6 Street Southwest/7 Street Southwest (C-Train)

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6 Street Southwest/7 Street Southwest Station 631C - 7 Avenue SW 840C - 7 Avenue SW
Location	51°02′48″N 114°04′30″W / 51.04667, -114.075
Opened	1981
District	Downtown Core, West End
Line	201, 202
Next station	north to Sunnyside (201) west to 10 Street Southwest (202) east to 3 Street Southwest/4 Street Southwest
Daily Boardings	6 Street SW 7,900 (2005) 7 Street SW 12,400 (2005)[1]
No. of Elevators	0
Platforms	Side platforms
System Operator	Calgary C-Train Calgary Transit

6 Street Southwest and 7 Street Southwest are stops in downtown Calgary on the city's C-Train light rail system.

The 6 Street Southwest stop is used by eastbound trains, and the 7 Street Southwest stop is used by westbound trains. Platforms for the station are located on the sides of 7 Avenue South. Both platforms are inside the free fare zone of the C-Train.

Opened in 1981, the station registered an average of 7,900 (6th Street platform) and 12,400 (7th Street platform) weekday boardings in 2005.^[1]

In 2008, according to the Calgary Transit Website, the daily weekday ridership remains at an unchanged rate of 12,400 boardings. ^[2]

6 Street SW platform

7 Street SW platform

The 6 Street Southwest platform will close on April 7th, 2008 to allow the construction of a new platform on its current site, which can accommodate 4-car trains. An official date for the resumption of service to 6 Street Southwest has not yet been disclosed, but civic officials suggest that the 6 Street Southwest platform will be reopened sometime in spring of 2009.^[3]

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