Pimisi station

Pimisi
O-Train station
Location	Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°24′50″N 75°42′48″W / 45.41389°N 75.71333°W
Owned by	OC Transpo
Platforms	2 (O-Train), 2 (bus)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underpass
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1983 (Transitway) September 14, 2019 (O-Train)[1]
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Previous names	LeBreton
Services
Preceding station OC Transpo Following station Bayview toward Tunney's Pasture Line 1 Lyon toward Blair

Pimisi is a light rail station on the Ottawa Confederation Line as part of the O-Train network.

Location

The stop is located under Booth Street in LeBreton Flats.^[2] and opened on September 14, 2019.^[3] It serves the redeveloped flats area, including the New Central Library, Chinatown, and Little Italy.

History

The Transitway station was originally named LeBreton. By proposal of the local Algonquin leaders it was renamed "Pimisi" (Algonquin: eel) when it was rebuilt to accommodate the O-Train.^[4]

Layout

The station features an island platform located at grade. Unusually, the platform level is an intermediate level. Above it, two entrance buildings with entrance barriers are located on either side of Booth Street. Below the platform, a concourse with its own ticket barrier gives access to the green space and plaza north of the station and to Albert Street.

The station features several artworks by Algonquin artists. Nadia Myre's work Eel Spirit, Basket, and Fence^[5] is a trilogy consisting of two sculptures (the eel and basket) located in the plaza north of the station, and a series of forest designs on the glass platform walls. The sculpture Algonquin Moose by Simon Brascoupé is also located in the plaza, while another work by him, Algonquin Birch Bark Biting Designs, is located on the glass wall of the entrance on the west side of Booth Street. Finally, Màmawi: Together^[6] is a work featuring 100 wooden paddles painted by four Algonquin artists mentored by Brascoupé—Emily Brascoupé-Hoefler, Doreen Stevens, Sherry-Ann Rodgers, and Sylvia Tennisco—as well as Algonquin community members who participated in workshops led by these artists.^[7] It is suspended above the platform.

Platform level

Service

The following routes serve Pimisi station as of October 6 2019:^[8]

Key
	O-Train
98 39	Rapid routes
40 11	Frequent routes
55 173	Local routes
298	Connexion routes
406	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: connect to Line 1 and/or Route 2 Routes 100 to 199: connect to Transitway Routes 200 to 299: Connexion (peak periods only) Routes 301 to 305: Shopper (limited rural service) Routes 404 to 406: Canadian Tire Centre events Routes 450 to 456: Lansdowne Park events Routes 602 to 698: high schools 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 70s – Barrhaven 80s – Nepean 90s – South Keys

Stop	Routes
East O-Train
West O-Train
A Booth St. North	61 63 66 75 85
B Booth St. South	61 63 66 75 85 185
C Albert St. West	R1 16 N57 N61 N75
D Albert St. East	R1 16 N57 N61 N75

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