Saddletowne station explained

Saddletowne
Type:CTrain station
Style:CTrain
Other:23 52 Street East
59 Savanna
60 Taradale
61 Martindale
68 68 Street East
71 Taracove
85 Martin Crossing
100 Airport/North Pointe
119 Freeport
128 Cornerstone/Redstone
136 Corner Meadows
145 Skyview Ranch/Cityscape/Redstone
157 Stoney Industrial/North Pointe
159 Saddlebrook
MO MAX Orange Brentwood
Structure:At-grade
Platform:Center-loading platform
Parking:141 spaces
Accessible:yes
Owned:Calgary Transit

Saddletowne Station is a CTrain light rail station on the Northeast leg of the Blue Line located in Saddle Ridge, Calgary, Alberta. Opened on August 27, 2012, as part of a 2.9-km extension.[1]

It is the current terminus of the N.E. line and is located in the northwest corner of Saddletowne Circle N.E., a large roundabout where the Saddleridge Town Centre a commercial and activity centre, with planned medium-density residential development and community facilities.[2] The station has a Park and Ride with a 141-stall capacity.

The station is a center-loading, walk-on island platform.

Construction on the extension started in the spring of 2010 and completed, for its grand opening block party, on August 25, 2012.[3] The extension was delayed by almost one year, as it was initially planned to open in late 2011.

In its first year of service, Saddletowne served an average of 8,730 boardings per day.[4]

The 100 bus rapid transit route arrives at the station, providing a transit connection to Calgary International Airport.[5]

Station Upgrades

Calgary Transit, in collaboration with Shaw Communications, announced on November 16, 2016 that 8 new locations for Public Wi-Fi services would be added to the Calgary C-Train system. These new locations would add public Wi-Fi to 18 new stations; including Saddletowne Station. These changes ere done as they would improve transit experience for their users, which would improve customer commitment.[6]

Around the station

Major destinations

Communities

Residential

Streets

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calgary Transit: NE Bus Routing Changes for Martindale and Saddletowne LRT Stations . 2012-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120719150713/http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/ne_lrt_extension.html . 2012-07-19.
  2. Web site: Saddle Ridge - Area Structure Plan . 2009-07-25 . 2009 . Land Use and Mobility Planning and Transportation Policy . City of Calgary.
  3. News: Martindale, Saddletowne LRT stations open Aug. 27 (Extension was five years in the works, faced delays). Calgary Herald. Jason. Markusoff. August 1, 2012. 2012-08-02.
  4. Web site: One Year Review of Blue Line (NE) LRT Extension: Martindale Station, Saddletowne Station, and Transit Service Changes . 8 . Calgary Transit . pdf . January 19, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423050845/https://www.calgarytransit.com/sites/default/files/reports/martindale-saddletowne-review-final-aug-2013.pdf . April 23, 2016 . mdy-all.
  5. Web site: Northeast transit service review . Calgary Transit . February 15, 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231213004424/https://www.calgarytransit.com/content/transit/en/home/news/northeast-route-review.html . December 13, 2023.
  6. Web site: November 16, 2016 . Calgary Transit and Shaw Communications expand Public Wi-Fi to the Northwest and Northeast CTrain stations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405032341/https://newsroom.calgary.ca/calgary-transit-and-shaw-communications-expand-public-wifi-to-the-northwest-and-northeast-ctrain-stations/ . April 5, 2023 . April 4, 2023 . Calgary Newsroom.