South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station

South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta. It is served by the Capital Line and the Metro Line during peak hours. It is a ground-level station located on the University of Alberta's South Campus approximately two blocks to the west of the site originally proposed for the station on 113 Street.

South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park
Edmonton LRT station
Coordinates	53°30′10″N 113°31′43″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	South Campus LRT Station
History
Opened	2009
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	5,140 board 5,042 alight 10,182 Total[1]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station McKernan/Belgravia toward Clareview Capital Line Southgate toward Century Park McKernan/Belgravia toward NAIT Metro Line
Route map 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

History

The station was formally opened on April 25, 2009, with regular service commencing on April 26, 2009.[2]

South Campus was the southern terminus of the Capital Line for 52 weeks, from 2009 to 2010.

On September 18, 2018, a man was stabbed on the platform while waiting for the train.[3]

Name

On September 5, 2012, Edmonton City Council's executive committee voted to change the name of the station from "South Campus" to "South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park", citing Fort Edmonton Park lobbying for their name to be added since the station's opening. This vote was against the advice of the city's naming committee, who had originally chosen not to add Fort Edmonton Park to the name, because of its distance from the station – 3.4 kilometres. This change led to some negative feedback from the public, believing that tourists to the city would expect the park to be within walking distance of that station, and not a five-minute bus ride.[4][5][6]

Station layout

The station has a 123 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is exactly nine metres wide.[7]

Around the station

• Alberta School for the Deaf
• Grandview Heights
• Lendrum Place
• Neil Crawford Provincial Centre
• Parkallen
• University of Alberta South Campus
  • Foote Field
  • Saville Sports Centre

South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre

South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre
Platforms	14 bus bays[8]
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre

The South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre is adjacent to the LRT station to the west. It has several amenities including public washrooms, a large shelter, a pay phone and vending machines. There is no drop-off area or park & ride.[9] The transit centre itself is not directly at Fort Edmonton Park; it is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) driving distance from the attraction.[10] Walking to the attraction from the transit centre can be difficult as there are no direct paths there from the transit centre.

Since April 28, 2019 South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre and Lewis Farms Transit Centre have been reconfigured as part of a "Drop-Off Zone Pilot Project".[11] As a part of this pilot, all buses dropping off passengers will do so at one of two "drop-off zones", before proceeding to the route's designated "boarding bay" to pick up passengers.[11] At Lewis Farms in particular, any buses that are considerably early will wait at a designated "layover area" after dropping off passengers at the drop off zone but before picking up new passengers at the boarding bay.[11]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[12]

To/From	Routes
Aspen Gardens	50, 53
Belgravia	55
Bonnie Doon	4
Brander Gardens	32
Capilano Transit Centre	4
Century Park Transit Centre	30, 36, 43
Fort Edmonton Park	595[lower-alpha 1]
The Grange	139
The Hamptons	139
Leger Transit Centre	30, 36
Lessard	104, 105, 106
Lewis Farms Transit Centre	4
Lymburn	104
Southgate Transit Centre	32, 50, 53, 55
University Transit Centre	4, 54, 106
Wedgewood	138
West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre	4, 106
Whyte Ave	4, 54

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.
School special routes that arrive/depart from South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre include routes 4S, 32S, 36S, and 50S.[15]

Notes

1. Route 595 is not operating in 2019 or 2020 as Fort Edmonton Park is closed for upgrades.[13][14]

References

1. "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
2. LeBlanc, Brittney (April 25, 2009). "Opening Celebrations for two new LRT stations held today". iNews880. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
3. Parsons, Page (18 September 2018). "'Plunged a knife a couple times': Witnesses treat stabbing victim at South Campus LRT station platform". Edmonton Journal. Postmedia. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
4. Johnston, Scott (August 31, 2012). "Add name Fort Edmonton to South Campus LRT". iNews880. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
5. "Fort Edmonton to be added to LRT station name". CBC News. September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
6. Staples, David (September 7, 2012). "Close only counts in horse shoes ... and LRT stations". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
7. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
8. "South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
9. "South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
10. "South Campus Fort Edmonton Park Transit Centre to Fort Edmonton Park Maps". Google. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
11. "Drop-Off Zone Pilot Project". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
12. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
13. Parrish, Julia (12 June 2018). "Details on planned upgrades at Fort Edmonton Park". CTV News. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
14. "ETS Spring Service Changes". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
15. "School Service: ETS Trip Planner". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links

Media related to South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons