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 Lees Station LRT platform | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 45°24′59″N75°40′13″W / 45.41639°N 75.67028°W /45.41639; -75.67028 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | OC Transpo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (O-Train), 2 (Bus) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Trench (LRT station) | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 3022 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1983 (Transitway) September 14, 2019 (O-Train)[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | December 20, 2015 (Lower/transitway level only) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015–2019 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Lees station is anOC Transpolight rail station inOttawa, Ontario, Canada. It had previously been aTransitway station, which closed in January 2016 and was converted into anO-Trainstation.[2]
It is located south of theHighway 417 just to the west of theRideau River. It serves theLees Avenue andSandy Hill Heights communities, as well as the Lees Campus of theUniversity of Ottawa.
The transitway 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 $6 million cleanup operation.[3]
The station was also the site of a deadly accident on July 18, 1994, when a 30-tonne transport truck plunged off theexit ramp of Highway 417 onto the transitway, killing two women and leaving a nine-month-old with permanentbrain damage. The driver was later found guilty of dangerous driving.[4]
In July 2003, an eastbound bus approaching the station lost control due to a mechanical breakdown, and slammed into the station. No one was seriously injured, but it took months to repair the station[citation needed].
In December 2015, the Transitway from Lees station toBlair station was closed; it reopened on September 14, 2019, whenConfederation Line service began.[5]
Lees station is aside platform station located at grade in a cutting. Above the platforms, the station's entrance building contains theticket barrier and gives access to a plaza on the north side of Lees Avenue.
The station's artwork,Transparent Passage byAmy Thompson, features a series of forest designs on the station's glass platform walls, backed by sculptures of birds in flight along the retaining walls behind them.[6]
The following routes serve Lees as of October 6, 2019:[7]
   | O-Train | ||
| E1 | Shuttle Express | ||
| R1 R2 R4 | O-Train replacement bus routes | ||
| N75 | Night routes | ||
| 40 12 | Frequent routes | ||
| 99 162 | Local routes | ||
| 275 | Connexion routes | ||
| 303 | Shopper routes | ||
| 405 | Event routes | ||
| 646 | School routes | ||
Additional info:
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| Stop | Routes |
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| West O-Train | |
| East O-Train | |
| A Lees Avenue, Southwest | 10 N39 N45 56 85 N105 R1 |
| B Lees Avenue, Northwest | 10 56 85 |
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