South Hill | |||||||||||
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CTrain station | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 50°58′36″N113°59′40″W / 50.976724°N 113.994501°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Parking | None | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | Fare paid | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opening | 2027 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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South Hill is a planned and approved CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada part of the Green Line. Construction will begin in 2022 and complete in 2027 as part of construction stage one, segment one. [1] The station planned to be located in the community of Shepard next to the South Hill Trailer Park.
South Hill station will feature a transit plaza, and will become the centrepiece of new mixed-use transit oriented development village. Much of the South Hill area is city-owned, which provides a unique opportunity for development on almost 20 acres of largely vacant land, though a factory and several mobile homes are currently set up in the area. Additionally, the station will be a major transit hub with connections to neighbouring residential and commercial communities. Utility relocation, land preparation and environmental redemption work have been underway since 2017. [2]
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