Dalhousie (CTrain)

Dalhousie

C-Train station (Northwest Line)

Location

4785 Dalhousie Drive NW

Coordinates

51°06′12″N 114°09′39″W / 51.10333°N 114.16083°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Line(s)

Northwest (Route 201)

Platforms

Center-loading platform

Connections

10 Southcentre/Dalhousie
22 Dalhousie
37 Northwest Loop
43 Northwest Loop
54 Edgevalley
76 Hawkwood
77 Edgemont
122 Varsity
137 Northwest Loop
143 Northwest Loop
154 Hamptons
181 Mount Royal University North Express
429 Sherwood

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

760 spaces

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

2003

Services

Preceding station		CTrain		Following station
Crowfoot toward Tuscany		Route 201		Brentwood toward Somerset – Bridlewood

Dalhousie is a station along the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the CTrain light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. It opened on December 15, 2003 as part of a 2.8 km (1.73 miles) extension of the Northwest line and was the terminal station of the Northwest line until June 14, 2009.

The station is located in the median of Crowchild Trail, just East of 53 Street Northwest and is 9 km Northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. The station opened on December 15, 2003, and was the first CTrain station to open with a four-car platform. Since then, all new extension stations have opened with four-car platforms.

The station has 760 parking spaces. From the stations opening in 2003, the park and ride lot was very crowded and would fill up very early in the morning. Since Crowfoot station opened in 2009 with almost double the spaces as Dalhousie, the situation has eased somewhat.

Pedestrian overpasses connect to the station from both the North and South sides of Crowchild Trail. Two escalators, a set of stairs, and an elevator provide access down to the platform. The station serves the adjacent communities of Dalhousie and Varsity, as well as Dalhousie Station, a regional shopping centre.

In 2008, the station registered an average of 18,300 boardings per weekday.

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