Somerset – Bridlewood

Somerset-Bridlewood
C-Train station
Location	17100 - 6 Street SW
Coordinates	50°53′57″N 114°04′09″W / 50.89917°N 114.06917°WCoordinates: 50°53′57″N 114°04′09″W / 50.89917°N 114.06917°W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Line(s)	South Line
Platforms	Centre-loading platform
Connections	11 Southwest Loop 12 Southwest Loop 14 Cranston/Bridlewood 15 Millrise 52 Evergreen/Somerset 78 Sundance/Chaparral 153 Copperfield 178 Sundance/Chaparral 402 Silverado 406 Auburn Bay 444 Chaparral Valley
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	913 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2004
Services
Preceding station   CTrain   Following station Shawnessy toward Tuscany Route 201 Terminus

Somerset-Bridlewood is the current southern terminus of the South Line (Route 201) of the CTrain light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. The station is one of two that opened on June 28, 2004 as part of the South LRT Extension Phase II. The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW), 16.9 km South of the City Hall Interlocking along Shawville Gate, to serve the Somerset, Bridlewood and Sundance communities, as well as the nearby Bishop O'Byrne High School and South Fish Creek Recreation Centre. It is one of two stations that also serve the Shawnessy Towne Centre shopping district. 913 parking spaces are included in the park-and-ride facility at the station.

The station consists of a center-loading platform with at-grade crossings at both ends of the platform. The platform is also constructed to accommodate a four-car-length train.

The station name was initially planned to be 162 Avenue Station. However, in late 2003 (approximately 7 months before opening) the City decided to use the current name for it.

History

The site of Somerset-Bridlewood was originally opened as 162nd Ave Station in spring of 1996 as a temporary platform on the CP-Rail line to provide access to a conventional rail service during peak rush hour periods to a platform at Anderson station.^[1] The service only lasted five months but the ridership proved popular and led to the priority decision to complete the South extension.^[2] The modern station was built on the site of the temporary platform when the CTrain service was extended south and re-opened as Somerset-Bridlewood on June 28, 2004.

Two stub tracks are at the station, an indicator of a future extension to the Silverado development that is scheduled for an opening once there is sufficient development in the area to sustain LRT.^[3]

In 2005, the station registered an average of 10,100 boardings per weekday.^[4] In 2007, the station registered an average of 13,000 boardings per weekday.^[5]

References

1. "Siemens Regio Sprinter". barp.ca. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
2. Rainer Ibowski (July 16, 2008). "Expanding Transit Systems into Bedroom Communities". Retrieved November 5, 2011.
3. 2007 West LRT Report
4. Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
5. Calgary Transit (2008). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

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