Dow's Lake station

Dow's Lake (formerly known as Carling) is an O-Train station on the Trillium Line, one block west of the intersection of Carling Avenue and Preston Street in Ottawa, Ontario. It is named the nearby Dow's Lake, itself also the western terminus of the Rideau Canal skating rink during winters, as well as a key site during the Canadian Tulip Festival in May. The station is also near government offices at the area of Carling Avenue and Booth Street. South of Carling, the train enters a tunnel to pass under the Rideau Canal. The station was originally named for nearby Carling Avenue and Sir John Carling.

Dow's Lake
General information
Coordinates	45°23′51″N 75°42′34″W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	Single platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Platform and track are below-grade with the station entrance at surface
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2001
Previous names	Carling (2001–2020)
Future services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Corso Italia toward Bayview Line 2 Reopens 2024 Carleton toward Limebank

Facilities

• Accessibility: Yes - 1 elevator
• Washrooms: None
• Nearby: Dows Lake, Booth Street Complex (Natural Resources Canada)

Service

See also: OC Transpo routes

Key
	O-Train
E1	Shuttle Express
R1   R2	O-Train replacement bus routes
98   39	Rapid routes
N75	Night routes
40   11	Frequent routes
55   162	Local routes
284	Connexion routes
405	300s: Shopper routes 400s: Event routes 600s: School routes
Additional info: Line 1: O-Train Confederation Line Route 2: Trillium Line (currently a bus route)   Routes 5 to 99: Custom routing that connects to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: Custom routing that does not connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak-period only routes that connect to the O-Train) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper Routes (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: School Routes   Route R1: replaces Line 1 when out of service Route R2: alternative name for current Route 2 Routes N39 to N97: night service (replaces Line 1) White backgrounds: service may be limited   Last two digits represent service area: 00s and 10s – Central 20s – Gloucester 30s – Orléans 40s – Ottawa East 50s – Ottawa West 60s – Kanata, Stittsville 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

The following routes serve Dow's Lake as of October 6, 2019:

Stop	Routes
North O-Train	Under construction (opening in 2024)
South O-Train	Under construction (opening in 2024)
A #8014 Carling Ave. West	55   56   85
B #7369 Carling Ave. East	55   56   85
C #6655 Preston St. South	2   85
D #6657 Preston St. North	2   85

Gallery

• 
  OC Transpo Stadler FLIRT dwells at Dow’s Lake O-Train station
• 
  Entrance to the Dow’s Lake O-Train station
• 
  Dow's Lake station, facing north towards Bayview station
• 
  Southbound view of the O-Train Trillium Line at Dow's Lake, towards Carleton station

External links

Media related to Carling Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Carling O-Train station page
• OC Transpo Area Map