Ottawa Transit: LRT Ride & Walking 1 Stop on Queen St (Aug 2021)

[@danb2839]

I've actually never taken the LRT in Ottawa and I live here.. lol. This is helpful. I think that I will jump on a train and check it out.

[@DPG214]

Great video. Thank you!

[@spider7003]

How could we not have enjoyed this episode? The subway rides were well presented, especially with the front view of the driver, we could see through your chest the movement of the rails from your reflection. Ottawa is so clean and beautiful. Montreal was wonderful, but Ottawa, wow!! Thanks for taking us along.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Thanks maurice!

[@panterafanloco1600]

This is not a subway

[@spider7003]

@@panterafanloco1600 Thank you for informing me about that. Here in the United States we call them subway's. So Pantera fan Loco, you failed to tell me the correct terminology for these underground machines?

[@gdkid]

​@@spider7003 We do have subways here in Canada, but this particular line is an LRT or light rail.

[@wizardsuth]

@@panterafanloco1600 That's probably why they call it the Ottawa LRT, and not the Ottawa subway.

[@kathleenmerritt7179]

Neat ride .

[@TheRahsoft]

wow obviously the rideau centre has changed a lot since I used to shop there in the late 90s really could have done with LRT to get around then( although its would not have reached my workplace at bells corner) from my then home in lees thanks for video

[@PrincipeLobo]

Ah the good old Ottawa LRT. Plagued with issues from the start but it's gotten more and more reliable. Cannot wait for stage 2 to be completed in the next few years (assuming of course it's on time) hope you enjoyed your stay in my hometown Johnny.

[@lokimikko3516]

I value your positivity and candor.

[@Music_Charts9]

What a cleanliness! I'm really impressed

[@kylecampbell7959]

Even though Pimisi seems to be in the middle of nowhere since it's dead center in the perpetually delayed Lebreton Flats redevelopment, it's actually very close to a number of attractions. If you walked due south for about 500m you'd be in the middle of Chinatown, to the north a similar distance is the War Museum, Holocaust memorial, Chaudière falls, and the zip line across the Ottawa river

[@plokzi]

Yeah exactly. And it's literally on the edge of Ottawa and Gatineau, the twin cities of Ontario and Quebec. This whole area was one of the most populated neighborhoods in Ottawa, working class neighborhood, until the city tore the entire thing down in the 60s and... did nothing with it. Kept it vacant, until now.

[@ttc_flaw7964]

@@plokzi They are now planning to put an arena in the lebreton flats where in the future concerts and shows can be played there, as well as be the new home for the Ottawa Senators.

[@lokimikko3516]

@@ttc_flaw7964 One can only hope, buddy!

[@galactictiger2741]

@@plokzi recently i have seen plans to build a library in the area as well

[@rosaannarilli4905]

I've been to Ottawa a few times and the last time I went, I met Stephen Harper. I really like the O-Train kind of reminds me of the Metro in Montreal. Saying that, I think the screen dividers between the Trains in the station is a great idea. Johnny, I really enjoyed the video, love Ottawa and hope to go back in 2022!😀👍

[@mikedrown2721]

Nice ride Johnny....I like the TTC chimes better. Thanks for showing 👍

[@JohnnyStrides]

I agree, the TTC has a certain iconic sound to it.

[@lukecj3610]

The only differences is that it says (Doors Opening, Ouverture des portes, Doors Closing, Fermeture des portes)

[@RR-bb2lk]

If it was always this unpacked and quiet I’d use it more often

[@Libertyjack1]

Ridership is a big problem in Ottawa. The system was meant to bring government workers into the City, but they've gotten accustomed, by the pandemic, to work from home.😂

[@alisonseah]

Thank you, Johnny :) Wishing you another great day travelling.

[@tokyogamer5825]

Can’t believe Ottawa didn’t have a proper rapid transit system until now. Good for them!

[@danc1513]

We did. It was just Bus rapid Transit, and it worked very well until we reached the maximum capacity the bus transitway could provide, hence the construction of the light rail line.

[@tokyogamer5825]

@@danc1513 for a city the size of Ottawa they definitely needed at least an lrt. That’s cool though, it’s rare to see brt systems getting used to its potential in Canada.

