D.L. MacDonald Yard

Edmonton LRT
min.
running time
Northeast LRT
to Gorman
future
0
 Clareview
Hwy 15 (50 Street)
137 Avenue
 D.L. MacDonald Yard
3
 Belvedere
CN Lines
Hwy 16 (Yellowhead Trail)
Wayne Gretzky Drive
6
 Coliseum
118 Avenue
CN Spur End
8
 Stadium
Northwest LRT
to St. Albert
future
 NAIT
 Kingsway/Royal Alex
 MacEwan
12
 Churchill
13
 Central
15
 Bay/Enterprise Square
16
 Corona
18
 Grandin
Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over
North Saskatchewan River
20
 University
22
 Health Sciences/Jubilee
24
 McKernan/Belgravia
Belgravia Road
26
 S. Campus/Ft. Edmonton
111 Street southbound
29
 Southgate
Hwy 2 (Whitemud Drive)
33
 Century Park
South LRT
to south city limits
future
North entrance of D.L. MacDonald Yard garage at sunset.

D.L. MacDonald Yard is the maintenance facility, garage, and operations centre for the Capital and Metro light rail transit lines operated by Edmonton Transit Service, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located to the northeast in the Kennedale industrial area,[1] at 13310 - 50A Street, the facility opened in December 1983 at a cost of $28.2 million.[2]

Expansions to the facility to accommodate additional light rail vehicles were completed as part of the South LRT Extension Project. Portions of the expansion were completed in 2008 with the remainder completed in early 2009.[3]

History

Don MacDonald was the Superintendent of the Edmonton Transit System for many years. A well known proponent of electric and light rail transit, his ideas about quality public transit were very influential in shaping the system that exists today.

Edmonton's D. L. MacDonald LRT shops in the city's east end were named after him. In the early 1960s, Don MacDonald already had ideas about the direction Edmonton should take in building a quality public transportation system and was working on them.[4]

See also

References
  1. Kennedale Industrial Area Structure Plan Archived 22 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ETS LRT Brochure 2007
  3. Construction Update - South LRT (PDF), Edmonton, 19 February 2009, See Appendix 1 for platform length for this station.
  4. Plans for a Rail Rapid Transit System in Edmonton (1964) Archived 20 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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