City Hall/Bow Valley College Station

City Hall/Bow Valley College

CTrain station

The new dual-platform City Hall Station

General information

Other names

City Hall

Location

323C - 7 Avenue SE

Coordinates

51°02′46.5″N 114°03′25″W / 51.046250°N 114.05694°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Line(s)

Red Line - Blue Line

Platforms

Side-loading platforms

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

1981

Rebuilt

2011 (major)^[1]

Previous names

2 Street E (1981–1987) City Hall (1987–2023)

Services

Preceding station		Following station
1 Street SW toward Tuscany	Red Line	Victoria Park/Stampede toward Somerset–Bridlewood
Centre Street One-way operation	Red Line	Victoria Park/Stampede toward Somerset–Bridlewood
Centre Street One-way operation	Blue Line	Bridgeland/Memorial toward Saddletowne
1 Street SW toward 69 Street	Blue Line	Bridgeland/Memorial toward Saddletowne

City Hall/Bow Valley College Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It is located on the 7 Avenue transit mall between Macleod Trail and 3 Street S.E. It is the easternmost station downtown, and serves as a Gateway station.^[2] It was the first downtown station to have dual-side platforms (Downtown West–Kerby station, opened in 2012, was the second). It serves both the Red Line and the Blue Line and is the eastern extent of the free-fare zone. The station is located inside of the Downtown Commercial Core on the southeastern area of the community, near the border of the Downtown East Village community.

This new dual-platform station replaces the previous City Hall and Olympic Plaza stations both of which opened May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's first LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson.

The original City Hall Station served only eastbound trains. The station was originally called 2 Street E. In late 1987, the station was renamed City Hall as 2 Street SE became Macleod Trail Northbound and the city did not want to call the Station Macleod Trail since it would not give a good indicator of the station's location because Macleod Trail is a long roadway traveling all the way to the very south end of the city. City Hall was chosen as the station is adjacent to the Calgary Municipal Building.

The original Olympic Plaza Station was initially called 1 Street E. It was renamed Olympic Plaza in late 1987 as its namesake is right across the street. The station was located between Macleod Trail and 1 Street SE.

On May 3, 2010, the original City Hall station was closed to be demolished and rebuilt on the spot, with a new westbound platform being constructed across the street, while the original Olympic Plaza station remained open. On June 6, 2011, both City Hall platforms opened and Olympic Plaza was permanently closed and demolished shortly thereafter. After the 2011 Stampede finished, the eastbound platform (South side of 7 Avenue; adjacent to Municipal Building) was re-closed to finish construction and officially re-opened on September 19, 2011.^[1] The Westbound platform (North side of 7 Avenue; adjacent to the Library) was completely finished as of June 6, 2011, and remained open.

Olympic Plaza was the last of the vintage 1981 Stations on 7 Avenue to be demolished. Both of the new platforms are built to 4-car length and use the same design as all other downtown stations.

Notable Locations near the station include the Calgary Municipal Building, Calgary City Hall, Arts Commons, Calgary Central Library, Bow Valley College and Olympic Plaza. Also, the United States Consulate Office is located at nearby Rocky Mountain Plaza across from Olympic Plaza (and also beside where the now-demolished station of the same name used to stand).

On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the CTrain system, City Hall, along with every other station between City Hall and Downtown West/Kerby Stations would have the lighting and cameras upgraded.^[3]^[4]^[5]

On September 19 2023, Calgary Transit announced the station would rename to City Hall/Bow Valley College to simplify the commute for students and staff and better reflect the area.^[6]

With 2007 data released by Calgary Transit: the former Olympic Plaza Station had a ridership of 11,800 on weekdays, the old City Hall Station had a ridership of 9,700 on weekdays, and the former 3 Street SE Station had a ridership of 3,400 on weekdays.^[7] With these combined, the modern City Hall station would've had an average weekday ridership of 24,900 in the year of 2007.

References

^ ^a ^b City Hall LRT station opening (YouTube)
^ "Luminous Crossings - Public Artwork".
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYLn6KePmwk
^ https://twitter.com/calgarytransit/status/1638601978996568064
^ https://twitter.com/calgarytransit/status/1638662129984344065
^ https://www.calgarytransit.com/content/transit/en/home/news/new-station-name--same-service-.html
^ "LRT Ridership". Calgary Transit. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.

Calgary Transit

CTrain lines and stations

Red Line

Northwest	Tuscany Crowfoot Dalhousie Brentwood ■ University Banff Trail Lions Park ■ SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee ■ Sunnyside
Downtown	8 Street SW ■ ■ 7 Street SW ■ ■ 6 Street SW ■ ■ 4 Street SW ■ ■ 3 Street SW ■ ■ 1 Street SW ■ ■ ■ Centre Street ■ ■ City Hall ■ ■
South	Victoria Park/Stampede Erlton/Stampede 39 Avenue Chinook Heritage ■ Southland Anderson Canyon Meadows Fish Creek–Lacombe Shawnessy Somerset–Bridlewood

Blue Line

West	69 Street Sirocco 45 Street Westbrook ■ Shaganappi Point Sunalta
Downtown	Downtown West–Kerby 8 Street SW ■ ■ 7 Street SW ■ ■ 6 Street SW ■ ■ 4 Street SW ■ ■ 3 Street SW ■ ■ 1 Street SW ■ ■ ■ Centre Street ■ ■ City Hall ■ ■
Northeast	Bridgeland/Memorial Zoo Barlow/Max Bell Franklin Marlborough Rundle ■ Whitehorn McKnight–Westwinds Martindale Saddletowne ■

Green Line

Former stations

Bus routes
MAX	MAX Orange ■ ■ MAX Yellow ■ ■ ■ ■ MAX Teal ■ ■ ■ MAX Purple ■ ■ ■

Italics indicate a future line or station
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ indicate connections
Downtown stations form the 7th Avenue Free Fare Zone

This page was last edited on 1 January 2024, at 00:53

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