[@allisonchains__]

The way which you pronounce Rideau and Lyon is funny but you are a Torontonian, so I probably pronounce Toronto names funny as an Ottawan. Its Rideau like "Ree-dough" it means curtain in French. and Lyon is just the same as the animal :P

[@tjsider6074]

If only Edmonton in general was this clean, haha. Our downtown stations feel dark and isolated. Love these trains! Can’t wait for the Valley Line SE to open over here. Also, Ottawa’s LRT door closing sound reminds me of a Windows PC sound effect.

[@RR-bb2lk]

It’s clean cause They were built not that long ago. Let’s see how long it stays decent for

[@good_to_be_gold8]

Change of scenery which is nice. Ottawa isn’t that much different. Nice place to visit. Thanks for the share

[@RR-bb2lk]

coming from Toronto it isn’t that nice to visit since it’s basically the same thing just a smaller Toronto

[@JordanLoweElevaToursCanada]

Ottawa is LRT line is very very nice, and I love how the system is completely wheelchair accessible. I was in Ottawa back in 2017 when I was attending a summit that Rick Hansen was putting on at Carleton University on Victoria day weekend. In my opinion Ottawa is nicest and one of the most wheelchair friendly provinces in all of Canada, I would love to go back and explore the city of Ottawa even more. In fact when I was at the summit we actually got to go on a tour in parliament hill and the architecture in there was amazing!

[@kevintao3973]

Ottawa is not a province...

[@jasongibson8522]

Thanks for a good video

[@tedrosa5773]

Thank you for your video I live Ottawa and didn't tried yet. Will have to go and enjoy next time.

[@whitefield4]

Thanks Johnny for showing us Ottawa's LRT our system here In Calgary is pretty similar to this one. I Really enjoyed it 🙂

[@lizzy5121]

15 years from now the land around pimisi station is going to have an arena, mega library, condos, restaurants all that land is gonna be full of stuff. so that’s why they built those stations now in the empty land for now

[@sandraashton868]

Those are the same trams we have here in Melbourne Ottawa has joined two sets of them together ours have green seats and green and white livery I wasn't aware that Quebec city was over four hundred kilometres away from Ottawa I will have to brush up on my Canadian geography before I come over won't I!!anyway keep up the good work Johnny warm regards from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺🇨🇦

[@hyacinthgordon5295]

Good morning to Johnny Stride. Happy Friday. Hoping your day is going well. Thanks for sharing 👍😊. Much appreciated. Have a wonderful day and a great weekend. 👍. Stay safe 🙏.

[@jamesyork1734]

Just watched your LRT video. As mentioned in another video I am born and bread in Ottawa. Has it ever changed. I moved to then GTA in 86 there was no LRT Back then. When you crossed Bank street it reminded me that in the the 50s Bank Street had cobble stone road. A lot of the downtown core was serviced by streetcars. Really amazing I hardly recognized the place.

[@therealman2620]

I live two hours away from Ottawa in Montreal and I have been on these many times whenever I go. It's quite comfortable

[@JohnnyStrides]

I agree, the Montreal Metro is nicer though... love those new trains.

[@philipquintong4589]

@@JohnnyStrides I love your videos and Ottawalks walking videos if you know who he is His name is Mike he said you inspired him to do walking videos in Ottawa

[@franklynmars3207]

Hey Strides happy monday to u commando.. and i bet u cant wait to bon voyage soon to nyc, wished u a grand time! That was a goood o-train streamed ride also great tour guiding through queen st downtwn Ottawa. yea i cant wait when the Finch west lrt (line#6) opened in matter of 2yrs and as 1 of the comments i have red of they will be using same alstrom type trams that city of Ottawa order for they're confederation line. thanks

[@abaazibrahim1322]

Wow that's amazing Ottawa is nice

[@deborahs.9389]

Stay safe on your trip. Great coverages of your neighborhood!!! ☕☕🍱🍱

[@mithraea8900]

Try the Bank street route with Bus going from Bank street to the Parliament through downtown, it's a good experience

[@froggerc625]

Maybe you can go back to Ottawa in the winter someday and do a "Johny Skates" video on the Rideau Canal :)

[@77dris]

When you leave the station/mall to go out and end the video, your new catchphrase should be "Catch you outside, how 'bout dat?!"

