Stadium station (Edmonton)

Stadium station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves the Capital Line. It is a ground-level station located at 111 Avenue and 84 Street, next to Commonwealth Stadium and Clarke Stadium.

Stadium
Edmonton LRT station
Stadium Station during its redevelopment; portions of the structure have already been dismantled.
Coordinates	53°33′36″N 113°28′15″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	468 Stalls
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Stadium LRT Station
History
Opened	1978
Electrified	600 V DC[1]
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	2,715 board 2,669 alight 5,384 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station Coliseum toward Clareview Capital Line Churchill toward Century Park
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

History

The station opened on April 22, 1978, and is one of the original five stations on the LRT system.[3]

Redevelopment work on the station began in mid-May 2020. The station redevelopment includes renovating the entire station roof canopy, removing the underground concourse, adding a second platform (making the station the only two platform LRT station in Edmonton), adding new heated shelters, public washrooms, and a security office. This redevelopment work is expected to be complete in January 2022.[4]

Station layout

The station has a 125 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 under eight metres wide, which is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines. 468 parking spaces are available to commuters at the station.[5]

Public art

The public art at Stadium station was designed by students at the University of Alberta. It is a series of flags and flagpoles made of coloured aluminum.[6]

Security

In 2010, a 23-year-old woman was shot and killed at Stadium station.[7]

Around the station

• Clarke Stadium
• Commonwealth Stadium
• Cromdale, Edmonton
• McCauley, Edmonton
• Norwood, Edmonton

Stadium Transit Centre

Stadium Transit Centre
Platforms	9 bus bays[8]
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Stadium Transit Centre

The Stadium Transit Centre is located on the east and west side of the LRT station (along 111 avenue). It is connected to the station by a pedestrian underpass below the station. This transit centre has park & ride and a drop off area. There are no public washrooms, pay phones, or vending machines at this transit centre.[9]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[10]

To/From	Routes
Belvedere Transit Centre	125, 512
Coliseum Transit Centre	125, 512
Clareview Transit Centre	2, 512
Downtown	2, 120, 512
Highlands	2
Jasper Place Transit Centre	120, 125
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre	125
Lessard	2
MacEwan	2
Northlands	577 (during K-Days)
West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre	2
Westmount Transit Centre	125

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.
School special routes that arrive/depart from Stadium Transit Centre include route: 125S.[11]

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. The other four are Belvedere station, Coliseum station, Churchill station and Central station.
4. Bourne, Kirby (2 May 2020). "City of Edmonton gearing up for LRT maintenance and revitalization projects". Global News. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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.
6. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/alerts_routes_schedules_maps/stadium-station-art.aspx
7. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/woman-shot-dead-at-edmonton-lrt-station-1.884046
8. "Stadium Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
9. "Stadium Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
10. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
11. "School Service: ETS Trip Planner". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

See also

Media related to Stadium station (Edmonton) at Wikimedia Commons