Churchill LRT Station

Churchill
Edmonton LRT station
File:ETS LRT Churchhill.jpg
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Churchill LRT Station
History
Opened	1978
Electrified	600 V DC
Traffic
Passengers (2013) (typical weekday)	8,350 board 7,590 alight 15,940 Total
Services
Preceding station   Edmonton Transit System   Following station Stadium toward Clareview Capital Line Central toward Century Park MacEwan toward NAIT Metro Line Central toward Health Sciences/Jubilee
Route map Edmonton LRT Legend 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/Government Centre 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

Churchill Station is an LRT station on the Capital Line in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an underground station located beneath Churchill Square and is a part of the Edmonton Pedway system.

History

Churchill Station opened on April 22, 1978 when the LRT system first began operations.

In November 2006, Churchill became the first LRT station in Edmonton to have an exclusive ad campaign, with all ad space, as well as many other parts of the station, in the station being used by ads for Enmax.

Station layout

The station has a 129 metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. At just under eight meters wide, the platform is narrow by current Edmonton LRT design guidelines. Access to the platform is from the concourse level by stairs and escalators located at each end of the platform. The concourse level is part of the Edmonton pedway system.

The LRT system control centre is located on the Churchill Station concourse level. The Edmonton Transit System Customer Services centre, complete with lost and found, was also located in the station before moving to City Hall in February 2013. At one time, windows allowed pedestrians to view the control centre, but these were removed in 2008.

Public art

Churchill Station includes two pieces of public art. The first, "Ridden Down" is an abstract sculpture using welded steel that was installed in 1996. The second is a mural entitled "New Year's Eve".

Around the station

• Art Gallery of Alberta
• Canada Place
• Churchill Square
• Citadel Theatre
• Downtown
• Edmonton City Centre
• Edmonton City Hall
• Francis Winspear Centre for Music
• Oxford Tower
• Provincial Court of Alberta
• Shaw Conference Centre
• Stanley A. Milner Library
• TD Tower
• Ukrainian Canadian Archives & Museum Of Alberta