Corona station (Edmonton)

Corona 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 107 Street and 108 Street. It is the closest station to NorQuest College.

Corona
Edmonton LRT station
Corona features chandeliers in the station
General information
Coordinates	53°32′27″N 113°30′21″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Corona LRT Station
History
Opened	1983
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	9,049 board 8,670 alight 17,719 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Bay/Enterprise Square toward Clareview Capital Line Government Centre toward Century Park Bay/Enterprise Square toward NAIT/Blatchford Market Metro Line Government Centre toward Health Sciences/Jubilee
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

History

Corona station was opened in June 1983 along with Bay station when the LRT system was extended by 0.8 km beneath Jasper Avenue from Central station.^[3] The station was named after the Corona Hotel which was located on the current site of First Edmonton Place, an office tower directly above the station.^[4] The station and First Edmonton Place both opened in 1983.

Corona station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of Grandin station in September 1989.

Station layout

The station has a 123-metre (403 ft 7 in) long 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 (26 ft 3 in) wide. Access to the platform is from the concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. Unlike other downtown stations, the concourse level at Corona is not connected to the Edmonton pedway system.^[5]

Around the station

• Alberta Blue Cross
• Alberta Education
• Downtown
• First Edmonton Place
• Intact Building
• NorQuest College

References

1. "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
2. "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
3. "LRT Brochure" (PDF). 15 November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
4. "Send LRT's old names down the tube". Edmonton Journal. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Corona station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons