Corona LRT Station

This article is about the railway station in Canada. For the pastoral lease in Australia, see Corona Station (pastoral lease).
Corona
Edmonton LRT station

Corona features chandeliers in the station
Coordinates 53°32′27″N 113°30′21″W / 53.54083°N 113.50583°WCoordinates: 53°32′27″N 113°30′21″W / 53.54083°N 113.50583°W
Owned by City of Edmonton
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website Corona LRT Station
History
Opened 1983
Electrified 600 V DC[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2013)
(typical weekday)		 8,670 board
8,390 alight
17,060 Total[2]
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station
toward Clareview
Capital Line
toward Century Park
toward NAIT
Metro Line
(Opens 2015)

Corona Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an underground station located beneath Jasper Avenue between 107 Street and 108 Street.

It is currently the closest station to MacEwan University.

History

Corona Station was opened in June 1983 along with Bay Station when the LRT system was extended by 0.8 km beneath Jasper Avenue from Central Station.[3] The station was named after the Corona Hotel which was located on the current site of First Edmonton Place, an office tower directly above the station.[4] The station and First Edmonton Place both opened in 1983.

Corona Station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of Grandin Station in September 1989.

Station layout

The station has a 123 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is just over eight metres wide. Access to the platform is from the concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. Unlike other downtown stations, the concourse level at Corona is not connected to the Edmonton pedway system.[5]

Around the station

References

  1. ↑ "SD160 Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2013 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). Edmonton Transit System. January 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ "LRT Brochure" (PDF). 15 November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Send LRT's old names down the tube". Edmonton Journal. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  5. ↑ City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Corona LRT Station at Wikimedia Commons