Heritage station (Calgary)

Heritage

C-Train station

Location

12 Haddon Road SW

Coordinates

50°58′43″N 114°04′27″W / 50.97861°N 114.07417°WCoordinates: 50°58′43″N 114°04′27″W / 50.97861°N 114.07417°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Line(s)

South Line

Platforms

Center-loading platform

Connections

3 Elbow Drive/Sandstone
20 Heritage/Northmount
39 Acadia
79 Acadia/Oakridge
80 Oakridge/Acadia
81 Macleod Trail
182 Mount Royal University South Express
306 BRT Westbrook/Heritage
410 Glenmore Business Park
502 Heritage Park (seasonal)

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

557 spaces

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

1981

Rebuilt

2012

Services

Preceding station		CTrain		Following station
Chinook toward Tuscany		Route 201		Southland toward Somerset – Bridlewood

Heritage station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It is a stop on the South Line (Route 201) and opened on May 25, 1981 as part of the original line.

The station, with a large 557 space park-and-ride lot, is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW, 7.9 km South of the City Hall Interlocking,west of Macleod Trail, about 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of the Heritage Park Historical Village (which is connected via a feeder bus). The station serves the large communities of Haysboro and Acadia.

The station consists of a center-loading platform with Mezzanine access on the North end and an at grade access at the South end.

As part of Calgary Transit's plans to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car stations will be extended. Construction at Heritage Station to extend the platform to the South started on July 16, 2012 and the new extended platform and ramp access opened on December 10, 2012.

Also located to the south of the Heritage station is the "Haysboro Storage Facility". Some of the CTrains are stored in this facility.

In 2005, the station registered an average transit of 13,600 boardings per weekday.

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