McKernan/Belgravia station

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.^[2] It is a ground-level station located on 114 Street at 76 Avenue.

McKernan/Belgravia
Edmonton LRT station
General information
Coordinates	53°30′47″N 113°31′34″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	McKernan/Belgravia LRT Station
History
Opened	2009
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	2,104 board 2,034 alight 4,138 Total[1]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Health Sciences/Jubilee toward Clareview Capital Line South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park toward Century Park
Route map Legend CN lines Clareview Highway 15 50 Street 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard Belvedere CN lines Highway 16 Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive Blatchford Gate Coliseum NAIT/Blatchford Market 118 Avenue Kingsway/Royal Alex CN Spur End MacEwan Stadium 102 Street to Lewis Farms (2028) Churchill Quarters Central Bay/Enterprise Square Tawatinâ Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Corona Muttart Government Centre Strathearn Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Holyrood University Bonnie Doon Health Sciences/Jubilee Avonmore McKernan/Belgravia Mill Creek Belgravia Road Davies South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park 75 Street 111 Street southbound lane Gerry Wright OMF Southgate Highway 14 Whitemud Drive Highway 2 Whitemud Drive Millbourne/Woodvale Century Park Grey Nuns Mill Woods Key Capital Line Valley Line Metro Line CN tracks All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit

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

Originally, 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]

McKernan/Belgravia is the least used station on the entire Edmonton LRT network, with usually under 5,000 riders per day.

The station closed for platform repairs and tile replacement in early May 2020 and reopened in late July 2020.^[2]

Station layout

McKernan/Belgravia station opening ceremony

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

• Belgravia
• McKernan
• McKernan School

References

1. "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "City Council Minutes" (DOC). City of Edmonton. September 26, 2006. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. "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.
8. "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

Media related to McKernan/Belgravia station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons