4 Street SW station

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4 Street SW
CTrain station
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4 Street SW station
General information
Location530C - 7 Avenue SW
Coordinates 51°02′48.5″N114°04′20″W / 51.046806°N 114.07222°W / 51.046806; -114.07222
Owned by Calgary Transit
PlatformsSingle side-loading platform
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1981;43 years ago (1981)
Rebuilt2011;13 years ago (2011)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
7 Street SW
toward Tuscany
Red Line 1 Street SW
One-way operation
7 Street SW
toward 69 Street
Blue Line

The 4 Street SW Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in located Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 4 Street SW platform is served by westbound trains only, with the nearest eastbound platforms being the 3 Street SW station and the 6 Street SW station. The platform is located on the north side of 7 Avenue South, within the free-fare zone serving both Routes 201 and 202.

The 4 Street W station, located between 4 Street & 5 Street SW opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. The original station was closed on January 7, 2010, and demolished immediately with the new station constructed in its place. The new station opened on January 21, 2011. [1]

Like all refurbished 7 Avenue platforms, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the station at both ends and the platform can handle 4-car trains.

On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the C-Train system, 4th Street SW Station, along with every other station between City Hall and Downtown West-Kerby Stations would have the lighting and cameras upgraded. [2] [3] [4]

According to data released by Calgary Transit, the 4 Street SW Station had an average weekday daily ridership of 11,100 in the year of 2007. [5]

Crime

Random man attacked random strangers across Calgary’s Downtown Commercial District on the early Friday morning of October 15, 2021. Of the 4 victims of the machete attacks, the first attack happened at the 4th Street LRT Station at around 3:15 AM. [6] [7]

On December 21, 2021, across 2 different LRT stations in the downtown core, 3 stabbings took place. Of the 3 stabbings, 2 took place at the 4th Street LRT Station. In all 3 cases it was suspected that the motive was out of hate, as all 3 victims were homeless. [8] [9]

During the night hours of January 10th, 2022, a violent fight would take place between two men right outside of the 4th Street LRT Station. This violent fight would be recorded and would end up with one of the men in the fight getting stabbed. [10]

On Wednesday March 15th, 2023 at roughly 6:20 AM, police were called to 4 Street SW Downtown LRT station. A man and a woman were rushed to hospital with stab wounds in non-life-threatening condition. The station was shut down at 7:26 am for further investigation and a man was taken into custody. This incident would get widely publicized, with people criticizing Calgary Transit and general concern being brought up due to a surplus in crime happening along the C-Train system. [11] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "LRT Station Closures and Construction". Calgary Transit. January 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lighting upgrades at Calgary CTrain platforms". YouTube .
  3. ↑ Calgary Transit (2023-03-22). "#CTRiders, we've recently upgraded the lighting on all CTrain platforms from Downtown West/Kerby to City Hall. A sample of images showing the upgrades are at calgarytransit.com/news". Twitter .
  4. ↑ Calgary Transit (2023-03-22). "We've upgraded the lighting throughout the 7th Avenue platforms from West Kerby to City Hall to improve visibility for #CTRiders. A selection of before and after images are at calgarytransit.com/news". Twitter .
  5. ↑ "LRT Ridership". Calgary Transit. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Suspect in machete attack is son of Calgary police officer, judge told as psych assessment ordered". CBC News . 2021-10-19. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03.
  7. ↑ "Calgary police investigate multiple violent attacks that appear to be random". YouTube .
  8. ↑ "Calgary police say stabbing attacks on three homeless individuals a hate crime". Toronto Star . 26 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "'We will not tolerate this kind of violence': 2 arrested connected to random stabbings". 28 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Recent stabbings leave Calgary transit riders feeling unsafe". YouTube .
  11. ↑ "Calgary police investigating incident at downtown LRT station". MSN .
  12. ↑ "Double stabbing at downtown CTrain station re-ups concerns over transit safety".
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