Longfields is an
Ottawa Transitway
The Transitway is a bus rapid transit (BRT) network operated by OC Transpo in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It comprises a series of bus-only roadways and reserved lanes on city streets and highways. The dedicated busways ensure that buses and emerge ...
station in the
Longfields
Longfields is a neighbourhood in Barrhaven Ward in Ottawa, Ontario. This recent neighbourhood is located within the growing suburb of Barrhaven in the city's southwest and is bordered by Greenbank Road to the west, Strandherd Drive to the south ...
neighbourhood of
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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(Barrhaven). The station is located on a route that runs along the south side of the CNR railway line southwest from
Fallowfield Station towards
Strandherd Station
Strandherd Station is a transit station in Ottawa, Ontario. It opened on January 2, 2007 and contains a park and ride facility with over 300 parking spaces available. It is located northeast of the intersection of Strandherd Drive and the acces ...
.
Located close to the station are
École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Sa ...
,
Mother Teresa High School and
Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School is a public school in Barrhaven, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2009.
Faculty
The school opened in September 2009 providing services for grades 7 to 12. The staff has grown t ...
.
Public art
Bronze sculptures created by Erin Robertson and Anna Williams entitled, ''Bellwether'', were installed at the Longfield Transit Station in 2011. The artwork is composed of life-sized sculptures of four sheep and a border collie herding them across a
green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainag ...
.
Bellwether is a permanent sculptural installation, primarily located on the vegetative roofs of the transit station, which consists of four life-sized sheep and one life-sized Border collie sheepdog all cast in bronze and finished with patina.
Bellwether is intended to create an overall sense of the movement of a community through a designated space. It investigates the subtleties of various roles and relationships within established groups. Playfully comparing the contemporary public transit system to traditional agricultural herding practices, the installation is suggestive of social cooperation and adaptation which are both characteristics of an effective transit system.
Service
The following routes currently serve Longfields Station:
References
External links
Southwest Transit 2011 Version 4 Map
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2011 establishments in Ontario
Transitway (Ottawa) stations