# Rideau station

Rideau is a station on the O-Train Confederation Line on Rideau Street on the border of the Sandy Hill and ByWard Market neighbourhoods in Central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

## Location

The underground station is beneath Rideau Street in Central Ottawa.
Originally, Rideau station was to be built under the Rideau Canal, with a station at Confederation Square, closer to Parliament Hill. It was decided to relocate the station to the east in partnership with Cadillac Fairview, the owners of the Rideau Centre, where it would serve more people and provide access to the ByWard Market.
There are two entrances from the Rideau Centre on the south side and another built into a Scotiabank on the north side of Rideau Street, at the threshold of the ByWard Market.
Through the Rideau Centre, riders can walk to Hudson's Bay, the Westin Hotel, the Shaw Centre, the Transportation Building and the National Defence Headquarters without stepping outside.
The station serves destinations such as the ByWard Market, National Gallery, US Embassy, Shaw Centre, Government Conference Centre, Rideau Canal, National War Memorial, Château Laurier and National Arts Centre, as well as retail shops, restaurants and hotels.

## Layout

Rideau is an underground side platform station. Two concourses located above the two ends of the platforms contain the ticket barriers and give access to the Rideau Centre (west concourse) and the William Street/ByWard Market exit (east concourse). Both concourses feature elevators to the surface and the platforms.
The station is the deepest on Ottawa's network, with the platform 26.5 metres underground. It also has the longest transit escalator in Canada at 35.3 metres.
The station features two artworks: FLOW/FLOTS by Geneviève Cadieux, a set of two glass screens on the station concourses overlooking the platforms; and The shape this takes to get to that by Jim Verburg, a set of murals in the access stairwells. Additionally, an exhibition area called "Corridor 45|75" is located along the corridor connecting the west concourse with the access to the Rideau Centre.

## Service

The following routes serve Rideau station as of December 20, 2020: Route 12 is temporarily truncated west of St. Laurent Boulevard due to the Montreal Road revitalization project. Connections with Société de transport de l'Outaouais as well as OC Transpo routes R1, 11, 16, and 19, exist on the other side of the Rideau Centre, at Mackenzie King station, accessed via an indoor interchange.
Keyvte :
| | 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: Confederation Line Line 2: Trillium Line Line 4: Airport Link  Routes 5 to 99: Custom routing that connects to Line 1 and/or 2 Routes 100 to 199: Custom routing that does not connect to Line 1 or 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: replaces Line 2 when out of service 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 ||
| Stop | Routes |
| East O-Train | |
| West O-Train | |
| A Rideau St. West | R1  5  6  7  14  15  18  N57  N61  N75  114 |
| B Rideau St. East | R1  5  6  7  14  15  18  N39  N45  N97 |
| C Sussex Dr. North | 9 |
| D Rideau St. West | 6  9 |

## Sinkhole

A sinkhole unexpectedly appeared on June 8, 2016, on Rideau Street adjoining the excavation for the underground station.