Central station (Edmonton)

Central
Edmonton LRT station
General information
Coordinates	53°32′28″N 113°29′31″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Central LRT Station
History
Opened	1978
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	6,241 board 6,124 alight 12,365 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Churchill toward Clareview Capital Line Bay/Enterprise Square toward Century Park Churchill toward NAIT/Blatchford Market Metro Line Bay/Enterprise Square toward Health Sciences/Jubilee
Route map CN lines Clareview Highway 15 50 Street 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard Belvedere CN lines Highway 16 Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive Blatchford Gate Coliseum NAIT/Blatchford Market 118 Avenue Kingsway/​Royal Alex CN Spur End MacEwan Stadium 102 Street to Lewis Farms (2028) Churchill Quarters Central Bay/Enterprise Square Tawatinâ Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Corona Muttart Government Centre Strathearn Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Holyrood University Bonnie Doon Health Sciences/Jubilee Avonmore McKernan/​Belgravia Mill Creek Belgravia Road Davies South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park 75 Street 111 Street southbound lane Gerry Wright OMF Southgate Highway 14 Whitemud Drive Highway 2 Whitemud Drive Millbourne/​Woodvale Century Park Grey Nuns Mill Woods Key Capital Line Valley Line Metro Line CN tracks All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit

Central Station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. It is an underground station located beneath Jasper Avenue between 100 Street and 101 Street.

History

Central LRT Station was one of the original five stations when the line opened on April 22, 1978.^[3] When the LRT first opened, Central Station was the original southern terminus.

ETS once operated a Transit Information kiosk at 100A Street and Jasper Avenue, above the station; however, it has since been relocated to the Edmonton Tower. The building now serves as an entrance for users requiring an elevator to get to the station platform.

Rehabilitation of the station, which included repairs to the roof structure and waterproofing of the station, began in April 2012 and was completed in 2014 at a cost of $21.2 million.^[4]

Station layout

The station has a 125-metre-long (410 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. At just under 8 m wide (26 ft), the platform is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines. Access to the platform is from the concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The concourse level is part of the Edmonton pedway system.^[5]

There is direct underground access to ATB Place, Rice Howard Place, and Commerce Place from the station at the concourse level.

The station includes a mural installed to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Edmonton's LRT system.^[6]

Around the station

• Commerce Place
• Downtown
• Edmonton House
• Enbridge Centre
• Hotel Macdonald
• Manulife Place
• McLeod Building
• Rice Howard Place
• ATB Place

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. "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
3. The other four stations were Churchill, Stadium, Coliseum and Belvedere stations.
4. Kornik, Slav (February 11, 2014). "Edmonton transit celebrates completion of Central Station renovation". Global News. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
6. "Central Station Art :: City of Edmonton". Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-06-08.