Trim Station (OC Transpo)
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Trim Station is a 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...

, Canada, 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 east end of the city located near Trim Road
Trim Road (Ottawa)
Trim Road is an arterial road in the eastern end of Orléans, Ontario . It serves as the only road access to Petrie Island and its public beach in the Ottawa River. From Petrie Island, Trim runs south through the eastern suburban areas of Orleans and then south into rural former Cumberland Township...

 and Regional Road 174 (former Highway 17
Highway 17 (Ontario)
King's Highway 17, more commonly known as Highway 17, is a provincially maintained highway and the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of Ontario. It begins at the Manitoba border west of Kenora and ends south of Arnprior at the western terminus of Highway 417, ...

). A Natrel
Natrel
Natrel is a Canadian dairy co-operative based in Montreal, Quebec. Natrel was formed in 1990 as the dairy subsidiary of the Agropur agricultural cooperative, headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec...

 factory is located near this station

It serves as the terminal for the OC Transpo
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An integrated hub-and-spoke system of services is available consisting of: regular buses travelling on fixed routes in mixed traffic, typical of most urban transit systems; a bus rapid transit system — a high...

 transitway 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...

 during weekdays until midnight, as service for that station expanded since last September. There is currently no weekend service, as it is mostly a stop for servicing commuters who are using the 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...

 facility that contains about 450 parking spaces. There are future plans to add local service and possibly a transitway extension into residential neighborhoods along Innes Road
Innes Road (Ottawa)
Innes Road is one of the most important streets in the east end of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, running through the former cities of Gloucester and Cumberland. It is the main route serving Blackburn Hamlet and south Orleans, as well as several industrial and commercial areas in east Ottawa...

 and Trim Road
Trim Road (Ottawa)
Trim Road is an arterial road in the eastern end of Orléans, Ontario . It serves as the only road access to Petrie Island and its public beach in the Ottawa River. From Petrie Island, Trim runs south through the eastern suburban areas of Orleans and then south into rural former Cumberland Township...

, while it remains mostly rural to the east towards Cumberland Village
Cumberland, Ottawa, Ontario (community)
Cumberland is a large village on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the city of Ottawa. It was part of the historic Township of Cumberland, and was originally part of Russell County, joining the Region of Ottawa-Carleton in the 1960s. In 1999, the township became the short lived City...

 and Rockland
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario
Clarence-Rockland is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River. Clarence-Rockland is located immediately to the east of Ottawa and is considered part of Canada's National Capital Region in the census....

.

Service

The travel time between Trim and Place d'Orleans
Place d'Orleans Station (OC Transpo)
Place d'Orléans is a transitway station in the Orléans community of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. It is located just off Regional Road 174 and Champlain Street right next to Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre....

 is approximately 5 minutes. While travel by bus to 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....

 normally takes 1 hour, most route 95 buses that service Trim normally stop at Baseline station
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...

55 minutes after departure.

The following routes serve Trim Station:

22
95 122
221
405
630 pm

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