Crowfoot station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada adjacent to Scenic Acres and Arbour Lake. It opened on June 15, 2009 as part of a 4 km extension, of Route 201 and was the line's northern terminus until August 23, 2014.
Crowfoot | |||||||||||
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| CTrain station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 141 Crowfoot Way NW | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°07′23″N 114°12′27″W / 51.12306°N 114.20750°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre-loading platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | 40 North Hill 76 Hawkwood 97 South Ranchlands/Scenic Acres 113 North Ranchlands/Scenic Acres 120 North Silver Springs 134 South Silver Springs 138 Citadel 299 Arbour Lake Banff & Canmore On-It Regional Transit | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1345 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2009 | ||||||||||
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The station is located in the median of Crowchild Trail, 13 km (8.1 mi) Northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking, to the west of Nose Hill Drive. Designed with a 1345 stall Park and Ride lot and pedestrian overpasses that connect the station directly to both the Scenic Acres community, as well as provide a link to Crowfoot Centre. Inside the station building, two escalators, a set of stairs, and an elevator provide access to the platform. The Crowfoot Station is unique in that the Western end of the platform wraps around the station building.[1]
References
edit- ^ Price, R. A.; Mongger, J.W.H. "A transect of the southern Canadian Cordillera from Calgary to Vancouver" (PDF). ResearchGate.
External links
edit- Northwest Extension Construction - Specifications & Image Gallery Timeline