Fish Creek – Lacombe

Fish Creek-Lacombe

C-Train station

Location

14300 Shawnee Gate SW

Coordinates

50°55′23″N 114°04′23″W / 50.92306°N 114.07306°WCoordinates: 50°55′23″N 114°04′23″W / 50.92306°N 114.07306°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Line(s)

South Line

Platforms

Center-loading platform

Connections

11 Southwest Loop
12 Southwest Loop
15 Millrise
52 Evergreen/Somerset

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

1,130 spaces

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

2001

Rebuilt

2012 (platform extension)

Services

Preceding station		CTrain		Following station
Canyon Meadows toward Tuscany		Route 201		Shawnessy toward Somerset – Bridlewood

Fish Creek-Lacombe is a station on the South Line (Route 201) of the CTrain light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW), 14.2 km South of the City Hall Interlocking. The station is west of MacLeod Trail and just to the north of James McKevitt Road.

It was one of the two new stations to open on October 9, 2001 as part of the South LRT Extension Phase I. The station was, until June 27, 2004, the southern terminus of the South Line. The station was designed with the former Midnapore train station in mind, being an active replica that is used as part of Calgary's Light Rail Transit system and is currently the only station that serves in such manner.

The station serves the Fish Creek Provincial Park and St. Mary's University College, as well as the neighbourhoods of Midnapore, Shawnee Slopes and Millrise. The station has a center-loading platform with barrier-free access at both ends. The North end connects to the ticket pavilion and the bus terminal. The south end connects to the park-and-ride lot as well as the pedestrian overpass that provides access to St. Mary's University College and Fish Creek Provincial Park. A large 1130 space park-and-ride lot is located on site.

The station platform was originally constructed to 3-car length with room set aside to easily expand to 4-car length when needed in the future. Construction on a Southern extension of the platform started on July 16, 2012 and the new platform extension and relocated track crossing opened on December 15, 2012.

In 2005, the station registered an average of 6,200 boardings per weekday.^[1]

References

↑ Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

Calgary Transit CTrain stations

Red Line

Northwest	Tuscany Crowfoot Dalhousie Brentwood University Banff Trail Lions Park SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee Sunnyside

Downtown	8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

South	Victoria Park/Stampede Erlton/Stampede 39th Avenue Chinook Heritage Southland Anderson Canyon Meadows Fish Creek – Lacombe Shawnessy Somerset – Bridlewood

Blue Line

West	69th St. SW Sirocco 45th St. SW Westbrook Shaganappi Point Sunalta

Downtown	Downtown West – Kerby 8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

Northeast	Bridgeland/Memorial Zoo Barlow/Max Bell Franklin Marlborough Rundle Whitehorn McKnight – Westwinds Martindale Saddletowne

Former stations

Legend: ■ - connection | under construction | Downtown stations form the 7th Avenue Free Fare Zone

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