Terry Fox station is a bus stop on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses[1] and named after cancer research activist Terry Fox. It is located in the western transitway section and is the main western terminal of routes 61 and 62 for all trips not extended to/from Stittsville.

Terry Fox
Transitway station
General information
Coordinates45°18′34″N 75°54′24″W / 45.30944°N 75.90667°W / 45.30944; -75.90667
Owned byOC Transpo
Connections Ontario Northland
Construction
Parking515 spaces
Other information
Station code3058
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station
Stittsville
Terminus
Route 61 Eagleson
Canadian Tire Centre Route 62 Teron
Location
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It is located adjacent the Kanata Centrum shopping centre at Kanata Avenue and Earl Grey Drive, just east of the Highway 417 exit at Terry Fox Drive.[2] The station entered service in September 2004 with construction still having been underway at that time; it officially opened on February 22, 2005. Before the station's construction, a small terminal was located at Kanata Town Centre, located south of Highway 417 on Katimavik Road.

The station was needed as the Kanata Centrum was getting more and more popular, while the Kanata Town Centre was desolate for several years. Previously, service to Centrum was very limited, but the construction of the Castlefrank Road/Kanata Avenue interchange and Valour Bridge overpass over Highway 417 have permitted for several bus routes to serve the Centrum.

The station also contains a Park & Ride facility[3] to supplement the often-full Eagleson station.

As of April 23, 2017, route 96 is renumbered and re-branded as Rapid Route 61, and similarly route 92 is Rapid Route 62. Both operate with their respective previous routings (route 61 on Hazeldean, Castlefrank, and Katimavik; route 62 on Huntmar, Palladium, and Campeau) to/from downtown and St-Laurent. Route 118 is also being re-numbered to route 88 at this time, also with no change in routing.

Service

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The following routes serve Terry Fox station:[4]

    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:
Stop Routes
3A Ontario Northland to Pembroke, North Bay, Sudbury[5]
3B none
3C South/West  61   62   162   301   303   404 
4A South/East  61   61D   62   67   88   161   164   168   264   301   303   454 
4B North  165   264 
4C

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OC Transpo - Transitway Stations". OC Transpo. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Terry Fox Area Map - TFO" (PDF). OC Transpo. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "OC Transpo - Park and Ride". OC Transpo. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Terry Fox | OC Transpo". Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "KANATA | Ontario Northland".
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