3 Street SW station

3 Street SW station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 3 Street SW platform is used by eastbound trains, with the nearest stations serving westbound trains being and the 4 Street SW station and the 1 Street SW station. The platforms is located on the south side of 7 Avenue S and is located within the free-fare zone serving both Routes 201 and 202.^{[citation needed]}

3 Street SW
CTrain station
3rd St SW (eastbound)
General information
Location	333C - 7 Avenue SW
Coordinates	51°02′47.8″N 114°04′09″W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Single side-loading platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2010
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station 6 Street SW One-way operation Red Line Centre Street toward Somerset–Bridlewood Blue Line Centre Street toward Saddletowne Eau Claire Terminus Green Line (phase 1) transfer at 7 Avenue SW Centre Street S toward Shepard

The 3 Street W station, located between 3 Street and 2 Street SW and adjacent to The CORE/TD Square shopping centre opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. The original station was closed on April 20, 2009, and demolished immediately with the new station constructed in its place. The new station opened on March 12, 2010.^[1][2]

Like all refurbished 7 Avenue platforms, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the station at both ends and the platform can handle 4-car trains.^{[citation needed]}

On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the C-Train system, 3rd Street SW Station, along with every other station between City Hall and Downtown West-Kerby Stations would have the lighting and cameras upgraded.^[3][4]

According to data released by Calgary Transit, the 3 Street SW Station had an average weekday daily ridership of 16,300 in the year of 2007.^[5]

References

1. "7 Avenue LRT Refurbishment Project" (PDF). City of Calgary Transportation Infrastructure. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
2. "7 Avenue Refurbishment". April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
3. "Lighting upgrades at Calgary CTrain platforms". YouTube.
4. @calgarytransit (March 22, 2023). "#CTRiders, we've recently upgraded the lighting on all CTrain platforms from Downtown West/Kerby to City Hall" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[user-generated source]}
5. "LRT Ridership". Calgary Transit. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.