1 Street Southwest station

1st Street SW
CTrain station
Location	121C - 7 Avenue SE
Coordinates	51°02′47.6″N 114°03′51″W / 51.046556°N 114.06417°W / 51.046556; -114.06417
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Line(s)	Red (201) and Blue (202)
Platforms	Single side-loading platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2005
Services
Preceding station   CTrain   Following station 4th Street SW toward Tuscany Red Line westbound City Hall One-way operation 4th Street SW toward 69th Street SW Blue Line westbound

1 Street Southwest station is a stop in downtown Calgary on the city's CTrain light rail system. The 1 Street platform is served by westbound trains only, with the nearest eastbound train platforms being Centre Street station and 3 Street Southwest station, both of which only serve eastbound trains. The platform is located on the north side of 7 Avenue South, west of Centre Street within the free fare zone, serving both routes 201 and 202.

The original 1 Street W station opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's first LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson and was located between 1 Street & 2 Street SW (across from the Scotia Center). On October 28, 2005, a new four-car platform for the 1 Street Southwest stop was finished. The platform moved to a new location between 1 Street and Centre Street, one block east of its old location. This was the first station to be refurbished as part of the 7 Avenue Refurbishment Project.

All of the 7 Avenue Refurbished Stations that followed in 2005 - 2012 use the same basic design as Centre Street where the entire sidewalk slopes up to platform level. However, the canopy design at Centre Street is slightly different from the newer stations constructed in 2005 and onwards.

The Telus Convention Centre, Glenbow Museum, and the Calgary Tower are located near these platforms, as are skyscrapers such as the Suncor Energy Centre, Scotia Centre and Bow Valley Square.

In 2005 the station registered an average of 19,000 weekday boardings.^[1]

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