Heritage (CTrain)

Heritage
C-Train station
Location	12 Haddon Road SW
Coordinates	50°58′43″N 114°04′27″W / 50.97861°N 114.07417°W / 50.97861; -114.07417Coordinates: 50°58′43″N 114°04′27″W / 50.97861°N 114.07417°W / 50.97861; -114.07417
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Line(s)	South Line
Platforms	Center-loading platform
Connections	3 Elbow Drive/Sandstone 20 Heritage/Northmount 39 Acadia 79 Acadia/Oakridge 80 Oakridge/Acadia 81 Macleod Trail 182 Mount Royal University South Express 306 BRT Westbrook/Heritage 410 Glenmore Business Park 502 Heritage Park (seasonal)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	557 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2012
Services
Preceding station   CTrain   Following station Chinook toward Tuscany Route 201 Southland toward Somerset – Bridlewood

Heritage is a stop on the South Line (Route 201) of the CTrain light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. The station opened on May 25, 1981 as part of the original South line.

The station, with a large 557 space park-and-ride lot, is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW, 7.9 km South of the City Hall Interlocking,west of Macleod Trail, about 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of the Heritage Park Historical Village (which is connected via a feeder bus). The station serves the large communities of Haysboro and Acadia.

The station consists of a center-loading platform with Mezzanine access on the North end and an at grade access at the South end.

As part of Calgary Transit's plans to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car stations will be extended. Construction at Heritage Station to extend the platform to the South started on July 16, 2012 and the new extended platform and ramp access opened on December 10, 2012.

Also located to the south of the Heritage station is the "Haysboro Storage Facility". Some of the CTrains are stored in this facility.

In 2005, the station registered an average transit of 13,600 boardings per weekday.^[1]

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