Downtown West–Kerby station
Downtown West–Kerby station is a Calgary CTrain station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the free-fare zone on the 7 Avenue transit-only corridor. It is the only station in the downtown corridor that is exclusively for the Blue Line. A public preview occurred on December 8, 2012, and the station opened for revenue service on December 10, 2012.
Downtown West–Kerby | ||||||||||||
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| CTrain station | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | 11 Street & 7 Avenue SW | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°02′49.8″N 114°05′14.34″W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Calgary Transit | |||||||||||
| Platforms | Side-loading platforms | |||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Opened | 2012 | |||||||||||
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This station replaces the former centre-loading 10 Street SW platform and relocated one block to the west. Initially, the name of this new dual side-loading platform was to be just 11 Street SW. However, Calgary City Hall changed the name to its present form because of the history of the Kerby family name in this location and the proximity to the Kerby Centre (a major social services centre primarily for seniors). The only other two-platform station in downtown is the City Hall station at the eastern end of the 7 Avenue SW transit mall. As part of the Calgary Transit Seventh Avenue refurbishment project, Downtown West–Kerby has been built to accommodate 4-car consists.
On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the CTrain system, every station between City Hall station and Downtown West–Kerby would have the lighting and cameras upgraded.
This station serves mainly the Downtown West End community, both residential and businesses.