Dalhousie station (Calgary)

Dalhousie station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located in the Dalhousie neighbourhood, it serves the Northwest Line (Route 201). It opened on December 15, 2003 as part of a 2.8 km (1.73 miles) extension of the Northwest line, and was the terminal station of the Northwest line until June 14, 2009.

Dalhousie
CTrain station
Location4785 Dalhousie Drive NW
Coordinates51°06′12″N 114°09′39″W
Owned byCalgary Transit
PlatformsCenter-loading platform
Connections54 Edgevalley
76 Hawkwood
77 Edgemont
122 Varsity
137 Northwest Loop
143 Northwest Loop
154 Hamptons
181 Mount Royal University North Express
429 Sherwood
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking760 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened2003
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Crowfoot
toward Tuscany
 Red Line Brentwood
toward Somerset–Bridlewood

The station is located in the median of Crowchild Trail, just East of 53 Street Northwest and is 9 km Northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. The station opened on December 15, 2003, and was the first CTrain station to open with a four-car platform. Since then, all new extension stations have opened with four-car platforms.

The station has 760 parking spaces. From the stations opening in 2003, the park and ride lot was very crowded and would fill up very early in the morning. Since Crowfoot station opened in 2009 with almost double the spaces as Dalhousie, the situation has eased somewhat.

Pedestrian overpasses connect to the station from both the North and South sides of Crowchild Trail. Two escalators, a set of stairs, and an elevator provide access down to the platform. The station serves the adjacent communities of Dalhousie and Varsity, as well as Dalhousie Station, a regional shopping centre.

In 2008, the station registered an average of 18,300 boardings per weekday.[1]

The bus loop at Dalhousie station on a snowy day.

References
  1. Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.


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