Billings Bridge is a station on the OC Transpo Transitway, adjacent to the Billings Bridge Plaza, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is named for, not only the plaza, but after Billings Bridge itself which is both a nearby bridge and neighbourhood (named for the early settler of the area, Braddish Billings). The transitway station itself is a major stop on the southern transitway-line due to its location near Bank Street, Ottawa's major north–south road and the mall itself. The station is located just south of the Plaza near the intersection between Bank Street and Riverside Drive.

Billings Bridge
Ottawa Transitway station
General information
LocationOttawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates45°23′05″N 75°40′36″W / 45.38472°N 75.67667°W / 45.38472; -75.67667
Owned byOC Transpo
Platforms4
History
Opened1983
Rebuilt1996
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Heron
toward Airport
Route 97 Pleasant Park
toward Hurdman
Heron
toward Hawthorne
Route 98
Heron Route 99

There are two levels on the station. The upper level is on the transitway itself, while the lower level serves buses coming from the nearby Data Centre Road and Bank Street. There is a pedestrian bridge that leads from the lower level to the Plaza.

The station was officially opened with the southern transitway on September 3, 1995, replacing a temporary station which had existed on the site since the 1980s. Previously, the shopping centre had been served by buses which collected and discharged passengers at stops along the front of the plaza.

Service

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The following routes serve Billings Bridge:[1]

Billings Bridge Station Service
Rapid routes  97   98   99 
Frequent routes  6   10   44   88   90   111 
Local routes  5   46   48   92   93   96   96B   140   141   190   199 
Connexion routes  290   291   294   299 
Shoppers routes  304 
Event routes  451   452 
School routes  5   46   48   88   99   689 

Notes

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  • Routes  93 ,  96 ,  96B ,  99  and  199  serve this station during peak periods only.
  • Route  111  starts and ends at this station on weekends and statutory holidays, as opposed to starting and ending at Carleton University.
  • After 9pm, All buses serve the lower level night stop only.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Billings Bridge" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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