Tuscany (C-Train)

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Tuscany Future CTrain Station (Northwest Line)
Station statistics
Coordinates	51°08′07″N 114°14′15″W / 51.13528°N 114.23750°W / 51.13528; -114.23750Coordinates: 51°08′07″N 114°14′15″W / 51.13528°N 114.23750°W / 51.13528; -114.23750
Platforms	Centre-loading
Parking	2 future Park and Ride lots
Other information
Opened	Scheduled for fall 2014^[1]
Accessible
Owned by	Calgary Transit

Tuscany will become the northern terminus of the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta when the 2 km extension of Route 201 is completed in Fall 2014. Originally referred to in planning documents as Tuscany/Rocky Ridge Station, Calgary Transit simplified the name on the recommendation of the Community Consultation Committee.

The station, originally planned for completion past 2023, was approved and funded by Calgary City Council on November 7, 2007 for completion by 2011.^[2] The station had been included as part of Mayor Dave Bronconnier's re-election platform during the 2007 Municipal elections. Construction was to begin in the Spring of 2009 with completion in Fall 2011. However, budget issues as well as a delay with the Crowchild Trail/Stoney Trail Interchange delayed the start of construction three years to Spring 2012 with a projected completion of Fall 2014.

The station will be located in the median of Crowchild Trail, to the west of Rocky Ridge Road, and will be adjacent to the communities of Tuscany to the south, and Rocky Ridge to the north. The station is the final station currently planned for the Northwest leg of the C-Train, and will be located approximately 2 kilometers northwest of the currently last C-Train station; Crowfoot.

The station will have two Park and Ride lots, located on the north and south side of Crowchild Trail. Plans are to incorporate into the development an Art Moderne heritage gas station building and sign from a former restaurant and motel, Eamon’s Bungalow Camp, that once lay along the Old Banff Coach Road.^[3]

As of October 2012, construction is progressing and the new extension is slated to open in the Fall of 2014.

References

↑ Northwest LRT Extension to Rocky Ridge/Royal Oak and Tuscany
↑ Minutes of Calgary City Council special meeting of 06 November 2007
↑ "Historic Eamon's gas station to be saved". CBC News. May 7, 2012. Retrieved August 2012.

Calgary Transit C-Train stations

Route 201

Northwest Line	Tuscany (opening Fall 2014) Crowfoot Dalhousie Brentwood University Banff Trail Lions Park SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee Sunnyside

Downtown	8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

South Line	Victoria Park/Stampede Erlton/Stampede 39th Avenue Chinook Heritage Southland Anderson Canyon Meadows Fish Creek–Lacombe Shawnessy Somerset–Bridlewood

Route 202

West Line	69th St. SW Sirocco 45th St. SW Westbrook Shaganappi Point Sunalta

Downtown	Downtown West – Kerby 8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

Northeast Line	Bridgeland/Memorial Zoo Barlow/Max Bell Franklin Marlborough Rundle Whitehorn McKnight–Westwinds Martindale Saddletowne

Former stations

10th St. SW
3rd St. SE
Olympic Plaza

Legend: ■ - connection | under construction | Downtown stations form the 7th Avenue Free Fare Zone

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