7 Street Southwest station

7th Street SW
CTrain station
Location	840C - 7 Avenue SW
Coordinates	51°02′49.2″N 114°04′48″W / 51.047000°N 114.08000°W / 51.047000; -114.08000
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	2009
Services
Preceding station   CTrain   Following station Sunnyside toward Tuscany Red Line westbound 4th Street SW One-way operation Downtown West–Kerby toward 69th Street SW Blue Line westbound

7 Street Southwest station is a CTrain light rail station in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is used only by westbound trains, with the nearest stations serving east bound trains being 6 Street Southwest station and 8 Street Southwest station, both of which only serve eastbound trains. The station platform is located on the north side of 7 Avenue South, within the free fare zone of the CTrain and serves both routes 201 and 202.

The original 7 Street W station was located between 7 Street & 8 Street SW (adjacent to the Sandman Hotel) and opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. On February 27, 2009, the new 7 Street W station opened one block East (between 6 Street & 7 Street SW) and the old platform was immediately closed and demolished shortly afterwards.

Like all refurbished 7 Avenue platforms, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the station at both ends and the platform can handle 4-car trains.

The station registered an average of 12,400 weekday boardings in 2005.^[1]

In 2008, according to the Calgary Transit Website, the daily weekday ridership remains at an unchanged rate of 12,400 boardings.^[2]

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