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    Bayview Transit Station

    4.0 (1 review)
    Closed 6:00 am - 8:00 AM, 2:00 pm - 5:00 PM

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    VIA Rail Business lounges - Metz tea served in Business Class aboard the train.

    VIA Rail Business lounges

    4.3(3 reviews)
    5.5 km

    TL;DR/The Short Version: The Business Lounge at the Ottawa…read moreVIA Rail train station has been newly renovated (around 2020) and is much bigger with a few private meeting rooms. The Long Version: This lounge is for VIA Rail passengers travelling VIA 1/Business Class. There's a front desk where you must show them your ticket before entry. This lounge underwent major renovations which started in 2019. I'm not entirely sure when they were completed because my next visit after 2019 was in 2024, lol. I'm pretty sure it didn't take 5 years. Haha. The new lounge is much more spacious, has lots of different set ups when it comes to seating, from desks, to couches, to tables, to even a couple of mall private meeting rooms. They have several Van Houtte coffee dispensers that make coffee, lattes, hot chocolate, etc. They have several varieties of teas, as well as sodas and juices. The only food they have is apples. They have lovely sinks for you to wash your hands near the food area, but no soap (!) Like they didn't have any soap dispensers, not they ran out of soap. Please install some soap dispensers. Luckily they have soap in the washrooms, which are all gender-neutral/unisex and wheelchair accessible. They are all single rooms, not stalls. There are several televisions in the lounge some show the news (with closed captioning) and some show a slideshow of Canadian landscapes. There's also a screen that shows the station's departures. The lounge is big, bright and clean. I like it. My only complaint is lack of soap by the sinks in the food area. Review #30 (2025)

    My wife and I took VIA business class across and between Ontario and Quebec four times in early…read moreNovember and it was truly top notch. Spacious seating is way better than plan and even beats Amtrak Acela. They also have great meals with beer, wine, and cocktails. Their staff has been very helpful with helping us and our bags board and inboard the train with our disabilities and my wife got to ride with me for free as my caregiver which made this a great deal. The lounges are very nice as well and provide free coffee, apples, and juice. We even made a new friend as the lady in front of us ok our first ride from Montreal to Ottawa is autistic and recently married like us.

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    VIA Rail Business lounges - I usually love Metz teas, but wasn't thrilled about this one. They only serve Metz teas on-board. It's not available in the lounge.

    I usually love Metz teas, but wasn't thrilled about this one. They only serve Metz teas on-board. It's not available in the lounge.

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    VIA Rail Business lounges - They have cookies in the VIA Business Class lounge now!

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    They have cookies in the VIA Business Class lounge now!

    Bayview O-Train Station

    Bayview O-Train Station

    2.7(3 reviews)
    13.1 km

    So I recently took the O-Train for the first time ever (despite living in Ottawa for over a…read moredecade). It's similar to the TTC Subway in Toronto and the STM Metro in Montreal except there's only 1 route and it's relatively short, and you're above ground for most of the time and only underground briefly instead of the opposite in the two other cities. Since Bayview is one of the end points the train sits there for a while and the doors are closed. There is a button that you have to press to open the doors. This is different than all other trains I've used where the doors are controlled by train staff, not passengers. You also have to press a button to open the door when you disembark. The train itself is not dissimilar from subway or metro trains. Bayview station is currently under construction due to the building of the LRT (Light Rail Transport), so it's a bit of a mess. When you transfer from bus to O-Train or vice versa you have to walk around a detour path that is circuitous and a bit creepy, especially at night. Hopefully once the construction is over, the transfer points will be more direct.

    There are definite plans for expansion, but for now, Ottawa's O-Train runs north to south. It can…read moreget quite packed, but it can also be really, really convenient. I used it ALL the time when I was a student at Carleton and wanted to go to Loblaws for grocery shopping or visit other stores in the South Keys plaza. A friend of mine had a yearly bus pass and even went as far as riding the train in between classes or while she was waiting for something or someone in the winter, since the train has heating. What a way to waste time while abusing the system haha eeps! The ride is fast and smooth, and if you have a bus transfer or pass, you can hop right on the O-Train without having to pay an additional fare. Sometimes the ticket machines are out of order, which can be annoying, but will save you $2.75. I remember the fare only being $2 when I started university in 2004, so it hasn't really increased very much in the last six years. Even if it's only a couple bucks, though, make sure you pay the fare or have some kind of proof of payment, since officers will check often and I've seen people get caught and fined pretty hard for not having a transfer or pass.

    OC Transpo - Rideau station

    OC Transpo

    2.2(5 reviews)
    2.9 km

    So OC Transpo is the public transportation network in Ottawa. For the longest time it was just…read morebuses and the O-train that ran more or less north-south (the O-Train has been around since 2001). In 2019 a new light rail (kinda like a subway) system was built. So the old O-Train line is now called the Trillium Line and the newly built one that runs east-west is called the Confederation Line. Admittedly, I do not take OC Transpo all that much. Unlike when I lived in Toronto and Montreal, I have always had a car when I have lived in Ottawa. Despite not being a frequent user of OC Transpo, I have taken it enough to have an opinion of it. I find the bus system not that extensive and it's not that easy to get around using public transit. I also think the light rail network is terrible. The new stations are too small with platforms too narrow for the volume of people who take it (during pre-Pandemic times). Also all the stations have the same generic look. Maybe they can learn a lesson or two from the metro in Montreal or the subway in Toronto where each station has a unique look and feel to it. The light rail has also had lots of problems like not running properly when it's very cold. Hello? Ottawa winters! How was cold weather not considered? Also doors jamming when people try to hold them open. Uh this does not happen in Montreal or Toronto and I'm sure people there try to keep doors open longer than they should. Anyway, OC Transpo is satisfactory, I guess, but I can't say that I'm a fan. This review is for Pre-Covid times. I have not taken OC Transpo since the Covid-19 Pandemic, but I know that ridership has decreased significantly, as more people are working from home now and people are going out less.

    The O-Train is a piece of trash, it's seats alone make it so, but then there is the pathetic slow…read morespeeds it has to run, as the train was not designed to run on the tracks we have, and or deal with the sharp turns. A trip from one end of the city to the other used to take 11 minutes on the 95, now it takes 40 to travel less of a stretch in the same direction. The seating is the WORST PART though. The seats lean forward at the top, so if you are taller than 5'4" the molded angle of the seat causes the sharp edge to stab into your spine as it curves forward. So if you are in the 6 foot range of a human, your forced into a hunched position in the seats. Every trip on this train is an exercise in sciatica pain as a result. I can literally get to the other end of town on my ebike faster using the bike paths, with far less pain. I am now saving thousands a year avoiding public transit and all it's pains. Thanks for pushing me away ! Replace ur darn seats !

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    Parliament station

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    Pimisi station

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