45 Street

General information

Coordinates

51°02′16.62″N 114°09′11.94″W / 51.0379500°N 114.1533167°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Platforms

Side-loading platforms

Connections

2 Killarney-17th Avenue/Mount Pleasant
93 Westbrook/Coach Hill

Construction

Structure type

Trench

Parking

None

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

2012

Services

Preceding station	CTrain			Following station
Sirocco toward 69 Street		Blue Line		Westbrook toward Saddletowne

45 Street station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is the fourth station from downtown on the West leg of the Blue Line. It opened for revenue service on December 10, 2012.^[1]^[2]^[3] On December 8, 2012, a preview of the West Line was provided.^[4]

The station is located in a trench on the north side of 17 Avenue SW and west of 45 Street SW, 5.3 km West of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW Interlocking.^[5] No park & ride is provided and the station is a walk-on only with passengers arriving by Calgary Transit buses, cycling, walking or by vehicle drop off. The platforms are side-loading with grade-level access at the west end and stairs and ramps at the east end. The station serves the neighborhoods of Glendale, Rosscarrock, Westgate and Glenbrook.^[6] It is located immediately adjacent to the Calgary main office of the Alberta Motor Association, as well as a district Calgary Police Service station.

45 Street along with 69 Street are the first trenched stations to be built in Calgary.

In its first year of service, 45 Street served an average of 3,630 boardings per day.^[7]

References

^ Potkins, Meghan (November 7, 2012). "West LRT line will open Dec. 10 on time, city says". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
^ West LRT Infographic (YouTube)
^ Take a ride from 69 Street Station to Sunalta Station (YouTube)
^ Howell, Trevor Scott (December 8, 2012). "Crowds turn out to welcome city's newest LRT line". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
^ "45 St Station". City of Calgary. West LRT. 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
^ "45 St SW". City of Calgary. West LRT. 2009. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
^ "West LRT One Year Review" (pdf). 2014. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

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/Bow Valley College ■ ■
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/Bow Valley College ■ ■
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