McKernan/Belgravia station

McKernan/Belgravia station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta. It is served by the Capital Line and the Metro Line during peak hours and is the least used station on the LRT system.[2] It is a ground-level station located on 114 Street at 76 Avenue.

McKernan/Belgravia
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°30′47″N 113°31′34″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	McKernan/Belgravia LRT Station
History
Opened	2009
Traffic
Passengers (2017) (typical weekday)	2,130 board 2,039 alight 4,169 Total[1]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Health Sciences/Jubilee toward Clareview Capital Line South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park toward Century Park Health Sciences/Jubilee 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

The station, located between the Health Sciences/Jubilee station and the South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station, provides service to the neighborhoods of Belgravia and McKernan.

The station closed for platform repairs and tile replacement on May 3, 2020 with reopening expected in July 2020.[2]

History

Originally, the proposed name for the station was the 76 Avenue Station; however both the Belgravia Community League and the McKernan Community League wanted the name to reflect their communities. After much discussion by the McKernan Community League Historian, Ed Stover, City Council voted to change the name to McKernan/Belgravia in October 2006.

The station was officially opened on April 25, 2009, with regular service commencing on April 26, 2009.[3]

McKernan/Belgravia is one of only six stations that have never been the terminus of the LRT system.[4]

Station Layout

The station has a 123 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is six metres wide, narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines.[5]

A pedestrian underpass, included as part of the station design, allows passengers and other pedestrian traffic to easily cross 114 Street and connects the McKernan and Belgravia neighbourhoods.

Around the station

• Belgravia
• McKernan
• McKernan School

References

1. "2017 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
2. Bourne, Kirby (2 May 2020). "City of Edmonton gearing up for LRT maintenance and revitalization projects". Global News. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
3. LeBlanc, Brittney (April 25, 2009). "Opening Celebrations for two new LRT stations held today". iNews880. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
4. The other five are Coliseum, Stadium, Churchill, Bay/Enterprise Square, and Southgate stations.
5. 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.

External links

Media related to McKernan/Belgravia station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons