Owned by City of Edmonton Structure type underground Province Alberta Owner Edmonton Tracks 2 | Platforms centre platform Disabled access Yes Platform Island platform Opened 1989 | |
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Connections High Level Bridge Streetcar Website Grandin/Government Centre LRT Station Address Edmonton, AB T5K 1J2, Canada Similar Central LRT Station, Churchill LRT Station, Corona LRT Station, Bay/Enterprise Square LRT Stati, Clareview LRT Station | ||
Grandin (Government Centre) Station is an LRT station on both the Capital Line and the Metro Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an underground station located beneath 110 Street between 99 Avenue and 98 Avenue. The station provides service to the Government Centre part of the downtown core and the neighbourhood of Oliver. The station is connected to the Alberta Legislature and several other government buildings by an underground pedway.
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History
Grandin (Government Centre) Station was opened in September 1989 when the LRT system was extended 0.8 km south from the Corona Station through a light rail tunnel running beneath the downtown core.
Grandin Station was the southern terminus of the LRT line prior to the opening of the University Station in August 1992. Grandin Station is connected to the University Station by the Dudley B. Menzies Bridge, a dedicated LRT bridge (with a lower level for pedestrians and cyclists).
Station layout
The platform is 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 surface by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The escalator and stairs at the south end of the platform connect to a pedway system that provides access to several government buildings near the station. This pedway is separate from, and not part of, the Edmonton pedway system.
Public art
The station's west wall features a mural of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, the first Catholic Bishop in Alberta. It was designed by artist Sylvie Nadeau and it was donated by the Francophone Jeunesse de l'Alberta. After some criticism from local First Nations activists that the Nadeau mural could be interpreted as celebratory of the Indian residential schools system, local artist Aaron Paquette was commissioned to create a second "response" mural from a First Nations cultural perspective.
Around the station
Government Centre Transit Centre
The Government Centre Transit Centre is located on 107 Street south of 99 Avenue, adjacent to the Legislature grounds. The transit centre is served by ETS, St. Albert Transit (StAT) and Strathcona County Transit (SCT). Routes encompass the cities of Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
The following bus routes serve the transit centre: