Sunnyside station (Calgary)

Sunnyside is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. Located on the exclusive LRT right of way beside 9A Street NW at 4 Avenue NW, 0.9 km Northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. The station opened on September 7, 1987 as part of the original Northwest line. The station consists of two side-loading platforms with pedestrian crossings at both ends.

Sunnyside
CTrain Station (Northwest Line)
General information
Location	938C - 3 Avenue NW
Coordinates	51°03′21″N 114°05′04″W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Side-loading platforms
Connections	4 Huntington 5 North Haven 9 Varsity Acres/Bridgeland 145 Northland 405 Hillhurst 419 Parkhill/Foothills
Construction
Parking	None
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1987
Rebuilt	2012
Services
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The station serves the Sunnyside and Hillhurst neighbourhoods of Calgary, as well as the Kensington shopping district, and is a short walk from Riley Park.

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car platforms are being extended. Sunnyside Station has been under construction since April 16, 2012 to extend the platform to the south. The construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2012.

History

The station, and the section of the line running through it, is the most controversial in the C-Train system. When the Northwest Line was being planned, community residents organized to keep this station from being built as it required the demolition of many homes and the major disruption of 9A Street N.W. (a number of homes and apartment blocks which were not demolished were left with no front street access). The city pushed ahead with its plans by purchasing most of the properties along 9A Street. Eventually, as the area became accustomed to the C-Train, the properties were sold off to private interests.

Ridership

The station registered an average of 5,700 daily boardings in 2005, which by 2008 had increased to an average of 10,400.