Fallowfield station (French: gare de Fallowfield) or Fallowfield Train Station is an inter-city passenger railway station and bus rapid transit station located at 3347 Fallowfield Road in the suburban neighbourhood of Barrhaven in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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| Location | 3347 Fallowfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°17′57″N 75°44′12″W / 45.29917°N 75.73667°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Via Rail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Corridor | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform and 1 island platform (low-level) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 107 spaces (Indigo Parking) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed station | ||||||||||
| Station code | Via Rail: FALL | ||||||||||
| Website | Fallowfield train station | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2002 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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Location
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Fallowfield station is located on the north side of Fallowfield Road (Regional Road 12) just west of its intersection with Woodroffe Avenue. The main station entrance faces southeast towards a short access road (Via Park Place) which connects the station to Fallowfield Road. On the northwest side of the station, trains call at 1 low-level side platform and two tracks bordering on agricultural lands of the Ottawa Greenbelt. Small paid parking lots are located to either side of the station, while to the southeast lies an OC Transpo Transitway bus rapid transit station and a large commuter park and ride parking lot.
The station is located southwest of downtown Ottawa on the edge of a low-density residential neighbourhood. The closest hotels are more than 5 kilometres to the northeast near Hunt Club Road and the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport. South of the station, on the other side of Fallowfield Road, are various fast food franchises, including a McDonald's, Tim Hortons and a Gabriel Pizza location inside a small strip mall. Additional food options in the area are located more than a kilometre to the west on Fallowfield Road.
Fallowfield station is located approximately 12 kilometres to the west of the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport.[1]
Station facilities
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The wheelchair accessible station is staffed and the building is equipped with a ticket office, waiting room, vending machines, washrooms and Wi-Fi internet access.
1709 surface lot parking spaces are available in the OC Transpo park and ride lot south of the station,[2] while the 107 paid parking spots on either side of the train station are managed by Indigo Parking. Hourly and monthly rates are available.[3]
Railway services
editFallowfield station is served by all trains on Via Rail's Toronto-Ottawa route. As of October 2023 the station is served by 8 to 10 trains per day in each direction.[4]
Transitway station
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| Owned by | OC Transpo | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Corridor | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | (OC Transpo Park & Ride) 1709 spaces including: 28 accessible spaces 3 expectant mother spaces 4 electric charging spaces | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bike rack/shelter Bike repair station | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 3043 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Fallowfield | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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Southeast of the train station entrance is an OC Transpo Transitway bus stop (Fallowfield Transitway Station) offering frequent bus service to the west end of Ottawa and downtown. [5] The following routes serve Fallowfield as of October 6, 2019:
| Fallowfield station service | |
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| Rapid routes | 74 75 |
| Local routes | 73 110 170 171 173 179 |
| Connexion routes | 270 271 272 273 277 278 |
| Shopper routes | 305 |
| Event routes | 406 456 |
| School routes | 682 |
Future plans
edit- The City of Ottawa plans to extend the O-Train Confederation Line to Fallowfield station sometime after 2031.[6]
- After the extension of O-Train Line 2 towards Riverside South begins operations on spring 2024, Route 110 service will be realigned and extended to Limebank replacing the 99 between CitiGate and Riverside South. Route 110 will provide the main connection to O-Train Line 2 for Riverside South and Barrhaven as well as a direction between Kanata North and CitiGate. Route 110 service to/from CFIA-Agri will most probably be replaced by special service from Route 170 or dropped altogether.
Incidents
editThe 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash took place on September 18, 2013, between an OC Transpo bus and a Via train, at a level crossing located north of Fallowfield station. Six bus passengers died and several people were injured as a result.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Fallowfield train station". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Park & Ride - OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "OT508 - VIA Rail Fallowfield". Indigo Parking. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ "Timetables". Via Rail Canada. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Fallowfield" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo. December 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Dept (8 September 2020). "Barrhaven Light Rail Transit (Baseline Station to Barrhaven Town Centre) and Rail Grade-Separations Planning and Environmental Assessment Study". ottawa.ca. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Via Rail train, Ottawa city bus crash leaves 6 dead". CBC News Ottawa. September 18, 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
External links
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Media related to Fallowfield, Ontario railway station at Wikimedia Commons