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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Perhaps, but if the station is meant to serve the bulk of the city's population (not counting places like West Island that are closer to Dorval Via) then the most important things are that it's close the the population centre and close to transportation options isn't it? In a city of 1.8 million in a metro area of over 4 million, downtown holds a small fraction of the population. Yes it's the single most important part of the metro area, but it's still just one part and a place where most people don't live.
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This is a good point, though for intercity rail where people want to go is just as important (or moreso) as where people live. And downtown is where the largest people tend to want to go in a city.
I don't live in downtown Ottawa or even in Ottawa itself, but a downtown rail station would probably be more convenient to me and my wife (for a variety of reasons) than the current station in the east end.