Bay/Enterprise Square station
Bay/Enterprise Square station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. It is an underground station located beneath Jasper Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street in downtown Edmonton. It is named for both the former Hudson's Bay Company store and Enterprise Square, the University of Alberta's downtown campus.
The station was originally called Bay station.
History
[edit]The station opened in June 1983 along with Corona station when the tunnel running beneath downtown Edmonton was extended west by 0.8 km (0.50 mi) from Central station.[3]
In spring 2008, the University of Alberta requested to the City of Edmonton's naming committee that the station be renamed "Enterprise Square" after the university's downtown campus which moved into the former Bay building in 2007. However the request was denied in June before the university appealed the decision in August 2008.[4] On January 28, 2009, the city approved to rename the station "Bay/Enterprise Square" as a compromise.[5]
Station layout
[edit]The station has a 130-metre-long (430 ft) centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is just over eight metres wide. Access to the platform is from the concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The concourse level is connected to the pedway system through Enterprise Square.[6]
Around the station
[edit]- Enterprise Square
- All Saints' Anglican Cathedral
- Canadian Western Bank Building
- Downtown
- First Presbyterian Church
- Icon Towers
- Red Arrow bus terminal
References
[edit]- ^ "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
- ^ "LRT Brochure" (PDF). November 15, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ Kent, Gordon (August 6, 2008). "U of A appeals ruling on renaming Bay LRT station". Edmonton Journal. p. B2.
- ^ Kent, Gordon (January 28, 2009). "LRT's Bay station adds name". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ 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.
