Marlborough | |||||||||||
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| Location | 889 - 36 Street NE | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°03′32″N 113°58′54″W / 51.05889°N 113.98167°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line (202) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Center-loading platform | ||||||||||
| Connections | 42 Marlborough 43 McKnight-Westwinds/Chinook 49 Forest Heights 58 44 Street/Erin Woods 67 Memorial Drive 87 Applewood 127 Maryvale/Franklin Industrial 135 36 Street/Erin Woods | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Marlborough station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It serves the Northeast Line (Route 202) and opened on April 27, 1985 as part of the original northeast line.
The station is located in the median of 36 Street NE, located near its intersection with 8 Avenue NE/Marlborough Drive NE. The station is 6.5 km (4.0 mi) from the City Hall Interlocking and is located near Calgary's Marlborough neighborhood and also serves nearby businesses along 36 Street NE, including Marlborough Mall. Pedestrian overpasses connect the station to both sides of 36 Street NE. Stairs, escalators, as well as an elevator provide access down to the center-loading platform. 485 spaces of the mall facility are now owned by Calgary Transit and are designated for park-and-ride service.
As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate 4-car trains by the end of 2014, all 3-car platforms have been extended. Marlborough station saw new furnishings in addition to a platform extension. Construction started in the late Summer of 2013, and was finished in January 2014. [1]
In 2005, the station registered an average transit of 19,600 boardings per weekday, the busiest station in the system other than the downtown platforms.[2]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.