Downtown West–Kerby station

Downtown West–Kerby station is a Calgary CTrain station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the free-fare zone on the 7 Avenue transit-only corridor.^[1] It is the only station in the downtown corridor that is exclusively for the Blue Line. A public preview occurred on December 8, 2012, and the station opened for revenue service on December 10, 2012.^[2][3][4][5]

Downtown West–Kerby
CTrain station
General information
Location	11 Street & 7 Avenue SW
Coordinates	51°02′49.8″N 114°05′14.34″W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Side-loading platforms
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station Sunalta toward 69 Street Blue Line 7 Street SW One-way operation 8 Street SW toward Saddletowne

This station replaces the former centre-loading 10 Street SW platform and relocated one block to the west. Initially, the name of this new dual side-loading platform was to be just 11 Street SW. However, Calgary City Hall changed the name to its present form because of the history of the Kerby family name in this location and the proximity to the Kerby Centre (a major social services centre primarily for seniors). The only other two-platform station in downtown is the City Hall station at the eastern end of the 7 Avenue SW transit mall. As part of the Calgary Transit Seventh Avenue refurbishment project,^[6] Downtown West–Kerby has been built to accommodate 4-car consists.

On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the CTrain system, every station between City Hall station and Downtown West–Kerby would have the lighting and cameras upgraded.^[7][8][9]

This station serves mainly the Downtown West End community, both residential and businesses.

Crime

A woman said she was approached by an unknown man at roughly 12:30 PM on November 1, 2017, on the platform of Downtown West–Kerby station. Police say the man was asking the woman for information about the train schedule, when he allegedly started to follow the woman and unwantedly kiss the woman multiple times on her neck and cheek. The woman pushed the man away but the man continued to touch her until she pushed past him onto an incoming train. The woman also mentioned that the man also approached another woman on the platform, which security camera footage confirmed that the man had approached two women on the C-Train platform.^[10]

49 year old Russell David Younker was stabbed to death at the Downtown West–Kerby station when getting into a heated fight at roughly 6:20 PM on April 15, 2021.^[11]

Notable Places Nearby

• Mewata Armoury
• Shaw Millennium skatepark
• The Kerby Centre
• The Chinese Consulate-General office at 6 Avenue SW (1 block north) and between 9 Street SW and 10 Street SW
• Athabasca University (Calgary Campus)

References

1. "7 Avenue Refurbishment Project Update: Downtown West-Kerby Station" (PDF). The City of Calgary. Retrieved September 15, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "7 Avenue Refurbishment Phase 2 Project Update – September 24, 2012" (PDF). The City of Calgary. September 24, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
3. "7 Avenue Refurbishment Phase 2 Project Update – October 8, 2012" (PDF). The City of Calgary. October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. Potkins, Meghan (November 7, 2012). "West LRT line will open Dec. 10 on time, city says". Calgary Herald. Retrieved November 7, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. West LRT Infographic (YouTube)
6. "7 Avenue Refurbishment". City of Calgary. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012.
7. "Lighting upgrades at Calgary CTrain platforms". YouTube. 22 March 2023.
8. https://twitter.com/calgarytransit/status/1638601978996568064 ^{[bare URL]}
9. https://twitter.com/calgarytransit/status/1638662129984344065 ^{[bare URL]}
10. "Police ask for help identifying suspect wanted in LRT sexual assault". CBC News. 2017-12-07.
11. "Calgary police seek 2 possible witnesses to homicide near downtown CTrain Thursday". CBC News. 2021-04-17.