Westboro station


Westboro is a station on the transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, on Scott Street between Athlone and Tweedsmuir avenues.
The transitway in the area is in a below-grade 'trench' parallelling Scott Street. Each platform has an elevator and stairway to the ground level above; the two sides are connected by an enclosed pedestrian bridge, and the ground-level station area also has platforms for local buses.
It is within walking distance of the Minto Metropole, Ottawa's tallest residential building.

History

January 2019 accident

On 11 January 2019, an accident occurred at Westboro station. Double decker bus 8155, an Alexander-Dennis Enviro500 bus purchased by OC Transpo in 2017, was driven into the lower platform at the station running as route 269 Bridlewood, ejecting several passengers from the top floor of the bus, and killing three people. The Transitway was closed between Tunney's Pasture and Lincoln Fields as a result of the accident.

Service

The following routes serve Westboro station as of October 6 2019:
StopRoutes
1A Transitway West
1B Transitway South
2A Transitway East
3A Local West
4A Local East