Bay/Enterprise Square station

Bay/Enterprise Square station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. It is an underground station located beneath Jasper Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street. It is named for both the former Hudson's Bay Company store and Enterprise Square, the University of Alberta's downtown campus.

Bay/Enterprise Square
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°32′27″N 113°29′54″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Bay/Enterprise Square LRT Station
History
Opened	1983
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Previous names	Bay Station
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	5,231 board 5,041 alight 10,272 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Central toward Clareview Capital Line Corona toward Century Park Central toward NAIT Metro Line
Route map 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 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

The station was originally called Bay station.

History

The station opened in June 1983 along with Corona station when the tunnel running beneath downtown Edmonton was extended west by 0.8 km (0.50 mi) from Central station.[3]

Bay station in 2007. Since then, the payphones have been removed and passenger information displays have been added

On January 28, 2009, Edmonton City Council approved the decision to rename the station Bay/Enterprise Square as the former Bay building became the University of Alberta's downtown campus, Enterprise Square in 2008.[4]

Station layout

The station has a 130-metre-long (430 ft) 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 concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The concourse level is connected to the pedway system through Enterprise Square.[5]

Around the station

• All Saints' Anglican Cathedral
• Canadian Western Bank Building
• Downtown
• Enterprise Square
• First Presbyterian Church
• Icon Towers

References

1. "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
2. "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
3. "LRT Brochure" (PDF). November 15, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
4. Landry, Frank (January 29, 2009). "LRT station renamed for Enterprise Square". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.