The station is one of the original five stations, and opened on April 22, 1978. At that time, Belvedere was the north east terminus of the line.
The original station had a single side platform and a single track.
The station underwent significant upgrades including a covered station, five car platform, and a grade separated pedestrian overpass—at a cost of $6.3 million, in 1998.[3]
Belvedere Station won two awards, the Masonry Contractors Association of Alberta Award of Excellence and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Alberta Steel Design Award in the Architectural Category for Most Effective and Innovative Use of Structural Steel.[3]
Station layoutedit
The station has a 121-metre-long (397 ft) centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is just under 8 m (26 ft) wide, which is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines.[4]
The LRT station and transit centre has a park and ride lot with 780 parking spaces.
Public artedit
Belvedere Station is decorated with stained glass pieces entitled "Travail in Tandem" by Father Douglas osf.[5]
The Belvedere Transit Centre is located on the west side of the LRT station. It is connected to the station by a pedestrian overpass. It contains several amenities including Park & Ride, a drop off area, a large shelter, a pay phone and vending machines. There are no washrooms at this transit centre, but there are washrooms inside the LRT station.[7][8]
The transit centre shelter was upgraded in 2017-2019 as part of a citywide $37.75 million transit centre improvement initiative[9] $2.426 million in funding for the Belvedere Transit Centre renewal project was provided by the federal government.[10] The new transit centre shelter opened on October 2, 2019.[11]
The following bus routes serve the transit centre:
^Simes, Jeremy (May 12, 2017). . Metro News. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^"Federal Government Infrastructure Investments in Alberta Examples". Government of Alberta. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^"Edmonton transit centres reopen". Journal of Commerce. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
External linksedit
Media related to Belvedere station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons
January 01, 1970
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Belvedere station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit in Edmonton Alberta It serves the Capital Line It is a ground level station located at Fort Road and 129 Avenue BelvedereEdmonton Light Rail Transit stationGeneral informationCoordinates53 35 18 N 113 25 58 W 53 58833 N 113 43278 W 53 58833 113 43278Owned byCity of EdmontonPlatformsCentreTracks2ConstructionStructure typeSurfaceParking780 StallsBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationWebsiteBelvedere LRT StationHistoryOpened1978Rebuilt1998Electrified600 V DC 1 Passengers2019 typical weekday 4 029 board3 839 alight7 868 Total 2 ServicesPreceding station Edmonton LRT Following station ClareviewTerminus Capital Line Coliseumtoward Century ParkRoute mapLegend CN lines Clareview Hwy 1550 Street 137 Avenue D L MacDonald Yard Belvedere CN lines Hwy 16Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive Blatchford Gate Coliseum NAIT Blatchford Market 118 Avenue Kingsway Royal Alex CN Spur End MacEwan Stadium 102 Streetto Lewis Farms 2028 Churchill Quarters Central Bay Enterprise Square Tawatina Bridge overNorth Saskatchewan River Corona Muttart Government Centre Strathearn Dudley B Menzies Bridge overNorth Saskatchewan River Holyrood University Bonnie Doon Health Sciences Jubilee Avonmore McKernan Belgravia Mill Creek Belgravia Road Davies South Campus Fort Edmonton Park 75 Street 111 Street southbound lane Gerry Wright OMF Southgate Hwy 14Whitemud Drive Hwy 2Whitemud Drive Millbourne Woodvale Century Park Grey Nuns Mill Woods Key Capital Line Valley Line Metro Line CN tracks All stations are accessible This diagram viewtalkedit Contents 1 History 2 Station layout 2 1 Public art 3 Around the station 4 Belvedere Transit Centre 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe station is one of the original five stations and opened on April 22 1978 At that time Belvedere was the north east terminus of the line The original station had a single side platform and a single track The station underwent significant upgrades including a covered station five car platform and a grade separated pedestrian overpass at a cost of 6 3 million in 1998 3 Belvedere Station won two awards the Masonry Contractors Association of Alberta Award of Excellence and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Alberta Steel Design Award in the Architectural Category for Most Effective and Innovative Use of Structural Steel 3 Station layout editThe station has a 121 metre long 397 ft centre loading platform that can accommodate two five car LRT trains at the same time with one train on each side of the platform The platform is just under 8 m 26 ft wide which is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines 4 The LRT station and transit centre has a park and ride lot with 780 parking spaces Public art edit Belvedere Station is decorated with stained glass pieces entitled Travail in Tandem by Father Douglas osf 5 Around the station editBelvedere Transit HotelBelvedere Transit Centre editBelvedere Transit Centre nbsp General informationPlatforms12 bus bays 6 ConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationWebsiteBelvedere Transit Centre The Belvedere Transit Centre is located on the west side of the LRT station It is connected to the station by a pedestrian overpass It contains several amenities including Park amp Ride a drop off area a large shelter a pay phone and vending machines There are no washrooms at this transit centre but there are washrooms inside the LRT station 7 8 The transit centre shelter was upgraded in 2017 2019 as part of a citywide 37 75 million transit centre improvement initiative 9 2 426 million in funding for the Belvedere Transit Centre renewal project was provided by the federal government 10 The new transit centre shelter opened on October 2 2019 11 The following bus routes serve the transit centre Main article List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes To From Routes Capilano Transit Centre 53 Clareview Transit Centre 2 Owl 53 107 108 Coliseum Transit Centre 2 Owl 53 Downtown 2 Owl Londonderry 107 McConachie 107 Mill Woods Transit Centre 53 Northgate Transit Centre 106 Stadium Transit Centre 2 Owl Wellington 106 The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station References edit SD160 Light Rail Vehicle PDF Siemens Transportation Systems Inc May 2007 Archived from the original PDF on October 26 2010 Retrieved August 1 2014 2019 LRT Passenger Count Report PDF City of Edmonton April 2020 Retrieved 5 Feb 2021 a b LRT Brochure PDF November 15 2004 Archived from the original PDF on January 4 2007 Retrieved November 30 2011 City of Edmonton July 2011 LRT Design Guidelines 2011 PDF p 700 Archived from the original PDF on June 1 2012 Retrieved May 30 2012 Belvedere Station City of Edmonton Archived from the original on 2013 09 04 Retrieved 2013 08 07 Belvedere Transit Centre Map PDF Retrieved 2017 09 25 Belvedere Transit Centre Retrieved 2017 09 25 Belvedere LRT Station Retrieved 2017 09 25 Simes Jeremy May 12 2017 Edmonton to begin replacing transit centres this summer Metro News Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 16 March 2018 Federal Government Infrastructure Investments in Alberta Examples Government of Alberta 10 January 2017 Retrieved 16 March 2018 Edmonton transit centres reopen Journal of Commerce 24 October 2019 Retrieved 9 November 2019 External links edit nbsp Media related to Belvedere station ETS at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Belvedere station Edmonton amp oldid 1209176355 Belvedere Transit Centre, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
