview station on July 19, 2014. However, on June 20, 2021, Route 40 was shortened to start/end at Greenboro station during peak hours, so that it originally did as Route 114. It fully reopened on September 14, 2019, when Confederation Line service began. It remains the terminus of the transitway to South Ottawa, as well as serving local lines. File: Ottawa-hurdman-station-2009-06-06.JPG, Hurdman station from the northeast in 2009. File:hurdmanstn.jpg, Hurdman station from the southeast in 2005 File: Hurdman_station_looking_northwest.jpg, Hurdman station from the same vantage point in 2019

Layout

Hurdman station is an

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station; a large concourse is located at ground level and contains the ticket barrier, as well as fare-paid zone access to the Transitway terminal loop, allowing transfer between buses and the train without needing to show a transfer. Elevators and escalators are available at the entrance from the ticket barrier side of the station (eastern end). Additional stairwells at the western end of the platforms give direct access to the Transitway terminal. The station's artwork, ''Coordinated Movement'' by Jill Anholt, is a curved sculpture suspended along the station access opposite the ticket barrier.

Service

The following routes serve Hurdman station as of May 31, 2025: Notes: * There is a Stop F located at the other end of the bus loop, which is currently only used for regional transit lines. * Stop A is the only night stop at Hurdman. After 9 PM, all routes will serve stop A.

References

External links

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OC Transpo area mapHurdman Station: Area Redevelopment Study
{{OC Transpo 1983 establishments in Ontario 2019 establishments in Ontario Line 1 (O-Train) stations Line 3 (O-Train) stations Railway stations in Canada opened in 2019 Transitway (Ottawa) stations