Grandin station

Grandin station (also known as Grandin/Government Centre station) is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. It is an underground station located beneath 110 Street between 99 Avenue and 98 Avenue. The station provides service to the Government Centre part of the downtown core and the neighbourhood of Oliver. The station is connected to the Alberta Legislature and several other government buildings by underground walkways of the Edmonton Pedway.

Grandin
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°32′10″N 113°30′37″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	High Level Bridge Streetcar
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Grandin/Government Centre LRT Station
History
Opened	1989
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) (typical weekday)	3,009 board 2,852 alight 5,861 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Corona toward Clareview Capital Line University toward Century Park Corona toward NAIT Metro Line
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

High Level Bridge Streetcar
former CN former CN yard km former Edmonton CPR Station 0.0 Jasper Plaza Terminal 0.5 Grandin 0.6 97 Avenue 1.1 North Saskatchewan River 1.6 Garneau 1.9 109 Street & Saskatchewan Drive 2.2 107 Street 2.6 1891 Railway Station Streetcar Barn & Museum 3.0 Strathcona Terminal former Strathcona CPR Station CPR yard Calgary and Edmonton Railway

History

Grandin station was opened in September 1989 when the LRT system was extended 0.8 km south from the Corona station through a light rail tunnel running beneath the downtown core.[3]

Grandin station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of University station in August 1992. Grandin station is connected to the University station by the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge,[4] a dedicated LRT bridge (with a lower level for pedestrians and cyclists).

Station layout

The platform is a 123 metre long 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 over eight metres wide. Access to the platform is from the surface by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The escalator and stairs at the south end of the platform connect to a pedway system that provides access to several government buildings near the station. This pedway is separate from, and not part of, the Edmonton pedway system.[5]

Public art

The station's west wall features a mural of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, the first Catholic Bishop in Alberta. It was designed by artist Sylvie Nadeau and it was donated by the Francophone Jeunesse de l'Alberta.[6] After some criticism from local First Nations activists that the Nadeau mural could be interpreted as celebratory of the Indian residential schools system, local artist Aaron Paquette was commissioned to create a second "response" mural from a First Nations cultural perspective.[7]

Around the station

110 Street entrances to Grandin Station, serving the neighbourhood of Oliver.

• Alberta Legislature Building
• Edmonton General Hospital
• Grandin School
• High Level Bridge
• High Level Bridge Streetcar
• Oliver

Government Centre Transit Centre

Government Centre Transit Centre
Coordinates	53°32′10″N 113°30′16″W
Platforms	10 bus bays[8]
Construction
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Government Centre Transit Centre

The Government Centre Transit Centre is located on 107 Street south of 99 Avenue, adjacent to the Legislature grounds. The transit centre is served by ETS, St. Albert Transit (StAT) and Strathcona County Transit (SCT). There are few amenities at the transit centre itself, other than a large shelter.[9]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[10][11][12]

Main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes

To/From	Routes
Bonnie Doon	71	ETS
Calder	128[13]	ETS
Castle Downs Transit Centre	16, 128,[13] 161, 162	ETS
Downtown	16, 52, 160, 161, 162, 204,[13] 208, 403, 413	ETS, StAT, SCT
Eaux Claires Transit Centre	16, 162	ETS
MacEwan	204,[13] 208, 403, 413	StAT, SCT
Millgate Transit Centre	71	ETS
Mill Woods Transit Centre	71	ETS
NAIT	130,[13] 413	ETS, SCT
Northgate Transit Centre	16, 130,[13] 161	ETS
Oxford	160	ETS
Sherwood Park Bethel Transit Terminal	413	SCT
Sherwood Park Ordze Transit Centre	403	SCT
Southgate Transit Centre	52	ETS
St. Albert Centre Exchange	204,[13] 208	StAT
St. Albert Village Transit Station	204,[13] 208	StAT
Strathcona / Whyte Ave	52	ETS
Westmount Transit Centre	128[13]	ETS

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.

References

1. "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
2. "2017 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
3. "LRT Brochure" (PDF). 15 November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
4. Dudley Menzies Bridge – Light Rail Transit Bridge Over The North Saskatchewan River Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
6. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/alerts_routes_schedules_maps/grandingovernment-centre-stati.aspx
7. "Contentious Grandin Station mural to be revised". Edmonton Journal, February 27, 2014.
8. "Government Centre Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
9. "Government Centre Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
10. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
11. "Schedules & Routes". Strathcona County. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
12. "Commuter Routes". City of St. Albert. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
13. Bartko, Karen (14 November 2018). "Transit buses to detour around Groat Road bridge construction until mid-2020". Global News. Retrieved 20 November 2018.