Southgate station (Edmonton)

Southgate 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. It is a ground-level station located next to the Southgate Centre shopping mall and the Southgate Transit Centre at 51 Avenue and 111 Street.

Southgate
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°29′8″N 113°31′0″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	Southgate LRT Station
History
Opened	2010
Traffic
Passengers (2017) (typical weekday)	9,291 board 10,002 alight 19,293 Total[1]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park toward Clareview Capital Line Century Park Terminus South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park 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 was officially opened on April 24, 2010, with regular service commencing on April 25, 2010.[2]

Southgate LRT Station provides an important transit connection between southwest Edmonton neighbourhoods, the University of Alberta and downtown Edmonton.

Station layout

The station has a 123-metre long centre-loading platform that can accommodate two trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is exactly nine metres wide.[3] It also has a grade-separated pedestrian overpass connecting the station to Southgate Centre and the Southgate Transit Centre to the east and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood to the west.

Immense Mode

The transit centre features two 20-foot (6.1 m) brick boots, titled Immense Mode, a public art piece by Dawn Detarando and Bryan McArthur.[4]

Around the station

• Empire Park
• Harry Ainlay Composite High School
• Lendrum Place
• Malmo Plains
• Pleasantview
• Southgate Centre

Southgate Transit Centre

Southgate Transit Centre
Platforms	18 bus bays[5]
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Southgate Transit Centre
History
Opened	November 22, 1977[6]

The Southgate Transit Centre, first opened on November 22, 1977,[6] is located on the east side of 111 Street, adjacent to the LRT Station. It is connected to the station by an elevator-equipped pedestrian overpass which also crosses to the west side of 111 Street and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood. This transit centre has a drop off area, a large shelter and a pay phone. It does not have park & ride, public washrooms or vending machines.[7] There are public washrooms available in the adjacent LRT station.[8]

The transit centre temporarily moved to the north side of 51 Avenue on 111 Street for 2007 and 2008, during the construction of the Southgate LRT station.[9]

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

Main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes

To/From	Routes
Aspen Gardens	50, 53
Belgravia	55, 319
Bonnie Doon	80
Brander Gardens	33
Brookside	38
Capilano Transit Centre	80
Century Park Transit Centre	9, 17, 40, 41, 44, 45, 74, 301
Downtown	9, 52
Eaux Claires Transit Centre	9
Government Centre Transit Centre	52
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre	9
Lakewood Transit Centre	6, 74
Leger Transit Centre	31, 34, 38
Meadows Transit Centre	33
Millgate Transit Centre	6, 33
Mill Woods Transit Centre	6, 74
NAIT	9
Northgate Transit Centre	9
Southpark Centre	304
South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre	50, 53, 55
South Edmonton Common	74
Strathcona / Whyte Ave	52
Twin Brooks	44
West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre	33
Yellowbird	40

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.
School special routes that arrive/depart from Southgate Transit Centre include routes: 34S, 46S, 52S, 80S, 613, 616, and 804.[11]

References

1. "2017 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
2. "Edmonton Opens Two New LRT Stations". City of Edmonton. April 24, 2010. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
3. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
4. "Immense Mode". City of Edmonton Public Art Collection. Edmonton Arts Council. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
5. "Southgate Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
6. Hatcher, Colin (1983). Edmonton's electric transit: the story of Edmonton's streetcars and trolley buses. ISBN 091913033X.
7. "Southgate Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
8. "Southgate LRT Station". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
9. Macdonald, Jac (29 June 2007). "New temporary home for Southgate LRT dock". Edmonton Journal. p. B.1.
10. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
11. "School Service: ETS Trip Planner". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

Media related to Southgate station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons