Dalhousie station (Calgary)

Dalhousie station is a CTrain light rail station in Dalhousie, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It opened on December 15, 2003, as part of a 2.8 km (1.73 miles) extension of the Northwest line, and was the terminal station of the NW line until June 14, 2009.

Dalhousie
CTrain station
General information
Location	4785 Dalhousie Drive NW
Coordinates	51°06′12″N 114°09′39″W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Center-loading platform
Connections	9 Chinook 19 16 Avenue North 54 Edgevalley 76 Hawkwood 77 Edgemont 97 South Ranchlands 105 Lions Park 113 North Ranchlands 120 North Silver Springs 129 Sage Hill 134 South Silver Springs 154 Hamptons 422 Dalhousie/Montogomery
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	760 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2003 (2003)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station Crowfoot toward Tuscany Red Line Brentwood toward Somerset–Bridlewood

The station is located in the median of Crowchild Trail, just east of 53 Street Northwest and is 9 km (5.6 mi) northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. Also located adjacent to Varsity Estates, the station opened on December 15, 2003, and was the first CTrain station to open with a four-car platform. Since then, all new extension stations have opened with four-car platforms.

The station has 760 parking spaces built near the Dalhousie Shopping Centre. In 2003, the park-and ride lot was very crowded and would fill up very early in the morning. Since Crowfoot station opened in 2009, with almost double the spaces as Dalhousie, the situation has eased somewhat.

Pedestrian overpasses connect the communities of Varsity and Dalhousie over Crowchild Trail. Two escalators, a set of stairs, and an elevator provide access down to the platform.

In 2008, the station registered an average of 18,300 boardings per weekday.

The bus loop at Dalhousie station on a snowy day.