Grandin LRT Station

Grandin
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°32′10″N 113°30′37″W / 53.53611°N 113.51028°WCoordinates: 53°32′10″N 113°30′37″W / 53.53611°N 113.51028°W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	High Level Bridge Streetcar
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Grandin/Government Centre LRT Station
History
Opened	1989
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2013) (typical weekday)	2,650 board 2,570 alight 5,220 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station Corona toward Clareview Capital Line University toward Century Park Corona toward NAIT Metro Line University toward Health Sciences/Jubilee
Route map Edmonton LRT Legend min. running time Northeast LRT to Gorman future 0 Clareview Hwy 15 (50 Street) 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard 3 Belvedere CN Lines Hwy 16 (Yellowhead Trail) Wayne Gretzky Drive 6 Coliseum 118 Avenue CN Spur End 8 Stadium Northwest LRT to St. Albert future NAIT Kingsway/Royal Alex MacEwan 12 Churchill 13 Central 15 Bay/Enterprise Square 16 Corona 18 Grandin/Government Centre Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River 20 University 22 Health Sciences/Jubilee 24 McKernan/Belgravia Belgravia Road 26 S. Campus/Ft. Edmonton 111 Street southbound 29 Southgate Hwy 2 (Whitemud Drive) 33 Century Park South LRT to south city limits future

High Level Bridge Streetcar
Legend
former CN former CN yard km former Edmonton CPR Station 0.0 Jasper Plaza Terminal 0.5 Grandin stop 0.6 97 Avenue 1.1 North Saskatchewan River 1.6 Garneau stop 1.9 109 Street & Saskatchewan Drive 2.2 107 Street stop 2.6 1891 Railway Station Streetcar Barn & Museum 3.0 Strathcona Terminal former Strathcona CPR Station CPR yard Calgary and Edmonton Railway

Grandin (Government Centre) Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an underground station located beneath 110 Street between 99 Avenue and 98 Avenue. The station provides service to the Government Centre part of the downtown core and the neighbourhood of Oliver. The station is connected to the Alberta Legislature and several other government buildings by an underground pedway.

History

Grandin (Government Centre) Station was opened in September 1989 when the LRT system was extended 0.8 km south from the Corona Station through a light rail tunnel running beneath the downtown core.^[3]

Grandin Station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of the University Station in August 1992. Grandin Station is connected to the University Station by the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge,^[4] a dedicated LRT bridge (with a lower level for pedestrians and cyclists).

Station layout

The platform is a 123 metre long 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 over eight metres wide. Access to the platform is from the surface by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The escalator and stairs at the south end of the platform connect to a pedway system that provides access to several government buildings near the station. This pedway is separate from, and not part of, the Edmonton pedway system.^[5]

Public art

The station's west wall features a mural of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, the first Catholic Bishop in Alberta. It was designed by artist Sylvie Nadeau and it was donated by the Francophone Jeunesse de l'Alberta.^[6] After some criticism from local First Nations activists that the Nadeau mural could be interpreted as celebratory of the Indian residential schools system, local artist Aaron Paquette was commissioned to create a second "response" mural from a First Nations cultural perspective.^[7]

Around the station

• Alberta Legislature Building
• Edmonton General Hospital
• Grandin School
• High Level Bridge
• High Level Bridge Streetcar
• Oliver

Government Centre Transit Centre

Government Centre Transit Centre
Coordinates	53°32′10″N 113°30′16″W / 53.53611°N 113.50444°W
Platforms	10 bus bays
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Government Centre Transit Centre

The Government Centre Transit Centre is located on 107 Street south of 99 Avenue, adjacent to the Legislature grounds. The transit centre is served by ETS, St. Albert Transit (StAT) and Strathcona County Transit (SCT). Routes encompass the cities of Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:^[8]

Destination	Routes
Castle Downs Transit Centre	16, 160, 161, 162	ETS
Downtown	52	ETS
Mill Woods Transit Centre	71	ETS
Southgate Transit Centre	52	ETS
Sherwood Park[9]	406, 413	SCT
St. Albert	208, 209	StAT

References

1. "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
2. "2013 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. January 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
3. "LRT Brochure" (PDF). 15 November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
4. Dudley Menzies Bridge – Light Rail Transit Bridge Over The North Saskatchewan River
5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
6. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/alerts_routes_schedules_maps/grandingovernment-centre-stati.aspx
7. "Contentious Grandin Station mural to be revised". Edmonton Journal, February 27, 2014.
8. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/transit/Government_Centre_Sept2012.pdf
9. http://www.strathcona.ca/departments/Transit/Schedules_Routes/service-to-edmonton.aspx