1 Street Southwest/Centre Street (C-Train)

1 Street and Centre Street are stops in downtown Calgary on the city's C-Train light rail system. The 1 Street platform is used by westbound trains, and the Centre Street platform is used by eastbound trains. The two platforms are located on the sides of 7 Avenue South, west and east of Centre Street, and are both located inside the free fare zone.

The original 1 Street W station opened on May 25, 1981 as part of Calgary's first LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson and was located between 1 Street & 2 Street SW (across from the Scotia Center). On October 28, 2005, a new four-car platform for the 1 Street Southwest stop was finished. The platform moved to a new location between 1 Street and Centre Street, one block east of its old location. This was the first station to be refurbished as part of the 7 Avenue Refurbishment Project.

The original Center Street station opened on May 25, 1981 as part of Calgary's first LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson as was located between 1 Street SW & Center Street. The station was reloacted one block East between Center Street & 1 Street SE to coincide with the Telus Convention Center Redevelopment and opened in September 2000. This was NOT part of the 7 Avenue Refurbishment and the station was constructed to 3-car length with room to easliy expand to 4-car length when needed in the future. However, all new 7 Avenue stations follow the design of Center Street.

Work is currently underway at Center Street to extend the platform to accomodate 4-car trains and this will be completed in early 2012.

The Telus Convention Centre, Glenbow Museum, and the Calgary Tower are located near these station, as are skyscrapers such as the Suncor Energy Centre, Scotia Centre and Bow Valley Square.

The station registered an average of Centre Street 11,200 and 19,000 weekday boardings (for Centre Street and 1 Street SW platforms respectively).^[1]

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