- Source: Saddletowne station
Saddletowne Station is a CTrain light rail station on the Northeast leg of the Blue Line located in Saddle Ridge, Calgary, Alberta. Opened on August 27, 2012, as part of a 2.9-km extension.
It is the current terminus of the N.E. line and is located in the northwest corner of Saddletowne Circle N.E., a large roundabout where the Saddleridge Town Centre a commercial and activity centre, with planned medium-density residential development and community facilities. The station has a Park and Ride with a 141-stall capacity.
The station is a center-loading, walk-on island platform.
Construction on the extension started in the spring of 2010 and completed, for its grand opening block party, on August 25, 2012. The extension was delayed by almost one year, as it was initially planned to open in late 2011.
In its first year of service, Saddletowne served an average of 8,730 boardings per day.
The 100 bus rapid transit route arrives at the station, providing a transit connection to Calgary International Airport.
Station Upgrades
Calgary Transit, in collaboration with Shaw Communications, announced on November 16, 2016 that 8 new locations for Public Wi-Fi services would be added to the Calgary C-Train system. These new locations would add public Wi-Fi to 18 new stations; including Saddletowne Station. These changes ere done as they would improve transit experience for their users, which would improve customer commitment.
Around the station
= Major destinations
=YMCA Genesis Centre / Saddletowne YMCA
Nelson Mandela High School
Saddletowne Crossing (Shopping Plaza)
= Communities
=Residential
Martindale
Saddle Ridge
Savanna (major sub-community of Saddle Ridge)
Taradale
Saddletowne (major sub-community of Taradale, and from where the station derives its name)
= Streets
=52 Street NE / Falconridge Blvd
80 Avenue NE
88 Avenue NE
Saddletowne Circle
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Saddletowne station
- Victoria Park/Stampede station
- Calgary Transit
- Blue Line (Calgary)
- CTrain
- Martindale station
- Chinook station
- 39 Avenue station (Calgary)
- List of Calgary Transit bus routes
- McKnight–Westwinds station
