Grandin station

Grandin station (also known as Grandin/Government Centre station) is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. It is an underground station located beneath 110 Street between 99 Avenue and 98 Avenue. The station provides service to the Government Centre part of the downtown core and the neighbourhood of Oliver. The station is connected to the Alberta Legislature and several other government buildings by underground walkways of the Edmonton Pedway.

Grandin
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates53°32′10″N 113°30′37″W
Owned byCity of Edmonton
Platformscentre platform
Tracks2
Connections
  High Level Bridge Streetcar
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
WebsiteGrandin/Government Centre LRT Station
History
Opened1989
Electrified600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)
(typical weekday)		3,009 board
2,852 alight
5,861 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station
Corona
toward Clareview
 Capital Line University
toward Century Park
Corona
toward NAIT
 Metro Line
High Level Bridge Streetcar
former
 CN
former
 CN yard
km
former
 Edmonton CPR Station
0.0
 Jasper Plaza Terminal
0.5
 Grandin
0.6
97 Avenue
1.1
North Saskatchewan River
1.6
 Garneau
1.9
109 Street & Saskatchewan Drive
2.2
 107 Street
2.6
 1891 Railway Station
 Streetcar Barn & Museum
3.0
 Strathcona Terminal
former
 Strathcona CPR Station
 CPR yard
Calgary and Edmonton Railway

History

Grandin station was opened in September 1989 when the LRT system was extended 0.8 km south from the Corona station through a light rail tunnel running beneath the downtown core.[3]

Grandin station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of University station in August 1992. Grandin station is connected to the University station by the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge,[4] a dedicated LRT bridge (with a lower level for pedestrians and cyclists).

Station layout

The platform is a 123 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 over eight metres wide. Access to the platform is from the surface by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The escalator and stairs at the south end of the platform connect to a pedway system that provides access to several government buildings near the station. This pedway is separate from, and not part of, the Edmonton pedway system.[5]

Public art

The station's west wall features a mural of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, the first Catholic Bishop in Alberta. It was designed by artist Sylvie Nadeau and it was donated by the Francophone Jeunesse de l'Alberta.[6] After some criticism from local First Nations activists that the Nadeau mural could be interpreted as celebratory of the Indian residential schools system, local artist Aaron Paquette was commissioned to create a second "response" mural from a First Nations cultural perspective.[7]

Around the station

Government Centre Transit Centre
Government Centre
Transit Centre
Coordinates53°32′10″N 113°30′16″W
Platforms10 bus bays[8]
Construction
ParkingNo
Disabled accessYes
Other information
WebsiteGovernment Centre Transit Centre

The Government Centre Transit Centre is located on 107 Street south of 99 Avenue, adjacent to the Legislature grounds. The transit centre is served by ETS, St. Albert Transit (StAT) and Strathcona County Transit (SCT). There are few amenities at the transit centre itself, other than a large shelter.[9]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[10][11][12]

Main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes
To/From Routes
Bonnie Doon 71 ETS
Calder 128[13] ETS
Castle Downs Transit Centre 16, 128,[13] 161, 162 ETS
Downtown 16, 52, 160, 161, 162, 204,[13] 208, 403, 413 ETS, StAT, SCT
Eaux Claires Transit Centre 16, 162 ETS
MacEwan 204,[13] 208, 403, 413 StAT, SCT
Millgate Transit Centre 71 ETS
Mill Woods Transit Centre 71 ETS
NAIT 130,[13] 413 ETS, SCT
Northgate Transit Centre 16, 130,[13] 161 ETS
Oxford 160 ETS
Sherwood Park Bethel Transit Terminal 413 SCT
Sherwood Park Ordze Transit Centre 403 SCT
Southgate Transit Centre 52 ETS
St. Albert Centre Exchange 204,[13] 208 StAT
St. Albert Village Transit Station 204,[13] 208 StAT
Strathcona / Whyte Ave 52 ETS
Westmount Transit Centre 128[13] ETS

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.

References
  1. "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "2017 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. "LRT Brochure" (PDF). 15 November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  4. Dudley Menzies Bridge – Light Rail Transit Bridge Over The North Saskatchewan River Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  6. http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/alerts_routes_schedules_maps/grandingovernment-centre-stati.aspx
  7. "Contentious Grandin Station mural to be revised". Edmonton Journal, February 27, 2014.
  8. "Government Centre Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  9. "Government Centre Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. "Schedules & Routes". Strathcona County. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  12. "Commuter Routes". City of St. Albert. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  13. Bartko, Karen (14 November 2018). "Transit buses to detour around Groat Road bridge construction until mid-2020". Global News. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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