Hurdman station

Hurdman is a major station on Ottawa's O-Train Confederation Line, and bus rapid transit (BRT) system, transitway.

Hurdman
O-Train station
Hurdman Station, platform level
General information
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°24′44″N 75°39′46″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus stands	6
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	560# 3023
History
Opened	1983
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Lees toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Tremblay toward Blair Lycée Claudel toward Hospital Route 45 Terminus Lycée Claudel toward Airport Route 97 Lycée Claudel toward Hawthorne Route 98 Lycée Claudel toward Barrhaven Centre or Citigate Route 99

Location

The station is located southeast of Hurdman Bridge, and south of where Highway 417 crosses the Rideau River. It is also located near the intersection of Industrial Avenue and Riverside Drive/Vanier Parkway.

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 bicycle users, as Hurdman station is located very closely to the Rideau River bicycle path.

The station and nearby landmarks Hurdman Park, Hurdman Road, and Hurdman Bridge are named for the early settlers of the region. The station featured a small convenience store which closed with the original station. The site is relatively isolated, being almost completely surrounded by protected green space, with a few high-rise buildings 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 Ottawa's bus rapid transitway. 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 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 O-Train's 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 like how what is now route 74 was extended from Nepean Woods to start/end Riverview station on July 19, 2014. However, on June 20, 2021, route 40 was shortened to start/end at Greenboro station during peak hours like 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.

• 
  Hurdman station from the northeast in 2009.
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  Hurdman station from the southeast in 2005
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  Hurdman station from the same vantage point in 2019

Layout

Hurdman is an elevated side platform 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

See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve Hurdman station as of October 6 2019:

Key
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1   R2	O-Train replacement bus routes
98   39	Rapid routes
N75	Night routes
40   11	Frequent routes
55   162	Local routes
284	Connexion routes
405	300s: Shopper routes 400s: Event routes 600s: School routes
Additional info: Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route)   Routes 5 to 99: Custom routing that connects to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: Custom routing that does not connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak-period only routes that connect to the O-Train) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper Routes (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: School Routes   Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service Route R2: alternative name for current Route 2 Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1) White backgrounds: service may be limited   Last two digits represent service area: 00s and 10s – Central 20s – Gloucester 30s – Orléans 40s – Ottawa East 50s – Ottawa West 60s – Kanata, Stittsville 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

Stop	Routes
East O-Train
West O-Train
A Night Routes	N39   N45   N97
B Rail Replacement and School Routes	R1   48   99   609   613   645
C South	90   93   97   98   99   190   294   299
D South	10   19   45   48   49   88   90   92   96   96B   199   290
E East	9   42   44   46   291

Notes:

• There is a Stop F located at the other end of the bus loop which is currently only used for regional transit lines.
• Routes  93 ,  96 ,  96B ,  99  and  199  serve this station during peak periods only.

External links

• Media related to Hurdman station at Wikimedia Commons
• OC Transpo area map
• Hurdman Station: Area Redevelopment Study