3 Street SW station
3 Street SW | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| CTrain station | ||||||||||||||||||||
 3rd St SW (eastbound) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 333C - 7 Avenue SW | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°02′47.8″N 114°04′09″W / 51.046611°N 114.06917°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Calgary Transit | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Single side-loading platform | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
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3 Street SW station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 3 Street SW platform is used by eastbound trains, with the nearest stations serving westbound trains being and the 4 Street SW station and the 1 Street SW station. The platforms is located on the south side of 7 Avenue S and is located within the free-fare zone serving both Routes 201 and 202.[citation needed]
The 3 Street W station, located between 3 Street and 2 Street SW and adjacent to The CORE/TD Square shopping centre opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. The original station was closed on April 20, 2009, and demolished immediately with the new station constructed in its place. The new station opened on March 12, 2010.[1][2]
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.[citation needed]
On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the C-Train system, 3rd Street SW Station, along with every other station between City Hall and Downtown West-Kerby Stations would have the lighting and cameras upgraded.[3][4]
According to data released by Calgary Transit, the 3 Street SW Station had an average weekday daily ridership of 16,300 in the year of 2007.[5]
References
- ^ "7 Avenue LRT Refurbishment Project" (PDF). City of Calgary Transportation Infrastructure. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ^ "7 Avenue Refurbishment". April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ^ "Lighting upgrades at Calgary CTrain platforms". YouTube.
- ^ @calgarytransit (March 22, 2023). "#CTRiders, we've recently upgraded the lighting on all CTrain platforms from Downtown West/Kerby to City Hall" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [user-generated source]
- ^ "LRT Ridership". Calgary Transit. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.