South Keys station

Railway station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

South Keys

O-Train and Ottawa Transitway station

South Keys station looking North.

General information
Location| Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates| 45°21′13″N 75°39′19″W﻿ / ﻿45.35361°N 75.65528°W﻿ / 45.35361; -75.65528
Owned by| OC Transpo
Platforms| Centre platform
Tracks| 2
Construction
Parking| 2982 spaces at South Keys Shopping Centre
Bicycle facilities| Yes (40 sheltered spaces)
Accessible| Yes
History
Opened| September 2, 1995 (Transitway)
January 6, 2025 (2025-01-06) (O-Train)
Services
| Preceding station  |  OC Transpo | Following station

|
|

Greenboro

toward Bayview

|  | Line 2 |  | Leitrim

toward Limebank

Terminus |  | Line 4 |  | Uplands

toward Airport

Hawthorne

Terminus

|  | Route 98 |  | Greenboro

toward Hurdman

South Keys station is an O-Train station and the southernmost station of the Southeast Transitway in Ottawa.[1] The station is located in the South Keys neighbourhood, behind the south end of the South Keys Shopping Centre, and between Bank Street and Airport Parkway. The Transitway station was opened for bus service on September 2, 1995.

In 2025, an O-Train station opened next to the existing Transitway station, serving as the transfer point between Line 2 (Trillium Line) and Line 4 (Airport Link).[2][3]

## O-Train station

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Upgraded west side entrance to South Keys An Alstom Coradia LINT Line 4 train pulling into the northbound platform of the South Keys O-Train station

In 2025, an additional island platform O-Train station opened on the west side of the Transitway station, accessible by elevator or stairs via the existing pedestrian walkway beneath the station.

The South Keys O-Train station serves as a transfer station between Line 2 and Line 4, (the "Airport Link"), and was designed with a third pocket track to enable operations for cross platform transfers between the two lines. Line 4 trains drop off passengers on the northbound platform, then move to the pocket track to allow Line 2 trains to serve both north and southbound platforms. The Line 4 train then moves to the southbound platform to pick up Airport-bound passengers.[4]

Previously, City Council approved the addition of an O-Train station at South Keys (instead of Lester) in conjunction of the expansion of the north–south light rail line. The project was cancelled on December 14, 2006.

## Service

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See also: OC Transpo routes

The following routes serve South Keys station as of April 27, 2025:

South Keys station service

North O-Train  |
South O-Train  |
O-Train replacement |  R2 R4
Frequent routes |  6 40 90 98
Local routes |  43 92 110 116 117 197 198
Connexion routes |  294
Shopper routes |  304
School routes |  640 644 649 697 698

## Notes

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* During the early morning before the beginning of O-Train Line 2 service hours, Route 110 is extended from Limebank to Greenboro station but it does not serve any extra stops along the extension.

## Safety issues

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This station has a history of safety concerns during the night time hours. There were several incidents involving assaults,[5] swarming[6] and vandalism[7] in the vicinity which prompted some increased safety measures. This station has a Transecure night stop which all buses use after 9 PM.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "South Keys" (PDF). Station Layout. OC Transpo.
2. ^ "Trillium Line South Extension". ottawa.ca. November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
3. ^ "South Keys | OC Transpo". www.octranspo.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
4. ^ "South Keys station layout". octranspo.com.
5. ^ "Police looking into another south-end personal robbery". CBCnews. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
6. ^ Bell, Danielle (20 November 2012). "Girls arrested after South Keys robberies". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
7. ^ "Two boys charged after dog spray released at transit stop". Ottawa Sun. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
8. ^ "Night Stop and Safe Stop". OCTranspo. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

## External links

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Media related to South Keys station at Wikimedia Commons

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OC Transpo services in Ottawa

O-Train lines and stations

Line 1|

* Tunney's Pasture
* Bayview
* Pimisi
* Lyon
* Parliament
* Rideau
* uOttawa
* Lees
* Hurdman
* Tremblay
* St-Laurent
* Cyrville
* Blair

Line 2|

* Bayview
* Corso Italia
* Dow's Lake
* Carleton
* Mooney's Bay
* Walkley
* Greenboro
* South Keys
* Leitrim
* Bowesville
* Limebank

Line 4|

* South Keys
* Uplands
* Airport

Under
construction|

|  Line 1
Line 3|

* West: ● Algonquin
* ● Iris
* ● Moodie
* ● Bayshore
* ● Pinecrest
* ● Queensview
* Lincoln Fields
* New Orchard
* Sherbourne
* Kichi Zìbì
* Westboro

East: Montréal
Jeanne d'Arc
Convent Glen
Place d'Orléans
Trim

|

Yards|

* Belfast Yard
* Corkstown Yard
* Walkley Yard

Other|

* Public art

Transitway network

West|

* Stittsville
* Canadian Tire Centre
* Terry Fox
* Innovation
* Teron
* Eagleson
* Moodie
* Bells Corners
* Bayshore
* Pinecrest
* Lincoln Fields
* Dominion
* Westboro
* Tunney's Pasture

Southwest|

* Nepean Woods
* Beatrice
* Cambrian
* Barrhaven Centre
* Marketplace
* Strandherd
* Longfields
* Fallowfield
* Baseline
* Iris
* Queensway

East|

* Blair
* Montréal
* Jeanne d'Arc
* Place d'Orléans
* Trim
* Millennium

Southeast|

* Hurdman
* Lycée Claudel
* Smyth
* Riverside
* Pleasant Park
* Billings Bridge
* Heron
* Walkley
* Greenboro
* South Keys
* Airport
* Leitrim
* Limebank
* Riverview

Buses

Routes|

* OC Transpo routes

Incidents|

* 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash
* 2019 Westboro station bus crash

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