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Lees Station (OC Transpo)
Encyclopedia
Lees Transitway Station is a station on Ottawa
's transitway
. It is located south of the Queensway
just to the west of the Rideau River
. It serves the Lees Avenue region and the Sandy Hill
Heights community.
The station has had quite a notorious history for serious incidents. Soon after the station was constructed, coal tar
began seeping into the station and it was closed for two months. It was soon discovered that this industrial waste was under much of the Lees Avenue area, necessitating a 12 million-dollar cleanup operation.
The station was also the site of a deadly accident on July 18, 1994 when a 30-ton transport truck plunged off the Queensway exit ramp into the transitway, killing two women and leaving a nine-month old with permanent brain damage
. The driver was later found guilty of dangerous driving. In July 2003, an eastbound bus approaching the station lost control due to a mechanical breakdown, and slammed hard into the station. No one was seriously injured, but it took months to repair the station.
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NOTES
1. Route 5 is available nearby at the corner of Main and Lees.
2. Route 16 uses the upper level of Lees Station.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
's transitway
Ottawa Rapid Transit
In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit service operated by OC Transpo has two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail transit service operated on one line.-Major routes:...
. It is located south of the Queensway
Queensway (Ottawa)
The Queensway is a major controlled-access freeway running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from Kanata in the west to Orleans in the east. It is the primary east-west transportation artery in the Ottawa-Gatineau area....
just to the west of the Rideau River
Rideau River
thumb|Rapids on the Rideau River opposite [[Carleton University]].The Rideau River is a Southern Ontario river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 km...
. It serves the Lees Avenue region and the Sandy Hill
Sandy Hill
Sandy Hill is a bilingual neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario located just east of downtown. The neighbourhood is bordered on the west by the Rideau Canal and on the east by the Rideau River. To the north it stretches to Rideau Street and the Byward Market area while to the south it is bordered by...
Heights community.
The station has had quite a notorious history for serious incidents. Soon after the station was constructed, coal tar
Coal tar
Coal tar is a brown or black liquid of extremely high viscosity, which smells of naphthalene and aromatic hydrocarbons. Coal tar is among the by-products when coal iscarbonized to make coke or gasified to make coal gas...
began seeping into the station and it was closed for two months. It was soon discovered that this industrial waste was under much of the Lees Avenue area, necessitating a 12 million-dollar cleanup operation.
The station was also the site of a deadly accident on July 18, 1994 when a 30-ton transport truck plunged off the Queensway exit ramp into the transitway, killing two women and leaving a nine-month old with permanent brain damage
Brain damage
"Brain damage" or "brain injury" is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors...
. The driver was later found guilty of dangerous driving. In July 2003, an eastbound bus approaching the station lost control due to a mechanical breakdown, and slammed hard into the station. No one was seriously injured, but it took months to repair the station.
Services
The following routes serve Lees Station:8 16
20 21 22 23
24
27 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39
40 41 43
60 61 62 65 66
67
68 69 70 71 73 76 77
85 86 87
94 95 96 97 98
99
101
102 176
221 231 232 261 262 263 283
401
403
604 605 608 613pm 694
NOTES
1. Route 5 is available nearby at the corner of Main and Lees.
2. Route 16 uses the upper level of Lees Station.