Bay/Enterprise Square LRT Station

Bay/Enterprise Square
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°32′27″N 113°29′54″W / 53.54083°N 113.49833°WCoordinates: 53°32′27″N 113°29′54″W / 53.54083°N 113.49833°W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Bay/Enterprise Square LRT Station
History
Opened	1983
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2013) (typical weekday)	5,410 board 5,290 alight 10,700 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station Central toward Clareview Capital Line Corona toward Century Park Central toward NAIT Metro Line Corona toward Health Sciences/Jubilee
Route map Edmonton LRT Legend min. running time Northeast LRT to Gorman future 0 Clareview Hwy 15 (50 Street) 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard 3 Belvedere CN Lines Hwy 16 (Yellowhead Trail) Wayne Gretzky Drive 6 Coliseum 118 Avenue CN Spur End 8 Stadium Northwest LRT to St. Albert future NAIT Kingsway/Royal Alex MacEwan 12 Churchill 13 Central 15 Bay/Enterprise Square 16 Corona 18 Grandin/Government Centre Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River 20 University 22 Health Sciences/Jubilee 24 McKernan/Belgravia Belgravia Road 26 S. Campus/Ft. Edmonton 111 Street southbound 29 Southgate Hwy 2 (Whitemud Drive) 33 Century Park South LRT to south city limits future

Bay/Enterprise Square Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an underground station located beneath Jasper Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street. It is named for both the former Bay store and Enterprise Square, the University of Alberta's downtown campus.

The station was originally called Bay Station.

History

The station opened in June 1983 along with Corona Station when the tunnel running beneath downtown Edmonton was extended west by 0.8 km (0.50 mi) from Central Station.^[3]

On January 28, 2009, Edmonton City Council approved the decision to rename the station Bay/Enterprise Square as the former Bay building became the University of Alberta's downtown campus, Enterprise Square in 2008.^[4]

Station layout

The station has a 130-metre-long (430 ft) centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is just over eight metres wide. Access to the platform is from the concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The concourse level is connected to the pedway system through Enterprise Square.^[5]

Around the station

• All Saints' Anglican Cathedral
• Canadian Western Bank Building
• Downtown
• Enterprise Square
• First Presbyterian Church
• Icon Towers

References

1. "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
2. "2013 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. January 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
3. "LRT Brochure" (PDF). November 15, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
4. Landry, Frank (January 29, 2009). "LRT station renamed for Enterprise Square". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Retrieved May 30, 2012.