Banff Trail (C-Train)

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Banff Trail
C-Train station
Banff Trail 7.jpg
Station statistics
Address 2374C Banff Trail NW
Coordinates 51°04′15.4″N 114°06′56″W / 51.070944°N 114.11556°W / 51.070944; -114.11556Coordinates: 51°04′15.4″N 114°06′56″W / 51.070944°N 114.11556°W / 51.070944; -114.11556
Lines Northwest
Platforms Side platforms
Other information
Opened 1987
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Calgary Transit
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 5,600
Services
Preceding station   C-Train   Following station
toward Crowfoot
Route 201

Banff Trail is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. It opened on September 7, 1987 as part of the original Northwest line and is located on the exclusive LRT right of way on the East side of Banff Trail NW, 4.1 km Northwest of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW interlocking. The station consists of two side-loading platforms with grade-level access from a pedestrian crossing of the tracks at the northern end of the station.

The station is located east of the McMahon Stadium (which features 780 spaces available for commuters), Burns Stadium, and the Motel Village district, and north-east of the junction of Crowchild Trail and the Trans-Canada Highway. It also serves the neighbourhods of Banff Trail, Hounsfield Heights, Briar Hill and St. Andrews Heights.

The station registered 2,900 daily boardings in 2005.[1]

In 2008, Banff Trail Station registered 5,600 weekday boardings. [2]

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