8 Street Southwest (CTrain)

8th Street SW
C-Train station
Location	901C - 7 Avenue SW
Coordinates	51°02′49″N 114°04′52″W / 51.04694°N 114.08111°W / 51.04694; -114.08111
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Line(s)	7th Avenue Transit Corridor
Platforms	Single side-loading platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2009
Services
Preceding station   CTrain   Following station Sunnyside toward Tuscany Route 201 eastbound 6 Street Southwest toward Somerset – Bridlewood Downtown West – Kerby toward 69 Street Southwest Route 202 eastbound 6 Street Southwest toward Saddletowne

8 Street Southwest is a stop in Downtown Calgary on the city's CTrain light rail system. The station is used only by eastbound trains. The platform for the station is located on the south side of 7th Avenue SW.

For Route 201 Southbound, it is the first station in Downtown Calgary, and within the Downtown free fare zone. The station is used by trains serving both Routes 201 and 202.

The original platform was located between 9 Street & 8 Street SW (adjacent to the Mac's store) and opened on May 25, 1981 as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. As part of the 7 Avenue Refurbishment Project, a new station has been constructed one block east (between 8 Street & 7 Street SW and adjacent to Century Park) of its previous location and was opened on December 18, 2009. The original platform was immediately closed following the opening of the new platform and was demolished shortly afterwards.^[1][2]

Like all refurbished 7 Avenue stations, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the platform level and the platform can accommodate 4-car trains.

The station registered an average of 12,600 daily boardings in 2005.^[3]

According to the Calgary Transit website, in 2008, the ridership of the station of daily weekday boardings remained at an unchanged rate of 12,600 boardings.^[4]

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