Stadium Station is the first surface station once the LRT
comes to the surface at 95 St. Located south of 112 Ave, Stadium Station
received it's name from the Commonwealth Stadium, located across the Park and
Ride lot from Stadium Station. Commonwealth Stadium was built for the 1978
Commonwealth Games, and then has served as the home of the Edmonton Football
Team, and has been the site of all manner of sporting events, including at the
international level, as well as hosting many other events such as concerts.
With the station initially featuring CN trackage on either
side an, underground concourse to access the platform was used. This concourse
also serves as a link between the two sides of the transit centre, as well as
communities on either side.
The Stadium Transit Centre is among the smallest. The east
side just amounts to bus stops served by the route 2 and 120 in the westbound
direction, and route 2 in the eastbound direction. From when it opened in 1978
to 2009 the east side of the station was served by trolleybuses. Up until June
1997 they would have been Route 1 Highlands/ Jasper Place buses, and after June
1997 120 Stadium/ Jasper Place buses.
Additionally, the east side has had a Stadium/ Northlands South Entrance shuttle
for K-Days and horse racing. However, with Northlands no longer hosting horse
racing, and redevelopment of the Northlands site planned, future operation of
these shuttles will be limited to a few years at best of K-Days.
The west side features 6 bus bays, however, the route 125 is the only route that
regularly uses this side at present. Previously, this was the route 127. Before
June 1997 this was route 11. It is common to find standby buses waiting in one
of the unused bays, waiting to be dispatched as needed. This side of the
terminal features a Park and Ride lot. The majority of the time the lot is used
for transit customers driving to the station and then taking the LRT, however,
for events at Commonwealth Stadium this lot is used staging bus operating to
other Park And Ride lots throughout the city.
With the ETS Network Redesign taking effect on April 25, 2021 the station on the
west side will be served by the Route 2 Stadium/ West Edmonton Mall and the 101
Stadium/ Abbottsfield, and on the west side by the Route 3 Stadium/ Westmount.
Stadium Station was originally painted yellow, later, being
repainted to the pink colour familiar to riders today. The station originally
featured a partially covered platform, with the outer ends uncovered.
Staircases, an escalator, and elevator were centrally located in the covered
portion.
In 2013, due to deterioration of the platform, a significant platform
replacement project was undertaken. This project entailed building wood
extensions to the platforms to allow continued 5 car train operation while the
opposite end of the platform was replaced with precast platform segments.
During 2018-2019 with redevelopment efforts occurring south
of Stadium on the former Muttart lands, a new surface access to Stadium Station
was built from the south end of the station towards 84 St. at the same a new
road and pedestrian crossing was built further south connecting 84 St and
Stadium Road, and a multiuse path completed along the east side of the tracks
from 112 Ave to 92 St.
At the same time, as part of these same redevelopment and TOD efforts, a
complete rebuilding was being planned of Stadium Station which will see it lose
the concourse level, with that being replaced by surface, at grade entrances at
either end of the station, as well as a new platform so that each track has a
platform, and theoretically, the southbound track could use either platform.
Construction commenced in 2020 with a planned completion date in 2022. By the
fall of 2020 almost nothing remained of the original canopy of the station.
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Original Station |
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Edmonton
Transit 1004 leads a southbound at Stadium.
September 17,1979 |
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northbound with 1007 departs northbound from
Stadium.
September 17, 1979 |
Edmonton
Transit 1005
leads a northbound train into Stadium Station.
June 1983 |
Edmonton
Transit 1006 leads a southbound train into
Stadium Station.
September 1984 |
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Pink Era |
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"Flying
E" door handles at Stadium.
2002 |
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north towards Stadium from 84 St. |
Looking
south towards Stadium from 112 Ave. |
Extreme
telephoto (telephoto with digital zoom) looking
south from 112 Ave.
June 20, 2012 |
Early
morning with lights off, looking north from the
southwest side.
January 9, 2013 |
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Platform Rebuilding Summer 2013 |
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Frame
work for temporary platform at the south end of
the station.
June 26, 2013 |
Frame
work for temporary platform at the south end of
the station.
June 26, 2013 |
Platform
removed at the south end of the station, work
being done between platform support walls.
June 26, 2013 |
Looking
south towards removed platform and temporary
platform.
June 27, 2013 |
Power
outage, but also, looking south towards where
the new platform is being installed. Windows
removed in order to allow precast platform
segments to be slid into position.
