Iris station

{{Short description|Bus station in Ottawa, Canada}}

{{About|the station in Ottawa|the station in San Diego|Iris Avenue Transit Center}}

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| name = Iris

| style = OC Transpo

| symbol_location = ottawa

| symbol = 1big

| type = Ottawa Transitway station

| image = Iris station mosbo6.jpg

| caption = Relocated bus station during Stage 2 construction.

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| coordinates = {{Coord|45|21|21|N|75|46|11|W|display=inline,title}}

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| owned = OC Transpo

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| services = {{adjstn|system=OC Transpo

|line1=74|left1=Baseline|right1=Queensway

|line2=75|left2=Baseline|right2=Queensway}}

| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=OC Transpo

|line1=1W|left1=Algonquin|right1=Lincoln Fields}}}}

Iris station is one of the few grade-level stations on the Southwest Transitway. It is located on Iris Street, a collector road in western Ottawa.{{cite web |url=http://www.octranspo1.com/images/files/station_pdf/IRS.pdf |title=OC Transpo - Iris Station Map |publisher=OC Transpo |access-date=30 January 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

It is both one of the smallest Transitway stations and one of the least used, likely because it is only 400 m (1/4 mi) south of Queensway station,{{cite web |url=http://www.octranspo1.com/images/files/area_pdf/IRS.pdf |title=OC Transpo - Queensway & Iris Area Map |publisher=OC Transpo |access-date=30 January 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} has no trip generators apart from residential commuters in the area, and does not have any major routes connecting at the station.

File:OCTranspo IrisStationNB.jpg

Iris station is being converted to a light rail station as a part of Stage 2 of O-Train Line 1. As a result of this, numerous significant changes and realignments are being made in the vicinity, including the installation of a new bridge on Iris Street and the relocation of the Pinecrest Creek.{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=Charles |last2=Swail |first2=Chris |date=May 2, 2017 |title=Transit Detours, Iris Station, and Pinecrest Creek Relocation |url=https://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents/files/iris_pinecrest_creek_relocation_en.pdf |website=City of Ottawa}} In June 2022, the segment of Transitway between Iris station and Baseline station closed permanently, with buses currently detoured along Woodroffe Avenue and re-entering the Transitway at this station.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-22 |title=Two sections of the Transitway permanently closing to buses this weekend |url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/two-sections-of-the-transitway-permanently-closing-to-buses-this-weekend-1.5958670 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Ottawa |language=en}}