Shawnessy (C-Train)

Shawnessy
C-Train station
Location	17 Shawville Blvd. SW
Coordinates	50°54′38″N 114°04′14″W / 50.91056°N 114.07056°W / 50.91056; -114.07056Coordinates: 50°54′38″N 114°04′14″W / 50.91056°N 114.07056°W / 50.91056; -114.07056
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Line(s)	South Line
Platforms	Side-loading platforms
Connections	11 Southwest Loop 12 Southwest Loop 15 Millrise 52 Evergreen/Somerset
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	206 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2004
Services
Preceding station   C-Train   Following station Fish Creek-Lacombe toward Tuscany Route 201 Somerset-Bridlewood Terminus

Shawnessy is a station on the South Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to the CPR ROW), 16 km South of the City Hall Interlocking.

It was one of the two new stations to open on June 28, 2004 as part of the South LRT Extension Phase II. The station is located along Shawville Boulevard and serves the communities of Midnapore and Shawnessy, as well as the adjacent Shawnessy Towne Centre shopping district.

The station's side-loading platforms are staggered with a pedestrian crossing of the tracks between the two platforms. This is the first LRT station in Calgary to have staggered platforms. The second station to be constructed this way is Martindale in the N.E. 206 parking spaces are made available at the station.

The station platforms were originally built to accommodate four-car-length C-Trains.

In 2005, the station registered an average of 3,900 boardings per weekday.^[1]

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