3 Street SW station
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_1.jpg) 3rd St SW (eastbound) | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 333C - 7 Avenue SW | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°02′47.8″N 114°04′09″W / 51.046611°N 114.06917°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Single side-loading platform | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | 1 Bowness/Forest Lawn 2 Kilarney-17 Avenue 3 Elbow Drive 4 Huntington 5 North Haven 6 Killarney 26 Ave 13 Altadore 17 Renfrew 22 Richmond Road 66 Lakeview 101 Inglewood  Max Green City Centre  Max Yellow City Woodpark | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||||
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| 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.
History
The 3 Street W station, located between 3 Street and 2 Street SW and adjacent to The CORE/TD Square shopping centre that 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]
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]
Ridership
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]
Transit connections
Bus connections to the station as of 31 August, 2026:
- 1 - Bowness/Forest Lawn
- 2 - Killarney-17 Avenue/Mount Pleasant
- 3 - Centre St/Elbow Drive
- 4 - Huntington
- 5 - North Haven
- 6 - City Centre/Westhills
- 13 - City Centre/Westhills
- 17 - Ramsay
- 22 - Richmond Road/City Centre
- 66 - City Centre/Lakeview
- 101 - City Centre
- - Max Green (City Centre)
- - Max Yellow (Woodpark)
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.
- ↑ "LRT Ridership". Calgary Transit. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.
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