Whitehorn station

Whitehorn station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It serves the Northeast Line (Route 202). The station opened on April 27, 1985 as part of the original Northeast line.

Whitehorn
CTrain station
Location3801 - 36 Street NE
Coordinates51°05′12″N 113°58′54″W
Owned byCalgary Transit
Line(s)Blue Line (202)
PlatformsCenter-loading platform
Connections25 Whitehorn
33 Vista Heights/Marlborough
38 Temple
57 McCall Way/Erin Woods
72 Circle Route
73 Circle Route
555 Dashmesh Centre (Sundays only)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking824 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1985
Rebuilt2011
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Rundle
toward 69 Street
 Blue Line McKnight–Westwinds
toward Saddletowne

The station is located in the median of 36 Street NE, immediately to the north of Whitehorn Drive. The station is 9.8 km from the City Hall Interlocking. It was the terminus station of the Northeast line for just over 22 years from its original opening on April 27, 1985 until its extension to McKnight-Westwinds which opened on December 17, 2007.

Whitehorn Station serves all communities north of 32 Avenue Northeast and south of McKnight Boulevard, such as Whitehorn and Temple, as well as the commercial establishments lined along 32 Avenue NE. 824 parking spaces are also included at the station.

A small bus loop is located on the west side of the station, and was a major hub for bus routes connecting Calgary's far northeastern communities to the CTrain prior to the 2007 extension to McKnight-Westwinds.[1] As of November 2018, this bus loop is no longer in use.

Pedestrian overpasses connect the station to both sides of 36 Street NE. Stairs, escalators, as well as an elevator provide access down to the center-loading platform. As of 2011, there is now a grade-level access at the South end of the platform as well.

In 2005, the station registered an average transit of 17,400 boardings per weekday.[2]

Whitehorn station has undergone renovations to accommodate 4 car trains and add a second platform entrance at Whitehorn Drive NE as well as upgrades to the station interior. Construction began in the Summer of 2010 and was completed in August 2011.[3][4]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070320180536/http://www.calgary.ca:80/docgallery/bu/engineering_services/emaps/transit_map.pdf
  2. Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  3. http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/Whitehorn_LRT_2010_03_10.pdf
  4. http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/whitehorn_stn_2011.html


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