Dalhousie (C-Train)

Dalhousie (C-Train)
Dalhousie
C-Train station
Dalhousie (C-Train) 8.jpg
Station statistics
Address 4785 Dalhousie Drive NW
Coordinates 51°06′12″N 114°09′39″W / 51.10333°N 114.16083°W / 51.10333; -114.16083
Lines Northwest
Connections 10 Southcentre
22 Dalhousie
37 Northwest Loop
43 Northwest Loop
54 Edgevalley
76 Hawkwood
77 Edgemont
122 Varsity
137 Northwest Loop
143 Northwest Loop
154 Hamptons
429 Sherwood
Platforms Center platform
Parking 760 spaces
Other information
Opened December 15th, 2003
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 18,300
Services
Preceding station   C-Train   Following station
Terminus
Route 201

Dalhousie is a station along the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta, and it was the northern terminus of route 201 from December 15, 2003 until June 14, 2009.

The station is located in the median of Crowchild Trail, at 53 Street Northwest. The station opened on December 15, 2003, and was the first C-Train station to open with a four-car platform, particularly as the Shawnessy and Somerset-Bridlewood stations also opened with four-car platforms in 2004, the 1 Street Southwest station on the 7 Avenue Transit Mall was recently rebuilt with a four-car platform, and all stations with three-car platforms will soon be upgraded to handle four cars.

The station has 760 parking spaces. Pedestrian and pathway overpasses connect with the station.

In 2005, the station registered an average of 15,100 boardings per weekday.[1]

In 2008, the station registered an average of 18,300 boardings per weekday. [1]

The bus loop at Dalhousie station on a snowy day.

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