8 Street Southwest (CTrain)

8th Street SW

C-Train station

Location

901C - 7 Avenue SW

Coordinates

51°02′49″N 114°04′52″W / 51.04694°N 114.08111°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Line(s)

7th Avenue Transit Corridor

Platforms

Single side-loading platform

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

History

Opened

1981

Rebuilt

2009

Services

Preceding station		CTrain		Following station
Sunnyside toward Tuscany		Route 201 eastbound		6 Street Southwest toward Somerset – Bridlewood
Downtown West – Kerby toward 69 Street Southwest		Route 202 eastbound		6 Street Southwest toward Saddletowne

8 Street Southwest is a stop in Downtown Calgary on the city's CTrain light rail system. The station is used only by eastbound trains. The platform for the station is located on the south side of 7th Avenue SW.

For Route 201 Southbound, it is the first station in Downtown Calgary, and within the Downtown free fare zone. The station is used by trains serving both Routes 201 and 202.

The original platform was located between 9 Street & 8 Street SW (adjacent to the Mac's store) and opened on May 25, 1981 as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. As part of the 7 Avenue Refurbishment Project, a new station has been constructed one block east (between 8 Street & 7 Street SW and adjacent to Century Park) of its previous location and was opened on December 18, 2009. The original platform was immediately closed following the opening of the new platform and was demolished shortly afterwards.^[1]^[2]

Like all refurbished 7 Avenue stations, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the platform level and the platform can accommodate 4-car trains.

The station registered an average of 12,600 daily boardings in 2005.^[3]

According to the Calgary Transit website, in 2008, the ridership of the station of daily weekday boardings remained at an unchanged rate of 12,600 boardings.^[4]

References

↑ "7 Avenue LRT Refurbishment Project" (PDF). City of Calgary Transportation Infrastructure. February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
↑ Renato Gandia (Dec 15, 2009). "New C-Train station set to open". Calgary Sun. Retrieved Dec 18, 2009.
↑ Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
↑ Calgary Transit - About CT (Statistics - LRT Ridership)

Calgary Transit CTrain stations

Route 201

Northwest Line	Tuscany Crowfoot Dalhousie Brentwood University Banff Trail Lions Park SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee Sunnyside

Downtown	8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

South Line	Victoria Park/Stampede Erlton/Stampede 39th Avenue Chinook Heritage Southland Anderson Canyon Meadows Fish Creek – Lacombe Shawnessy Somerset – Bridlewood

Route 202

West Line	69th St. SW Sirocco 45th St. SW Westbrook Shaganappi Point Sunalta

Downtown	Downtown West – Kerby 8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

Northeast Line	Bridgeland/Memorial Zoo Barlow/Max Bell Franklin Marlborough Rundle Whitehorn McKnight – Westwinds Martindale Saddletowne

Former stations

Legend: ■ - connection | under construction | Downtown stations form the 7th Avenue Free Fare Zone

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