Sunnyside (C-Train)

Sunnyside is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. Located on the exclusive LRT right of way beside 9A Street NW at 4 Avenue NW, 0.9 km Northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. The station opened on September 7, 1987 as part of the original Northwest line. The station consists of two side-loading platforms with pedestrian crossings at both ends.

The station serves the Sunnyside and Hillhurst neighbourhoods of Calgary, as well as the Kensington shopping district, and is a short walk from Riley Park.

History

The station, and the section of the line running through it, is the most controversial in the C-Train system. When the Northwest Line was being planned, community residents organized to keep this station from being built as it required the demolition of many homes and the major disruption of 9A Street N.W. (a number of homes and apartment blocks which were not demolished were left with no front street access). The city pushed ahead with its plans by purchasing most of the properties along 9A Street. Eventually, as the area became accustomed to the C-Train, the properties were sold off to private interests. The C-train station has also given great benefit to the area.

Bus connections

On 9A Street:
405 Hillhurst
419 Parkhill/Foothills
On 10 Street:
4 Huntington
5 North Haven
9 Varsity Acres/Bridgeland
145 Northland
405 Hillhurst
411 Rosedale/East Calgary
419 Parkhill/Foothills

Ridership

The station registered an average of 5,700 daily boardings in 2005, which by 2008 had increased to an average of 10,400. ^[1]

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