Place d'Orleans Station (OC Transpo)
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Place d'Orléans is a 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:...

 station in the Orléans
Orléans, Ontario
Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

 community of the city of Ottawa
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...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It is located just off Regional Road 174 and Champlain Street right next to Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre
Place d'Orleans
Place d'Orléans is a large shopping mall in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the community of Orléans. The property is about . It currently holds three large department stores and about 175 small shops, including a food court...

.

This is the main transit hub between local routes in Orléans and Route 95
OC Transpo Route 95
OC Transpo Route 95 is the Ottawa transit network's busiest route, running on the Transitway across the city. The termination points are located at Marketplace, at Fallowfield Station and in Orléans, at Place d'Orleans. Weekday trips may be extended to Trim Station, a few minutes east of Place...

.

There is a Park and Ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...

 lot located north of Regional Road 174 off Champlain street. This lot is accessible from the main station by a covered pedestrian overpass, and is also serviced by Route 95
OC Transpo Route 95
OC Transpo Route 95 is the Ottawa transit network's busiest route, running on the Transitway across the city. The termination points are located at Marketplace, at Fallowfield Station and in Orléans, at Place d'Orleans. Weekday trips may be extended to Trim Station, a few minutes east of Place...

 as it departs on the westbound transitway. This parking lot reaches capacity on a daily basis, and, overflow parking is allowed at the south-west corner of the Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre
Place d'Orleans
Place d'Orléans is a large shopping mall in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the community of Orléans. The property is about . It currently holds three large department stores and about 175 small shops, including a food court...

. The Trim Station
Trim Station (OC Transpo)
Trim Station is a Ottawa, Canada, transitway station in the east end of the city located near Trim Road and Regional Road 174 . A Natrel factory is located near this station...

 and associated park and ride lot were constructed in part to alleviate pressure on the Orléans park and ride lot.

Service

Place d'Orleans is 5 minutes away from Trim
Trim Station (OC Transpo)
Trim Station is a Ottawa, Canada, transitway station in the east end of the city located near Trim Road and Regional Road 174 . A Natrel factory is located near this station...

, and 9 minutes from Blair Station
Blair Station (OC Transpo)
Blair Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at Blair Road and Regional Road 174. It is the eastern terminal for most weekday peak morning trips of Route 101 , several weekday trips of route 96 and crosstown route 12...

. At this station, you can reach the closest major station, Hurdman
Hurdman Station (OC Transpo)
Hurdman Transitway Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway. Hurdman is one of the busier stations, perhaps the busiest, as it is the main hub of the transitway network east of downtown. Hurdman is where the main transitway route from downtown to west branches off in two directions: one to the...

, within 16 minutes, or traverse the city to Baseline
Baseline Station (OC Transpo)
Baseline Transitway Station is directly across from the main campus of Algonquin College in Ottawa's west end, off of Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road. Many Algonquin students and Centrepointe residents use this terminal to get to various points in the city, and of course, to get to the College...

 or Fallowfield
Fallowfield Station (OC Transpo)
Fallowfield is a bus station on Ottawa's transitway system. Operated by OC Transpo, it is located at Woodroffe Avenue and Fallowfield Road in the community of Barrhaven, next to the Fallowfield railway station....

in 46 and 55 minutes respectively.

The following routes serve Place d'Orleans Station:

20 21 22 27 35 37
95
101
102 118
120 122 125
127
130 131 135
136
137
199
221
401
607 608 618 627 631 676 678 695


Note: Route 101 doesn't provide westbound service between Place d'Orleans and Blair before 8:00a.m. on weekdays.


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