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Southgate LRT Station

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Owned by
  
City of Edmonton

Structure type
  
Surface

Bicycle facilities
  
Yes

Address
  
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Owner
  
Edmonton

Tracks
  
2

Platforms
  
Centre

Parking
  
No

Disabled access
  
Yes

Province
  
Alberta

Opened
  
2010

Southgate LRT Station

Similar
  
Southgate Centre, South Campus/Fort Edmonto, Century Park LRT Station, Health Sciences/Jubilee LRT Stati, University LRT Station

Emmet michael at southgate lrt station


Southgate Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is a ground-level station located next to the Southgate Centre shopping mall and the Southgate Transit Centre at 51 Avenue and 111 Street.

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The station was officially opened on April 24, 2010, with regular service commencing on April 25, 2010.

Southgate Station is located between South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Station and Century Park Station. It provides an important transit connection between southwest Edmonton neighbourhoods, the University of Alberta and downtown Edmonton.

Otis scenic elevator at the southgate lrt station in edmonton alberta


Station layout

The station has a 123 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is exactly nine metres wide. It also has a grade separated pedestrian overpass connecting the station to Southgate Centre and the Southgate Transit Centre to the east and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood to the west.

The transit centre features two twenty-foot brick boots, titled "Immense Mode", a public art piece by Dawn Detarando and Bryan McArthur.

Around the station

  • Empire Park
  • Harry Ainlay Composite High School
  • Lendrum Place
  • Malmo Plains
  • Pleasantview
  • Southgate Centre
  • Southgate Transit Centre

    The Southgate Transit Centre is located on the east side of 111 Street, adjacent to the LRT Station. It is connected to the station by an elevator-equipped pedestrian overpass which also crosses to the west side of 111 Street and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood.

    The following bus routes serve the transit centre:

    References

    Southgate LRT Station Wikipedia