Shawnessy station
Shawnessy is a CTrain light rail station in Shawnessy, Calgary, Alberta. It serves the South Red Line (Route 201). It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to the CPR ROW), 16 km south of the City Hall interlocking.
Shawnessy | |||||||||||
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CTrain station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 17 Shawville Blvd. SW | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°54′38″N 114°04′14″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||
Platforms | Staggered side-loading platforms | ||||||||||
Connections | 11 Southwest Loop 12 Southwest Loop 52 Somerset/Evergreen 102 Millrise/Silverado | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | 206 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2004 | ||||||||||
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It was one of the two new stations to open on June 28, 2004, as part of the South LRT Extension Phase II. The station is located along Shawville Boulevard and is adjacent to its neighbourhood and it's shopping district.
The station's side-loading platforms are staggered with a pedestrian crossing of the tracks between the two platforms. The East platform takes you north through downtown to Tuscany. The West platform takes you the one stop south to the end of the line in Somerset.
The station platforms were originally built to accommodate four-car-length trains.
In 2005, the station registered an average of 3,900 boardings per weekday.[1]
References
- Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.