McKernan/Belgravia LRT Station

McKernan/Belgravia
Edmonton LRT station
File:LRT Station McKernan-Belgravia 10.jpg
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Bicycle facilities	yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	McKernan/Belgravia LRT Station
History
Opened	2009
Traffic
Passengers (2013) (typical weekday)	2,100 board 1,920 alight 4,020 Total
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station Health Sciences/Jubilee toward Clareview Capital Line South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park toward Century Park
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

McKernan/Belgravia Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is a ground-level station located on 114 Street at 76 Avenue.

The station, located between the Health Sciences/Jubilee Station and the South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Station, provides service to the neighborhoods of Belgravia and McKernan.

History

Originally, the proposed name for the station was the 76 Avenue Station; however both the Belgravia Community League and the McKernan Community League wanted the name to reflect their communities. After much discussion by the McKernan Community League Historian, Ed Stover, City Council voted to change the name to McKernan/Belgravia in October 2006.

The station was officially opened on April 25, 2009, with regular service commencing on April 26, 2009.

McKernan/Belgravia is one of only six stations that have never been the terminus of the LRT system.

Station Layout

The station has a 123 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is six metres wide, narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines.

A pedestrian underpass, included as part of the station design, allows passengers and other pedestrian traffic to easily cross 114 Street.

Around the station

• Belgravia
• McKernan
• McKernan School

External links

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