Crowds were definitely out for the long awaited opening of the Crowfoot LRT station today, there were probably over a thousand people wandering around the parking lot and the various booths (mostly from area businesses, plus CPS, EMS, Fire Department and Transit). Heres a tour of the station:
The crowd out on part of the south park and ride lot
3 ramps up to the pedestrian bridge
Looking north at the station from the park and ride lot
The pedestrian bridge which links the north park and ride and the bus look to the station, and to the south park and ride lots
Looking down to the platform level from the entrance way
Looking back to the entrance from the foot of the down escalator
And from the foot of the up escalator
Looking west from the end of the platform to the station itself
New signs are up and in place for the start of service on Monday morning
Looking west along the north side of the station
And looking back east still on the north side
The elevator on the platform level
Looking east on the south side of the platform.
#2271, one of the first A/C equipped LRV's sits on the platform showing the 'Crowfoot' destination on its display
Looking up the side of the escalator
The entranceway with its ticket machines. Its a bit smaller area then I had thought, seemed a bit crowded
The elevator access in the entrance
Looking west from the pedestrian bridge at the tail tracks. In 3 years time the tracks will run west from the end under the bridge to the next, and final, station on the north west line of the LRT at Tuscany about 3km west
Looking at the station from the north side of the pedestrian bridge
The bus shelter on the bus loop
The bus loop, a similar design to Dalhousie with the bays only around the outside and a fence through the middle to prevent people from cutting in front of buses
The newest D40LFR in the Calgary Transit fleet that was on display (and full of parents with smaller kids taking a break from the heat)
The southmost park and ride lot, located about 500m from the station itself. Overall theres approximately 1350 parking stalls in the various lots at this station
One of the pedestrian accesses into the community of Scenic Acres south of the station
Looking at the intersection from the connector bridge which crosses over Crowchild Trail to access the south park and ride lots. There is no road connection from the community into the parking lots, only a restricted road for buses equipped with an automated gate, so all traffic has to access the park and ride over this bridge, or off the offramps from Crowchild directly.
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