Coliseum station (Edmonton)

Coliseum station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves the Capital Line. It is located at 78 Street and 118 Avenue, near Northlands Coliseum, and is built on an overpass above 118 Avenue (Alberta Avenue).

Coliseum
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°34′14″N 113°27′30″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Coliseum LRT Station
History
Opened	1978
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) (typical weekday)	3,546 board 3,495 alight 7,041 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Belvedere toward Clareview Capital Line Stadium toward Century Park
Route map 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 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

History

The station is one of the original five stations, and opened on April 22, 1978.

Although Coliseum was never a terminus of the LRT line, all trains started and ended their runs at Coliseum when the fleet of LRT rail cars was maintained at the Cromdale garage nearby. The fleet is now housed at the D.L. MacDonald Transit Yard, which was completed in December 1983.[3]

Station layout

The station has a 124-metre-long (407 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 eight metres wide, which is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines.[4]

Public art

The public art for Coliseum Station is a mural entitled "People on the Move" painted by Works 2 Works students.[5]

Future developments

The Coliseum station sits adjacent to Northlands exhibition lands. Plans to redevelop the lands include relocating the existing Coliseum station further north.[6] More detailed plans and public engagement are scheduled for late 2019.[6]

Around the station

• Bellevue
• Edmonton Expo Centre
• Eastwood
• Elmwood Park
• K-Days (July)
• Northlands Park
• Northlands Coliseum

Coliseum Transit Centre

Coliseum Transit Centre
Platforms	13 bus bays[7]
Construction
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Coliseum Transit Centre

The Coliseum Transit Centre is located on the west side of the LRT station. It is connected to the north end of the station by a pedestrian underpass below the station. This transit centre has few amenities, only having a pay phone.[8] More amenities are available in the neighboring LRT station including washrooms and a snack shop.[9]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[10]

Main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes

To/From	Routes
Abbottsfield Transit Centre	8, 141, 142
Belvedere Transit Centre	10, 99, 125, 512
Capilano Transit Centre	99
Clareview Transit Centre	10, 512
Concordia College	399
Downtown	5, 8, 512
Jasper Place Transit Centre	125
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre	8, 125, 143
Lakewood Transit Centre	8
MacEwan	8
Millgate Transit Centre	8
Mill Woods Transit Centre	8
Montrose	143
NAIT	8, 143
Stadium Transit Centre	125, 512
Waste Management Centre	589
Westmount Transit Centre	5, 125

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.
School special routes that arrive/depart from Coliseum Transit Centre include routes: 8S, 10S, and 99S.[11]

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. "2017 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
5. "Coliseum Station Art". City of Edmonton. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
6. Cook, Dustin (23 April 2019). "City moves forward with 'transit villages' plan for Northlands site". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
7. "Coliseum Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
8. "Coliseum Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
9. "Coliseum LRT Station". City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
10. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
11. "School Service: ETS Trip Planner". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 28 August 2019.