69 Street station (Calgary)

69 Street station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^[1] It is the sixth and terminal station on the West LRT line.^[2] The station was opened for the public on December 8, 2012, as part of a preview of the new West Line with an opening ceremony for the line.^[3] Revenue service started on December 10, 2012.^[4]

69 Street
CTrain station
General information
Coordinates	51°02′15.42″N 114°11′13.32″W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Centre-loading platform
Connections	51 Discovery Ridge/West Springs 93 Westbrook/Coach Hill 94 Strathcona/Signal Hill 98 Cougar Ridge 156 Aspen Woods 164 Aspen Summit
Construction
Structure type	Trench
Parking	93 spaces on surface lot, 750 spaces in parkade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station Terminus Blue Line Sirocco toward Saddletowne

The trenched station is located at the intersection of 69 Street SW and 17 Avenue SW, 8.2 km West of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW Interlocking. Ambrose University and the new Ernest Manning High School,^[5] which replaced the old one at 17 Avenue & 33 Street SW, due to the construction of the Westbrook station, are located adjacent to the 69 St. SW station. Another major school, Rundle College, is located a block away. The station is also near the Westside Recreation Centre.

69 Street along with 45 Street are the first trenched stations to be built in Calgary.

The centre-loading platform is accessed at both the east and west ends through station heads providing access to the platform via escalator, stairs, and an elevator.

The station includes a large Park & Ride lot that can accommodate 840 vehicles and it includes a multi-level parkade.^[6]

The West Line is planned to be extended further west, past 69 Street SW, to Aspen Woods and Springbank Hill, once the population of those areas is sufficient for LRT. The extension is not expected to happen until after 2023, so 69 Street SW will be the terminus station until at least then.

In its first year of service, 69 Street served an average of 10,590 boardings per day.^[7]

Around the station

Major Destinations

• Ambrose University
• Ernest Manning Athletic Park
• Ernest Manning High School
• Rundle College Jr/Sr High School
• Westside Recreation Centre

Communities

• Aspen Woods
• Christie Park
• Signal Hill
• Springbank Hill

Major Streets

• 17 Avenue SW
• 69 Street SW
• Springborough Blvd

References

1. "69 Street SW Information Page". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
2. "West LRT Riders Guide" (PDF). Calgary Transit. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2013.
3. Howell, Trevor Scott (December 8, 2012). "Crowds turn out to welcome city's newest LRT line". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
4. Potkins, Meghan (November 7, 2012). "West LRT line will open Dec. 10 on time, city says". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
5. Ernest Manning High School Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Park and Ride Locations". Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
7. "West LRT One Year Review" (pdf). 2014. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2019.