Confederation Line construction is underway at Bayview Station, resulting in relocated bus stops and pedestrian detours. The city expects construction will be completed next year, five years after it began.
Bayview Station is the only place in the city where O-Train Trillium Line and Confederation line will intersect. This makes it a key hub in the City's OnTrack2018 transit plan which will facilitate transit from Ottawa's many neighbourhoods into the downtown core. (Courtney Buchanan, Centretown News)
The two-car Trillium Line train (above) holds a maximum of 260 passengers. The city says the Confederation Line train will nearly triple this, accommodating up to 600 commuters. (Meghan Newman, Centretown News)
The city says that the Confederation Line train will come every five minutes during peak times, frequently throughout the day, and every 15 minutes after midnight. (Courtney Buchanan, Centretown News)
With the new construction of over 40 km of railway, the city says that 70 percent of Ottawa residents will be living within 5 km of rail transit. (Meghan Newman, Centretown News)
The city's projected cost for the Confederation Line is just over $2 billion, making it one of the largest infrastructure projects in Ottawa's history. (Courtney Buchanan, Centretown News)
Construction is underway at multiple transit stations across the city, including Bayview, Lebreton and Tunney's Pasture. These stations are all along the existing transit way and will be serviced by the new Confederation line. (Meghan Newman, Centretown News)
These detours are not the first ones caused by the project. Phase 1 moved buses off of the transit way onto Albert and Scott Street, a detour that was not initially well received by the community. (Courtney Buchanan, Centretown News)
Construction for the project was originally slated to be completed by May 2018, however city officials have now reverted to a more general "2018" completion date. (Meghan Newman, Centretown News)
While the ultimate goal of the transit project is to increase convenience and access to transit, many stations have temporarily been transformed into construction sites, leading to headaches in the interim.
Due to new construction, commuters are now forced to take a five minute pedestrian detour between the Trillium line platform and Bayview bus stops. (Meghan Newman, Centretown News)
Bus stops that were initially relocated onto Albert Street during Phase 1 have been relocated again as a result of phase 2 construction. (Meghan Newman, Centretown News)