Southgate station (Edmonton) explained

Southgate
Type:Edmonton LRT station
Style:Edmonton LRT
Structure:Surface
Platform:Centre
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:2010
Accessible:Yes
Owned:City of Edmonton
Web:Southgate LRT Station
Map State:collapsed

Southgate station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta. It is served by the Capital Line. It is a ground-level station located next to the Southgate Centre shopping mall and the Southgate Transit Centre at 51 Avenue and 111 Street.

The station was officially opened on April 24, 2010, with regular service commencing on April 25, 2010.[1]

Southgate LRT Station provides an important transit connection between southwest Edmonton neighbourhoods, the University of Alberta and downtown Edmonton.

Station layout

The station has a 123-metre long centre-loading platform that can accommodate two trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is exactly nine metres wide.[2] It also has a grade-separated pedestrian overpass connecting the station to Southgate Centre and the Southgate Transit Centre to the east and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood to the west.The transit centre features two 20feet brick boots, titled Immense Mode, a public art piece by Dawn Detarando and Bryan McArthur.[3]

Around the station

Southgate Transit Centre

Southgate Transit Centre
Style:Edmonton LRT
Platform:18 bus bays[4]
Parking:No
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:November 22, 1977
Accessible:Yes
Web:Southgate Transit Centre
Connections: Ebus[5]
FlixBus[6]
Rider Express[7]

The Southgate Transit Centre, first opened on November 22, 1977,[8] is on the east side of 111 Street, adjacent to the LRT Station. It is connected to the station by an elevator-equipped pedestrian overpass which also crosses to the west side of 111 Street and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood. This transit centre has a drop off area, a large shelter and a pay phone. It does not have park & ride, public washrooms or vending machines.[9] There are public washrooms available in the adjacent LRT station.[10]

The transit centre temporarily moved to the north side of 51 Avenue on 111 Street for 2007 and 2008, during the construction of the Southgate LRT station.[11]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[12]

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

To/FromRoutes
Aspen Gardens702
Century Park Transit Centre9-Owl, 705, 707, 708, 709
Davies Transit Centre6
Downtown9, 701
Eaux Claires Transit Centre9
Government Centre Transit Centre701
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre9
Leger Transit Centre706
Meadows Transit Centre55
Northgate Transit Centre9
Southpark Centre704
South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre702
Strathcona / Whyte Ave701
West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre55
The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmonton Opens Two New LRT Stations . April 24, 2010 . City of Edmonton . May 30, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214033124/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/news/edmonton-opens-two-new-lrt-sta.aspx . December 14, 2011 .
  2. Web site: LRT Design Guidelines 2011. July 2011. City of Edmonton. 700. City of Edmonton. May 30, 2012.
  3. Web site: Immense Mode. City of Edmonton Public Art Collection. Edmonton Arts Council. July 19, 2016.
  4. Web site: Southgate Transit Centre Map . City of Edmonton . October 2, 2017.
  5. Web site: Edmonton-Red Deer-Calgary Locations | Ebus.
  6. Web site: Bus Edmonton to Calgary.
  7. Web site: Locations.
  8. Book: Hatcher, Colin . 1983 . Edmonton's electric transit: the story of Edmonton's streetcars and trolley buses . 091913033X.
  9. Web site: Southgate Transit Centre . City of Edmonton . October 2, 2017.
  10. Web site: Southgate LRT Station . City of Edmonton . October 2, 2017.
  11. News: New temporary home for Southgate LRT dock . 29 June 2007 . Macdonald . Jac . Edmonton Journal . B.1.
  12. Web site: Brochures in PDF . City of Edmonton . 1 September 2019.