Belvedere LRT Station

Belvedere
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°35′18″N 113°25′58″W / 53.58833°N 113.43278°WCoordinates: 53°35′18″N 113°25′58″W / 53.58833°N 113.43278°W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	780 Stalls
Bicycle facilities	yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Belvedere LRT Station
History
Opened	1978
Rebuilt	1998
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2013) (typical weekday)	4,780 board 4,730 alight 9,510 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station Clareview Terminus Capital Line Coliseum toward Century Park
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

Belvedere Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is a ground-level station located at Fort Road and 129 Avenue.

History

The station is one of the original five stations, and opened on April 22, 1978. At that time, Belvedere was the north east terminus of the line.

The station underwent significant upgrades including a covered station, five car platform, and a grade separated pedestrian overpass—at a cost of $6.3 million, in 1998.^[3]

Belvedere Station won two awards, the Masonry Contractors Association of Alberta Award of Excellence and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Alberta Steel Design Award in the Architectural Category for Most Effective and Innovative Use of Structural Steel.^[3]

Station layout

The station has a 121-metre-long (397 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 under 8 m (26 ft) wide, which is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines.^[4]

The LRT station and transit centre has a park and ride lot with 780 parking spaces.

Public art

Belvedere Station is decorated with stained glass pieces entitled "Travail in Tandem".^[5]

Around the station

• Belvedere
• Transit Hotel

Belvedere Transit Centre

Belvedere Transit Centre
Platforms	12 bus bays
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Belvedere Transit Centre

The Belvedere Transit Centre is located on the west side of the LRT Station. It is connected to the station by a pedestrian overpass.

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:^[6]

Destination	Routes
Abbottsfield Transit Centre	180
Capilano Transit Centre	99
Clareview Transit Centre	10, 181, 186, 512
Coliseum Transit Centre	10
Eaux Claires Transit Centre	180
Northgate Transit Centre	152, 153, 154, 186
Westmount Transit Centre	127
Downtown	512

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. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). p. 700. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
5. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/alerts_routes_schedules_maps/belvedere-station.aspx
6. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/transit/Belvedere_Sept2012.pdf

External links

Media related to Belvedere LRT Station at Wikimedia Commons