Shawnessy station

Shawnessy station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It serves the South Line (Route 201). It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to the CPR ROW), 16 km south of the City Hall interlocking.

Shawnessy
CTrain station
Location17 Shawville Blvd. SW
Coordinates50°54′38″N 114°04′14″W
Owned byCalgary Transit
PlatformsStaggered side-loading platforms
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking206 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened2004
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Fish Creek–Lacombe
toward Tuscany
 Red Line Somerset–Bridlewood
Terminus

It was one of the two new stations to open on June 28, 2004 as part of the South LRT Extension Phase II. The station is located along Shawville Boulevard and serves the communities of Midnapore and Shawnessy, as well as the adjacent Shawnessy Towne Center shopping district.

The station's side-loading platforms are staggered with a pedestrian crossing of the tracks between the two platforms. This is the first LRT station in Calgary to have staggered platforms. The second station to be constructed this way is Martindale in the N.E. 206 parking spaces are made available at the station.

The station platforms were originally built to accommodate four-car-length trains.

In 2005, the station registered an average of 3,900 boardings per weekday.[1]

Connecting bus routes

11 Southwest Loop
12 Southwest Loop
15 Millrise
52 Evergreen/Somerset

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


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