Corona (ETS)

Corona Edmonton LRT Station
Corona features chandeliers in the station
Station statistics
Coordinates	53°32′27″N 113°30′27″W / 53.54083°N 113.5075°W / 53.54083; -113.5075Coordinates: 53°32′27″N 113°30′27″W / 53.54083°N 113.5075°W / 53.54083; -113.5075
Structure	Underground
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1983
Accessible
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station Bay/Enterprise Square toward Clareview LRT Grandin toward Century Park

Edmonton LRT route diagram

Legend Gorman future Clareview 0 min 50 Street (Highway 15) 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard Belvedere 3 min CN Lines Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16) Wayne Gretzky Drive (future) North LRT Coliseum 6 min (2014) NAIT 118 Avenue (2014) Kingsway CN Spur End (2014) MacEwan Stadium 8 min Churchill 12 min Central 13 min Bay/Enterprise Square 14 min Corona 15 min Grandin/Gov't Centre 16 min Dudley B. Menzies Bridge North Saskatchewan River University 19 min Health Sciences/Jubilee 20 min McKernan/Belgravia 22 min Belgravia Road South Campus 24 min 111 Street Southbound Southgate 28 min Whitemud Drive (Highway 2) Century Park 33 min 111 Street & 23 Ave Blackmud Creek A. Henday Dr. (Hwy 216) Ellerslie future South LRT future

Corona Station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit (LRT) Station operated by Edmonton Transit System in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the downtown core beneath Jasper Avenue between 107 Street and 108 Street.

Corona Station was opened June 1983 along with Bay Station when the LRT system was extended by 0.8 km beneath Jasper Avenue from Central Station.^[1] 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.^[2] The station and First Edmonton Place both opened in 1983.

The station has a 123 metre 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 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—Churchill, Central and Bay/Enterprise Square—the concourse level at Corona is not connected to the Edmonton pedway system.^[3]

Corona Station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of Grandin (Government Centre) Station in September 1989.

References

1. ^ Edmonton Transit System (2007). "LRT Brochure". City of Edmonton. http://webdocs.edmonton.ca/transit/whats_new/LRT_Brochure_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-26. 
2. ^ "Send LRT's old names down the tube". Edmonton Journal. 2008-08-13. http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=7e904824-fd1a-4a8a-9765-a9e0d34d4320. Retrieved 2010-10-26. 
3. ^ "LRT Design Guidelines". Edmonton. 2005. doi:25+February+2005. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/RoadsTraffic/LRT_Design_Guidelines.pdf , See Appendix 1 for platform length for this station.

See also

• Edmonton Light Rail Transit
• Edmonton Transit System