Okay so lately I've been noticing a lot of fantasy maps and systems going around the forum and other forums too. So I think it's a good idea to make a specific thread about all that. The forum was getting quite unreadable lately.
May be this thread be the place to display all of our craziest ideas about Ottawa/Gatineau transit systems.
So without further due. I will start with a ''Realistic'' vision for Ottawa Gatineau Transit to be completed before 2040.
Consider this plan to be an ANTI ''watson/stage 3''.
LINK HERE to see the full map :
https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/vi...050/cz2MB7S24l
This plan has the objective of densifying considerably the inner Greenbelt without sacrifying the need for better and heavier transit in the suburbs. This will happen by the creation of the following elements:
- Creation of
10min' and
15min' frequency buses on selected routes between 7AM and 7PM. Those routes will also run 24/7 at reduced frequencies. The routes concerned are :
14, 80, 85, 7, 12, 88, 10, 6 for the 10min'' buses and routes 16, 56, 11, 53, 86, 61, 75, 57, 40, 25, 97 for the 15min'' buses. Some routes will see their path change, and other will fuse all together like route 5 & 6 (see the interactive map).
The goal is to densify the network in the inner greenbelt and offer alternatives to Otrains lines to the image of what is done in Toronto and Montreal.
- Creation of a Bank Street Subway (Central Line/ Line 3) going from Parliament to Bilings Bridge calling at : Parliament, Somerset, Gladstone, Ottawa Bus Terminal, Glebe, Lansdowne, Sunnyside and Billings Bridge. This line will serve a vital role in serving the busiest street in Ottawa but also link the Billings Bridge intermodal station to the CBD. Trains will run every 3min and will use the same technology as the Confederation Line to accomodate for better interoperability between both lines.
- Creation of a wide commuter rail network, using existing freight and passenger corridors. That will be done by the creation of 3 commuter rail lines
Valley (Kanata/Carp),
Russel (Vars/Limoges) and
River (Barrhaven/Richmond) lines. The corridor between Ottawa Central Station and Bells Corners will be double tracked. Billings Bridge will be rethought to accomodate a full Intermodal station. The station will permit commuters from Kanata, Carp and Barrhaven to transfer on to the Central Line to reach the CBD.
- Creation of an STO LRT system with 3 lines. 2 regular lines, T1 from Labrosse to Downtown Ottawa, T2 from Allumetières & Rivermead to Downtown Ottawa via Lucerne. I didn't follow the current plans to use Alexandre Taché as this would slow down considerably the level of service, disrupt traffic much more and harder to realise at the UQO hillet. Lucerne would also permit higher speed and has an ancient rail imprint on the south side. T3 would be the last line and would run mainly during rush hour to Buckingham & Freeman via the hold rail lines along the Rapibus and passed Labrosse. During the day the line would run hourly.
- Creation of STO nightbuses and 15min' frequency lines. These lines (67, 37, 31, 59 & 34) would run every week day at 15min' frequencies between 7AM & 7PM and would run late at night until 2AM (last bus leaves Ottawa at 2AM).
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