Belvedere station (Edmonton) explained

Belvedere
Type:Edmonton LRT station
Style:Edmonton LRT
Structure:Surface
Platform:Centre
Tracks:2
Parking:780 Stalls
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:1978
Rebuilt:1998
Electrified:600 V DC[1]
Accessible:Yes
Owned:City of Edmonton
Web:Belvedere LRT Station
Map State:collapsed

Belvedere station is an Edmonton LRT in Edmonton, Alberta. It serves the Capital Line. It is a ground-level station located at Fort Road and 129 Avenue.

History

The station is one of the original five stations, and opened on April 22, 1978. At that time, Belvedere was the north east terminus of the line.

The original station had a single side platform and a single track.

The station underwent significant upgrades including a covered station, five car platform, and a grade separated pedestrian overpass—at a cost of $6.3 million, in 1998.[2]

Belvedere Station won two awards, the Masonry Contractors Association of Alberta Award of Excellence and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Alberta Steel Design Award in the Architectural Category for Most Effective and Innovative Use of Structural Steel.[2]

Station layout

The station has a 121adj=midNaNadj=mid 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 under wide, which is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines.[3]

The LRT station and transit centre has a park and ride lot with 780 parking spaces.

Public art

Belvedere Station is decorated with stained glass pieces entitled "Travail in Tandem" by Father Douglas osf.[4]

Around the station

Belvedere Transit Centre

Belvedere Transit Centre
Style:Edmonton LRT
Platform:12 bus bays[5]
Connections: FlixBus[6]
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:yes
Web:Belvedere Transit Centre

The Belvedere Transit Centre is located on the west side of the LRT station. It is connected to the station by a pedestrian overpass. It contains several amenities including Park & Ride, a drop off area, a large shelter, a pay phone and vending machines. There are no washrooms at this transit centre, but there are washrooms inside the LRT station.[7] [8]

The transit centre shelter was upgraded in 2017-2019 as part of a citywide $37.75 million transit centre improvement initiative[9] $2.426 million in funding for the Belvedere Transit Centre renewal project was provided by the federal government.[10] The new transit centre shelter opened on October 2, 2019.[11]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:

See main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes.

To/FromRoutes
Capilano Transit Centre53
Clareview Transit Centre2-Owl, 53, 107, 108
Coliseum Transit Centre2-Owl, 53
Downtown2-Owl
Londonderry107
McConachie107
Mill Woods Transit Centre53
Northgate Transit Centre106
Stadium Transit Centre2-Owl
Wellington106
The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SD160 Light Rail Vehicle . Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. . https://web.archive.org/web/20101026082217/http://www.mobility.siemens.com/shared/data/pdf/sts_usa_internet/edmonton_sd160.pdf . October 26, 2010 . August 1, 2014 . May 2007.
  2. Web site: LRT Brochure . November 15, 2004 . November 30, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070104201709/http://www.edmonton.ca/transit/whats_new/LRT_Brochure_2004.pdf . January 4, 2007 .
  3. Web site: LRT Design Guidelines 2011 . City of Edmonton . July 2011 . 700 . May 30, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120601013049/http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/LRT_design_guidlines_2011.pdf#page=700 . June 1, 2012 .
  4. Web site: Belvedere Station :: City of Edmonton . 2013-08-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904115150/http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/alerts_routes_schedules_maps/belvedere-station.aspx . 2013-09-04 .
  5. Web site: Belvedere Transit Centre Map . 2017-09-25.
  6. Web site: Bus Edmonton to Calgary.
  7. Web site: Belvedere Transit Centre . 2017-09-25.
  8. Web site: Belvedere LRT Station . 2017-09-25.
  9. Web site: Edmonton to begin replacing transit centres this summer . Metro News . May 12, 2017 . Jeremy . Simes . 16 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313094209/http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2017/05/12/edmonton-transit-centre-service-shelter-upgrade.html . 13 March 2018.
  10. Web site: Federal Government Infrastructure Investments in Alberta Examples . 10 January 2017 . Government of Alberta . 16 March 2018.
  11. Web site: Edmonton transit centres reopen . Journal of Commerce . 24 October 2019 . 9 November 2019.