Rundle station

Rundle station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It is a stop on the Northeast Line (Route 202) and opened on April 27, 1985 as part of the original line.

Rundle
CTrain station
Location2529 - 36 Street NE
Coordinates51°04′30″N 113°58′54″W
Owned byCalgary Transit
PlatformsCenter-loading platform
Connections19 16th Avenue North
32 Sunridge/Huntington
33 Vista Heights/Rundle
34 Pineridge
43 Chinook/McKnight-Westwinds
48 Rundle
555 Dashmesh Centre (Sundays only)
MO MAC+X Orange Saddletowne/Brentwood
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking350 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1985
Rebuilt2013
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Marlborough
toward 69 Street
 Blue Line Whitehorn
toward Saddletowne

The station is located in the median of 36 Street NE, to the north of the intersection of 20 Avenue NE/Rundlehorn Drive, right in front of Sunridge Mall. The station is 8.4 km from the City Hall Interlocking. Pedestrian overpasses connect the station to both sides of 36 Street NE. Stairs, escalators, as well as an elevator provide access down to the centre-loading platform.

The station serves the communities of Rundle and Pineridge, and the Sunridge Mall shopping centre. Peter Lougheed Centre, one of Calgary's major hospitals, is located northwest of the station and is only a short walk. 350 parking spaces are included at the station.

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate 4-car trains by the end of 2014, all 3-car platforms are being extended. In addition to a platform extension, Rundle station had upgraded station furnishings installed. Construction was completed in Fall 2013.[1]

In 2005, the station registered and average transit of 11,600 boardings per weekday.[2]

On January 20, 1993, a 4-year-old child, Michael MacIntosh, got his jacket sleeve stuck at the bottom of the escalator after straying from his family. Bystanders helped him stay conscious until paramedics arrived and free his injured left arm, this was later seen on Rescue 911 on May 4, 1993 on CBS.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2013-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2007-08-24.


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