Riverside is an
OC Transpo
OC Transpo, officially the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission, is the public transit agency for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates an integrated hub-and-spoke system including light metro, bus rapid transit, conventional ...
bus station on Ottawa's
Transitway that is connected to the
Riverside Campus of
The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital (french: L'Hôpital d'Ottawa) is a hospital system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The system was formed through the merger of the former Grace Hospital, Ottawa Riverside Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital and Ottawa Civic Hospita ...
near the intersection of Smyth Road and
Riverside Drive Riverside Drive may refer to:
* Riverside Drive (Lake Elsinore, California)
*Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)
* Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
*Riverside Drive Historic District, Covington, Kentucky
* Riverside Drive (London, Ontario)
* Riverside Drive ( ...
. Stairs and elevators from the platform level lead directly to the interior of the hospital, making bus travel easy for medical appointments even in bad weather.
The hospital is the primary trip generator and main purpose for this station. There are no connecting bus routes here.
The station was built when the hospital underwent a major expansion of its facility. It agreed to let the transitway pass in its terrain and open a new station as there were initially no stations to be built at that location. The 4,200 square feet new administration wing and Transit station was completed in 1991.
Service
The following routes serve Riverside:
Notes
* Routes , , , and serve this station during peak periods only.
* Route travels along Smyth Road, just north of the station, Monday-Saturday.
References
External links
Ottawa HospitalOC Transpo station pageOC Transpo Area Map
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1991 establishments in Ontario
Transitway (Ottawa) stations