Edmonton Transit Service Health Sciences/ Jubilee LRT Station

After LRT construction stagnated through the 1990's, City Council approved the SLRT extension to the then Heritage Mall on January 18, 2000. Following that, Council approved the construction of Phase 1A from the University Station to Health Sciences Station at a cost of $100.1 million. Construction started on February 3, 2003 with testing and commissioning occurring in late 2005. In the early morning hours on January 1, 2006 the first revenue train operated to Health Sciences Station, the first LRT extension since University opened nearly 14 years earlier. On January 3, 2006 an "official" opening was held for the media and anyone else that didn't feel like staying up all night for the first train!
Since it's opening Health Sciences has seen a lot of changes to the station and surrounding land.
The station would only see use as terminus station for the Capital Line for a little over 3 years before the next extension to South Campus. During these 3 years, LRT frequency was limited to 6 minutes on account of this extension not having any crossovers, and consequently, the South Portal crossovers were still used for turning back trains.
In early 2009 the station was renamed to Health Sciences/ Jubilee.
In 2010 the original 4 car platform was extended to 5 cars as part of a $75 million project to increase all SLRT extension platforms to allow 5 car trains.
2010/11 saw the closing of 83 Ave across the tracks, leaving just the pedestrian crossing, and later complete removal of the roadway.
To the Northwest, the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy building was under construction in 2008, and to the Southwest the Edmonton Clinic was under construction by 2009. These two buildings would be connected by a pedway to the Health Sciences/ Jubilee Station and University Hospital. The pedway connection to the station was underway by the Spring of 2012.
For the NLRT extension to NAIT, a tail track was constructed South of the HSS. While Health Sciences/ Jubilee would be the the usual terminus of the Metro Line eventually, with the signaling issues ETS initially operated Metro Line trains to Century Park, only using Health Sciences/ Jubilee as the Metro Line terminus for late night and Sunday service. With signaling issues resolved, Health Sciences/ Jubilee became the full time terminus for the Metro Line on August 29, 2021.
The platform extensions to 5 cars completed during 2009 and 2010 at Health Sciences/ Jubilee, McKernan/ Belgravia, and South Campus/ Fort Edmonton apparently had problems, and all have had remedial work completed on them since. In the case of Health Sciences/ Jubilee, this work was done during the Summer of 2019.

Sigh at north side of future work site, showing the north side of station. April 26, 2004	Sign at south side of work site, showing south side of station.	Looking south from NAJA south entrance before construction starts. April 26, 2004	Looking south, south of NAJA south entrance before construction. Note stumps from trees which have been removed prior to work starting. April 26, 2004	Looking north, north of 83rd Ave before the start of construction. April 26, 2004
Looking south, north of 83rd Ave before construction starts. April 26, 2004	Looking northeast, north of 83rd Ave towards the U of A hospital before construction starts. April 26, 2004	Wide angle shot looking north, south of 83 Ave before construction starts. April 26, 2004	Construction with Enmax installing catenary. August 2005	Construction with Enmax installing catenary. August 2005
Construction with Enmax installing catenary. August 2005	Looking Southeast. November 2005	1005 testing at the North end of the station. Note the original crossing signals with flashing amber hands rather than red lights. November 2005	South end looking North into the station. Note the 4 car platform, and termination poles in the middle of each track. November 2005	1005 in the station, looking Northeast with initial landscaping in place. November 2005
Telephoto of 1005 as it departs Northbound on a test run. November 2005	South end looking North into the station. Note the 4 car platform, and termination poles in the middle of each track. November 2005	South end looking North into the station. Note the 4 car platform, and termination poles in the middle of each track. November 2005	#1036 breaking the banner for the media event for opening the Health Sciences SLRT extension. January 3, 2006	#1036 breaking the banner for the media event for opening the Health Sciences SLRT extension. January 3, 2006
Original clock tower.	Original clock tower.	Colour shots of the clock tower. January 24, 2008	Colour shots of the clock tower. January 24, 2008	Clock tower after being converted to digital, only a few months after the previous images. April 16, 2008
Looking towards the Northbound track at the South end of the station as the extension South nears completion. New signals are installed, and the catenary no longer terminates at a pole in the middle of the track. December 12, 2008	Looking North towards the station. The signal has been flipped around. January 16, 2009	1026 on the Southbound track. January 16, 2009	1002 on the Northbound track. January 19, 2009	SD160's on both track at HSS. This was rare for the time when this station was still the end of the line. February 5, 2009
HSS platform. February 5, 2009	1034 on the Northbound track. Note that the signals are now powered, and in this case facing backwards March 5, 2009	1038 waiting to proceed onto the SLRT extension for the first powered test run. March 5, 2009	1050 arriving on the Northbound track. June 10, 2009	Renamed station. June 10, 2009
HSS with the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy building being built in behind. September 24, 2009	Looking South end from the South end of the station with the SLRT open to South Campus. March 25, 2010	Southbound track as a 4 car platform. March 25, 2010	Looking North into the station from the South side. March 25, 2010	Looking towards the South entrance. March 25, 2010
1025 signed up for South Campus departing Southbound from HSS. Still as a 4 car platform. March 30, 2010	Catenary modifications prior to pedway construction for the Southbound track. September 30, 2011	Catenary modifications prior to pedway construction for the Southbound track, including a new pole (not painted brown) relocated. September 30, 2011	Catenary modifications for the Northbound track. September 30, 2011	Looking Southwest at the early work on the HSS pedway connection, with a portion of the shelter structure removed. April 29, 2012
Looking Southwest at the early work on the HSS pedway connection, with a portion of the shelter structure removed. April 29, 2012	Early work on the HSS pedway connection, with a portion of the shelter structure removed. May 30, 2012	Early work on the HSS pedway connection, with a portion of the shelter structure removed. May 30, 2012	Looking Southwest as the new pedway connection is underway. June 27, 2012	Closer up looking Southwest of the pedway construction. June 27, 2012
Facing Northwest of the new pedway connection construction. June 27, 2012	Pedway construction West of the station. June 27, 2012	Pedway construction West of the station. June 27, 2012	1035 loading a Northbound train with construction all around. October 2, 2012	Night shot of the progress of the pedway connection construction. October 16, 2012
Ticket validator and demo card reader on the HSS platfrom at the South end. May 19, 2017	Looking Southwest with the completed pedway. April 2, 2019	Repairing the platform extension that was added to extend the platform to support 5 car trains. July 8, 2019	Repairing the platform extension that was added to extend the platform to support 5 car trains. July 8, 2019	Looking North along the Southbound track with some work being done in the signal cabinets. July 2, 2020