Ottawa station cause Greber Plan
History
For more information on the early history of rail in Ottawa, see Ottawa Union Station.The first passenger rail services in Ottawa began in 1854, with the opening of the Bytown and Prescott Railway. A number of railways would follow, and their various services would eventually be consolidated at Ottawa Union Station (active 1912–1966) at Confederation Square, a short distance from the Parliament buildings and south of the Château Laurier Hotel. However, in 1966 railway services were moved to their current location east of downtown and the Rideau River in the neighbourhood of Eastway Gardens.
The present Ottawa station is the outcome of an urban renewal plan by the French urban planner Jacques Greber, which was commissioned by Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, who sought a re-imagining of the city following World War II.