McKernan/Belgravia station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta. It is served by the Capital Line, and is the least used station on the LRT system with a typical weekday traffic averaging 4,138 riders as of 2019.[2] It is a ground-level station located on 114 Street at 76 Avenue.
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.
History
editOriginally, the proposed name for the station was the 76 Avenue station. City council voted to change the name to McKernan/Belgravia on September 26, 2006 with approval from the two communities.[3][4]
The station was officially opened on April 25, 2009, with regular service commencing on April 26, 2009.[5]
The station closed for platform repairs and tile replacement in early May 2020 and reopened in late July 2020.[2]
Station layout
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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.[6] At the time of opening, the platform was 100-metre long but was extended 23 metres in 2010 to accommodate five-car trains.[7]
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.[8]
Around the station
editReferences
edit- ^ "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
- ^ a b Bourne, Kirby (May 2, 2020). "City of Edmonton gearing up for LRT maintenance and revitalization projects". Global News. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ Ruttan, Susan (September 27, 2006). "Contestants for mayor's job will need 100 signatures". Edmonton Journal. p. B10. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "City Council Minutes" (DOC). City of Edmonton. September 26, 2006. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ^ LeBlanc, Brittney (April 25, 2009). "Opening Celebrations for two new LRT stations held today". iNews880. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "South LRT - Making Tracks Summer 2010" (PDF). City of Edmonton. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ^ "South LRT — Health Sciences to Century Park Fact Sheet" (PDF). City of Edmonton. March 29, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2013.
External links
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Media related to McKernan/Belgravia station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons