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Southgate
Edmonton LRT station
General information
Coordinates	53°29′8″N 113°31′0″W / 53.48556°N 113.51667°W / 53.48556; -113.51667
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Southgate LRT Station
History
Opened	2010
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	9,250 board 9,753 alight 19,003 Total
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station South Campus/​Fort Edmonton Parktoward Clareview Capital Line Century ParkTerminus
Route map Legend CN lines Clareview Highway 15 50 Street 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard Belvedere CN lines Highway 16 Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive Blatchford Gate Coliseum NAIT/Blatchford Market 118 Avenue Kingsway/​Royal Alex CN Spur End MacEwan Stadium 102 Street to Lewis Farms (2028) Churchill Quarters Central Bay/Enterprise Square Tawatinâ Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Corona Muttart Government Centre Strathearn Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Holyrood University Bonnie Doon Health Sciences/Jubilee Avonmore McKernan/​Belgravia Mill Creek Belgravia Road Davies South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park 75 Street 111 Street southbound lane Gerry Wright OMF Southgate Highway 14 Whitemud Drive Highway 2 Whitemud Drive Millbourne/​Woodvale Century Park Grey Nuns Mill Woods Key Capital Line Valley Line Metro Line CN tracks All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit

Southgate station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta. It is served by the Capital Line. It is a ground-level station located next to the Southgate Centre shopping mall and the Southgate Transit Centre at 51 Avenue and 111 Street.

The station was officially opened on April 24, 2010, with regular service commencing on April 25, 2010.

Southgate LRT Station provides an important transit connection between southwest Edmonton neighbourhoods, the University of Alberta and downtown Edmonton.

Station layout

The station has a 123-metre long centre-loading platform that can accommodate two trains at the same time, one on each side of the platform. The platform is exactly nine metres wide. It also has a grade-separated pedestrian overpass connecting the station to Southgate Centre and the Southgate Transit Centre to the east and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood to the west.

The transit centre features two 20-foot (6.1 m) brick boots, titled Immense Mode, a public art piece by Dawn Detarando and Bryan McArthur.

Around the station

• Southgate Centre
• Empire Park
• Harry Ainlay Composite High School
• Lendrum Place
• Malmo Plains
• Pleasantview

Southgate Transit Centre

Southgate Transit Centre
General information
Platforms	18 bus bays
Connections	Ebus FlixBus Rider Express
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Southgate Transit Centre
History
Opened	November 22, 1977

The Southgate Transit Centre, first opened on November 22, 1977, is on the east side of 111 Street, adjacent to the LRT Station. It is connected to the station by an elevator-equipped pedestrian overpass which also crosses to the west side of 111 Street and the Malmo Plains neighbourhood. This transit centre has a drop off area, a large shelter and a pay phone. It does not have park & ride, public washrooms or vending machines. There are public washrooms available in the adjacent LRT station.

The transit centre temporarily moved to the north side of 51 Avenue on 111 Street for 2007 and 2008, during the construction of the Southgate LRT station.

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.

References

1. "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
2. "Edmonton Opens Two New LRT Stations". City of Edmonton. April 24, 2010. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
3. City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
4. "Immense Mode". City of Edmonton Public Art Collection. Edmonton Arts Council. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
5. "Southgate Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
6. "Edmonton-Red Deer-Calgary Locations | Ebus".
7. "Bus Edmonton to Calgary".
8. "Locations".
9. ^ Hatcher, Colin (1983). Edmonton's electric transit: the story of Edmonton's streetcars and trolley buses. ISBN 091913033X.
10. "Southgate Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
11. "Southgate LRT Station". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
12. Macdonald, Jac (29 June 2007). "New temporary home for Southgate LRT dock". Edmonton Journal. p. B.1.
13. "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

External links

Media related to Southgate station (ETS) at Wikimedia Commons

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Capital Line	Clareview Belvedere Coliseum Stadium Churchill Central Bay/Enterprise Square Corona Government Centre University Health Sciences/Jubilee McKernan/​Belgravia South Campus/​Fort Edmonton Park Southgate Century Park
Metro Line	Blatchford Gate NAIT/Blatchford Market Kingsway/​Royal Alex MacEwan Churchill Central Bay/Enterprise Square Corona Government Centre University Health Sciences/Jubilee
Valley Line	102 Street Churchill Quarters Muttart Strathearn Holyrood Bonnie Doon Avonmore Davies Millbourne/​Woodvale Grey Nuns Mill Woods

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