[@jimmytraveller2970]

Nice System A taste of your Line 5 back Home. I see you can use your Toronto Presto Transit Pass on it That is Neat.

[@SarahML1000]

We got to experience staying in an Ottawa B&B the year they were digging the underground for the O-Train ... it was a wee bity noisy :)

[@ostbagar3]

Everything looks so fresh and clean! Is it always so little people at the stations? Oh those buildings, it’s so amazing, we don’t have so high buildings in Sweden except Turning Torso in Malmö! This was nice! TC! 🖐

[@prevosfr]

you need to remember a lot of our population work for the federal government and we are still working from home so that's why it's quiet, but pre covid, not so much.

[@wizardsuth]

It's partly because this was recorded on a Sunday, and partly because there's a pandemic, so people are avoiding transit.

[@redcrazymonkey]

Interesting looking metro... I heard that they managed to iron out all the technical issues they experienced during the first year of operation

[@MrCoolGuy2024]

What airline did you take to go to a other city in Canada?

[@pingpong3311]

It's basically a subway

[@robertbeck168]

Hadn't opened yet in summer of 2019 when I visited Ottawa. Looks nice but long delayed and from what I've read, there's been lots of technical issues.

[@Mark-pm9nh]

Hi Johnny . WOW The transit cars are super new . Being in the capital no shortage of $ . Thought you did really well navigating an unfamiliar system . With u . Mark (T.O.) 💙🌈

[@wizardsuth]

No shortage of money? It should have been built decades ago. The original OTrain only got approval because it was relatively cheap, having been built on an existing rail line.

[@christianhansen3292]

Good morning Johnny.

[@Neelpatel27]

Quick suggestion bro, You should also upload a shorter version of the video so everybody can watch it in a short period. great work by the way🍷🍷👍

[@benmondo8924]

So you got subway system in Ottawa ? Because i went there couples times and i have to use only Buses or driving my car .

[@JohnnyStrides]

It's an LRT, not a subway.

[@danc1513]

It opened in fall of 2019.

[@Elliottblancher]

I swear the Escalators always break down at the Rideau Station

[@qwincyq6412]

FYI it’s pronounced Reed-Oh.

[@shancharan7834]

It looks like Donmills-Sheppard line in Toronto

[@PJBubbles]

At least this line goes somewhere. The Toronto Shepard line is a complete joke.

[@amywilliams6696]

How far is Ottawa from where you live

[@JohnnyStrides]

About 5 hours.

[@pghrpg4065]

I'm weird, but I found humor (or is it humour because I'm referring to something in Ottawa?) in the arrows on the ground in all of the stations at the spots where the doors are. I suppose the designers figured people don't know how to enter and exit a train without direction.

[@JohnnyStrides]

I think they're their to tell people to wait on either side of the door and not right in the middle to allow people to exit. I actually really like this, I've knocked over too many idiots who stand right in front of the doors waiting to get on transit before they let everyone off.

[@wizardsuth]

At first they had no such signage but apparently most Ottawa commuters couldn't figure out that they need to let people off the train before boarding. It's a good idea anyway, since it tells you where the doors will be when the train stops.

[@gabrielday9519]

That's a long escalator it reminds me of Peachtree Center Station in Atlanta.

[@danc1513]

The train needs to pass under the Rideau Canal in that area so Rideau station needs to be quite deep underground as a result.

[@gabrielday9519]

@@danc1513 Yes that's why it reminds me of Peachtree Center Station in Atlanta. When they first built that Station they had to blast through a whole lot of rock, and the blasts could be heard and felt miles away.

[@wizardsuth]

@@gabrielday9519 The entire downtown tunnel in Ottawa had to be dug out of the rock.

[@gabrielday9519]

@@wizardsuth Yep same with Peachtree Station. There was a lot of blasting and digging.

[@onyx368]

Train, tram, here in Ottawa it's called a travesty. The joke called the LRT has been bleeding money for being quickly built and not tested but testing the patience of Ottawans who were forced to give up another joke for public transportation, OC Transpo busses. Regional government are devoid of understanding the waste they propagated by falsely stirring up excitement for this horrific system.

[@schnuurtchke]

When are you making more Toronto videos?

[@JohnnyStrides]

There's a new one up on the channel this morning... there's just 2 more Ottawa videos left.

[@marciliomathias4525]

Great video. Is there any connection to airport?

[@kylecampbell7959]

Under construction, scheduled to open next year (line 4)

[@wizardsuth]

Not until fall of 2023. You used to be able to take the 97 bus from the airport to Greenboro and catch the OTrain there. However, that line (now dubbed "Trillium") is under construction, so the fastest connection to the LRT is to take the 97 all the way to Hurdman station where you can board the LRT on the Confederation line.

[@blairwilliams6794]

So did everyone die in this city - there's nobody here at all

[@monarch1957]

Vancouver has the sky trains that run by computers, no drivers.

[@stephensmith1785]

Great

[@djudjamarinkovic9337]

Ottawa

[@awaisa132]

cant wait for the night life video

[@JohnnyStrides]

It's already up, the Byward Market one.

[@awaisa132]

@@JohnnyStrides oops i meant like a new one :D

[@kathleenwallace1165]

♥️

[@cleric4265]

Omg why is it so dead ? Where is everybody?

[@wizardsuth]

Staying at home during a pandemic.

[@claytoncrawford]

Dear Mr. Johnny Strides... Are you kidding??!!..... YOU just went down nearly 1 and a half flights into the bowels of Ottawa.... Johnny is Toronto's Vlogger.... Fearless Johnny decided to explore the bowels of Ottawa, a subway system that is underground and full of weird creatures like elected senators who claim to be the Fathers of All-Wisdom and specializing in taxing the Canadian People to death.... But on an upbeat note, Our Hero was able to rescue several passengers from evil Tax-Grab Hoodlum... He was attempting to extort all passengers' nickles, dimes, and quarters and sticking change down his shorts inside secret pockets.... The Ottawa Police slapped the handcuffs on the Tax-Grab Hoodlum and now he is washing dishes at a local church... The money he plundered from poor souls are happy to know all the change was put inside a container inside the local church for charity... Good for the Ottawa Police.... TWO BIG THUMBS-UP.... Johnny is Toronto's Vlogger.... No more Mr. Evil Tax-Grab Hoodlum... Unless the CRA has more sinister characters..... The end.... Always in Good Taste.... CHEERS.... Be Supportive and Subscribe..... Hey, check out Johnny Stumbles.... And coming soon will be the Johnny Vlogger Series by Clayton Crawford.... Thank You Mr,. Strides

[@sebastiancebey7665]

👌👌👏👏

[@jimmyi3191]

Looks like a ghost town

[@nose10620]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@angelgomez8210]

Listening to the intercom announcements and observing the ads in both official lenguages makes me wonder why Montreal has not included English as Ottowa and Ontario inlcuded French in their Metros... After all, Montreal it is a true billigual metropolis. It is crazy that Quebec wants people to speak French and pushes billigualisim as a good thing, but they refuse to use English in their most important city.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Good point

[@pingpong3311]

Thank Bill 96

[@dhmcc9882]

Listen to transit announcer for pronunciation of Rideau. Reee dough

[@OofusTwillip]

French for "curtain". Also the name of the canal in Ottawa.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Yeah, I guess I'm just allergic to French.

[@wizardsuth]

@@OofusTwillip Also the name of the river in Ottawa next to which the canal runs.

[@Ray-ew7jr]

So quire, bearly see passengers

[@annakoncz9413]

Ottawa has no character.

[@deepmatharu2462]

That goes for the most canadian cities apart from montreal

[@krbourne]

With all the historical and government buildings, Ottawa doesn't have character? 🤔

[@deepmatharu2462]

@@krbourne it's missing a vibe

[@krbourne]

@@deepmatharu2462 I'm a hip-hop journalist in Ottawa. It has a vibe.

[@deepmatharu2462]

@@krbourne hip hop and ottawa that doesn't even go well with eachother lol glad that you are enjoying your time in OTTAWA you are really special not a lot of people have that perspective about ottawa it was refreshing