Smyth station is a bus stop on
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
's
Transitway
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...
served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the south-eastern transitway section on Frobisher Lane near
Smyth Road
Smyth Road () ( Ottawa Road #72),http://www.gloucesterhistory.com/Historic%20Gloucester%20Volume%2016%20No%204.pdf is a main road in eastern Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Riverside Drive to St. Laurent Boulevard. This residential area was ...
.
Most of its users come from the six
apartment highrise
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s in face of it and the business area on nearby Alta Vista Drive, because of the
Rideau River
The Rideau River (french: Rivière Rideau) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is .
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behind the station and a train line on the other side of the apartments.
Service
The following routes serve Smyth:
Notes
* Routes , , , and serve this station during peak periods only.
* Route is available nearby on Smyth Road, just south of the station, Monday-Saturday.
Features
* Elevator
* Taxi pick-up
* Ticket machine
* Emergency call boxes
* Payphone (Bell)
* OC Transpo Information Line
References
External links
OC Transpo station pageOC Transpo Area Map
1991 establishments in Ontario
Transitway (Ottawa) stations
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