Downtown West – Kerby

C-Train station

Location

11 Street & 7 Avenue SW

Coordinates

51°02′49.8″N 114°05′14.34″W / 51.047167°N 114.0873167°WCoordinates: 51°02′49.8″N 114°05′14.34″W / 51.047167°N 114.0873167°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Line(s)

7th Avenue Transit Corridor

Platforms

Side-loading platforms

Construction

Structure type

At-Grade

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

2012

Services

Preceding station		CTrain		Following station
Sunalta toward 69 Street Southwest		Route 202		7 Street Southwest westbound toward Saddletowne
Sunalta toward 69 Street Southwest		Route 202		8 Street Southwest eastbound toward Saddletowne

Downtown West – Kerby is a CTrain free-fare zone station on the 7 Avenue transit-only corridor in Calgary, Alberta.^[1] Unlike all the other downtown stations, this gateway station^[2] is exclusively for Route 202 West LRT line, which opened for revenue service on December 10, 2012.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The preview for the public occurred on December 8, 2012.

This station replaces the former centre-loading 10 Street SW platform and relocated one block to the west. Initially, the name of this new dual side-loading platform was to be just 11 Street SW. However, Calgary City Hall changed the name to its present form because of the history of the Kerby family name in this location and the proximity to the Kerby Centre (a major social services centre primarily for seniors). The only other two-platform station in downtown is the City Hall station at the eastern end of the 7 Avenue SW transit mall. As part of the Calgary Transit Seventh Avenue refurbishment project^[7] Downtown West-Kerby has been built to accommodate 4-car consists.

This station serves mainly the Downtown West End community, both residential and businesses.

Notable places nearby

Mewata Armoury
Shaw Millennium skatepark
The Kerby Centre
The Chinese Consulate-General office at 6 Avenue SW (1 block north) and between 9 Street SW and 10 Street SW
Athabasca University (Calgary Campus)

References

↑ "7 AVENUE REFURBISHMENT PROJECT UPDATE: DOWNTOWN WEST-KERBY STATION" (PDF). The City of Calgary (website). Retrieved 2012-09-15.
↑ "Luminous Crossings - Public Artwork". City of Calgary.
↑ "7 AVENUE REFURBISHMENT PHASE 2 PROJECT UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 24, 2012" (PDF). The City of Calgary. September 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
↑ "7 AVENUE REFURBISHMENT PHASE 2 PROJECT UPDATE – OCTOBER 8, 2012" (PDF). The City of Calgary. October 8, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
↑ Potkins, Meghan (November 7, 2012). "West LRT line will open Dec. 10 on time, city says". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
↑ West LRT Infographic (YouTube)
↑ "(untitled)". City of Calgary. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012.

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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