Heritage

General information

Location

12 Haddon Road SW

Coordinates

50°58′43″N 114°04′27″W / 50.97861°N 114.07417°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Platforms

Centre-loading platform

Connections

MAX Teal

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

557 spaces

Bicycle facilities

5 outdoor bike racks

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

1981

Rebuilt

2012

Electrified

Overhead catenary

Services

Preceding station	CTrain			Following station
Chinook toward Tuscany		Red Line		Southland toward Somerset–Bridlewood

Heritage Station is a light rail station, part of the Calgary CTrain system, located in the community of Haysboro. The station opened on May 25, 1981.

The station has a 557 space park-and-ride lot, a bus loop, and is located southwest of the intersection of Heritage Drive and Macleod Trail S, 7.9 km south of the City Hall Interlocking.

The station consists of a centre-loading platform with mezzanine access at the north end, at-grade access at the south end, and a pedestrian bridge that connects communities to the east.

Heritage Park is located approximately two kilometres west of the station. Calgary Transit operates a direct shuttle bus from Heritage Station to the park, known as Route 502.^[1]

As part of Calgary Transit's plans to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car stations were extended. Construction at Heritage Station to extend the platform to the South started on July 16, 2012, and the new extended platform and ramp access opened on December 10, 2012.

The Haysboro Light Rail Storage Facility is located just south of the station.

Heritage Station recorded 1,142,000 boardings in 2022 – an average of 3,129 boardings per day.^[2]

Crime

Heritage Station has been criticized for having a higher-than-average crime rate when compared to other CTrain stations. In 2022, a Calgary Transit staff member, Stephen Tauro, stated Heritage station was among five others with a higher-than-average crime rate.^[3]

During March 2023, the Calgary Police Service conducted an operation at several stations on the CTrain system in an attempt to reduce crime. Officers made arrests and seized a variety of substances and weapons at Heritage Station.^[4]

References

^ Transit, Calgary. "Heritage Park opens soon for the summer and we can take you there!". www.calgarytransit.com. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
^ "Calgary Transit Ridership | Open Calgary". data.calgary.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
^ Recent stabbings leave Calgary transit riders feeling unsafe, retrieved 2022-12-17
^ "Hatchets, knives and drugs: Police charge 40 people in CTrain undercover operation".

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