69 Street station (Calgary)

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69 Street
CTrain station
69 Street West C-Train station.jpg
General information
Coordinates 51°02′15.42″N114°11′13.32″W / 51.0376167°N 114.1870333°W / 51.0376167; -114.1870333
Owned by Calgary Transit
PlatformsCentre-loading platform
Connections51 Discovery Ridge/West Springs
93 Westbrook/Coach Hill
94 Strathcona/Signal Hill
98 Cougar Ridge
156 Aspen Woods
164 Aspen Summit
Construction
Structure type Trench
Parking93 spaces on surface lot, 750 spaces in parkade
AccessibleYes
History
Opened2012;12 years ago (2012)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Terminus Blue Line Sirocco
toward Saddletowne

69 Street station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [1] It is the sixth and terminal station on the West LRT line. [2] The station was opened for the public on December 8, 2012, as part of a preview of the new West Line with an opening ceremony for the line. [3] Revenue service started on December 10, 2012. [4]

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The trenched station is located at the intersection of 69 Street SW and 17 Avenue SW, 8.2 km West of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW Interlocking. Ambrose University and the new Ernest Manning High School, [5] which replaced the old one at 17 Avenue & 33 Street SW, due to the construction of the Westbrook station, are located adjacent to the 69 St. SW station. Another major school, Rundle College, is located a block away. The station is also near the Westside Recreation Centre.

69 Street along with 45 Street are the first trenched stations to be built in Calgary.

The centre-loading platform is accessed at both the east and west ends through station heads providing access to the platform via escalator, stairs, and an elevator.

The station includes a large Park & Ride lot that can accommodate 840 vehicles and it includes a multi-level parkade. [6]

The West Line is planned to be extended further west, past 69 Street SW, to Aspen Woods and Springbank Hill, once the population of those areas is sufficient for LRT. The extension is not expected to happen until after 2023, so 69 Street SW will be the terminus station until at least then.

In its first year of service, 69 Street served an average of 10,590 boardings per day. [7]

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References

  1. "69 Street SW Information Page". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  2. "West LRT Riders Guide" (PDF). Calgary Transit. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2013.
  3. Howell, Trevor Scott (December 8, 2012). "Crowds turn out to welcome city's newest LRT line". Calgary Herald . Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  4. Potkins, Meghan (November 7, 2012). "West LRT line will open Dec. 10 on time, city says". Calgary Herald . Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  5. Ernest Manning High School Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Park and Ride Locations". Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  7. "West LRT One Year Review" (pdf). 2014. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2019.