July 2, 2013 |
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Trains
using the temporary north platform extension,
looking south from 112 Ave.
July 30, 2013 |
Trains
using the temporary north platform extension,
looking south from 112 Ave.
July 30, 2013 |
Trains
using the temporary north platform extension,
looking south from the north end of the
platform.
July 30, 2013 |
Trains
using the temporary north platform extension,
looking south from the north end of the
platform.
July 30, 2013 |
Removal
of temporary platfrom, looking south from 112
Ave.
August 12, 2013 |
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Looking
north from the stairwell with repair work on the
portion of the platform that wasn't replaced
with new precast sections.
August 9, 2013 |
Telephoto
from the same location with the original
platform and the temporary extension.
August 9, 2013 |
Platform
removed looking north from the elevator. Note
windows removed a new platform segments waiting
to be installed.
August 15, 2013 |
Looking
north towards the elevator with parts of the
centre of the platform being repaired in place.
August 15, 2013 |
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South Entrance Construction/ Muttart
Crossing/ Multiuse Pathway 2018-2019 |
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Looking
north from the north-center of the platform
along the future multiuse path.
June 8, 2018 |
Looking
south from the south end of the platform towards
the future pedestrian crossing and multiuse
path.
June 8, 2018 |
Looking
south from the south end of the platform at the
start of form work for the new and stairs for
the south entrance.
September 20, 2018 |
The start
of form work and rebar for the new ramp and
stairs for the south entrance.
September 28, 2018 |
Development of a new park between 84 St and the
LRT Right of Way, looking south from the south
end of the platform.
November 4, 2018 |
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| Concrete
poured for the new ramp and stairs for the south
entrance, from the south end of the platform. |
Track
being rebuilt with concrete ties for the new
south entrance. Looking east from the west side
of the RoW.
May 20, 2019 |
Track
being rebuilt with concrete ties for the new
south entrance. Looking northeast from west of
the RoW.
May 20, 2019 |
Track
being rebuilt with concrete ties for the new
south entrance. Looking east from the west side
of the RoW.
May 20, 2019 |
Telephoto
looking south from the platform towards the
future Muttart crossing after a weekend shutdown
allowed work within the LRT RoW.
May 29, 2019 |
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Looking
south from the platform with concrete ties and
new rail in place for the new station entrance.
May 29, 2019 |
Looking
south from the platform towards the future
Muttart crossing.
June 6, 2019 |
Looking
south from the platform with concrete ties and
new rail in place for the new station entrance,
as well as the new park in behind.
June 6, 2019 |
Looking
south from the platform with concrete ties and
new rail in place for the new station entrance
June 6, 2019 |
Looking
south from the platform with concrete ties and
new rail in place for the new station entrance,
as well as the new park in behind.
June 6, 2019 |
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New
entrance largely complete, looking south from
the south end of the platform.
September 10, 2019 |
Looking
south towards the south end of the platform, new
entrance not open yet.
September 10, 2019 |
Looking
south towards the new south entrance with new
signage and a pedestal for a ticket validator
installed.
September 10, 2019 |
Muttart
crossing open.
November 4, 2019 |
Muttart
crossing open with "Look, Listen, and Live"
signage on sidewalk.
November 4, 2019 |
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Looking
south from the Muttart crossing on the west side
of the tracks.
November 4, 2019 |
Looking
south from the east side of the tracks across
the new multiuse path.
November 4, 2019 |
Northbound train crossing the new south entrance
from 84 St.
November 4, 2019 |
Looking
north from the crossing towards the new ramp and
stairs to the platform.
November 4, 2019 |
Looking
across the new pedestrian crossing from the east
side of the tracks.
November 4, 2019 |
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Looking
north onto the platform from the new entrance
with new signage and the ticket validator.
November 4, 2019 |
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Pre-Demolition Configuration 2020 |
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North end
looking south.
May 6, 2020 |
North
looking south.
May 6, 2020 |
Center,
next to elevator, looking south.
May 6, 2020 |
Concourse, looking south from elevator.
May 6, 2020 |
Concourse, looking south from eleavtor.
May 6, 2020 |
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Concourse
looking west towards west entrance and Park and
Ride from elevator.
May 6, 2020 |
Concourse
looking east towards east entrance.
May 6, 2020 |
Concourse, looking south towards stairs/
escalator from the west.
May 6, 2020 |
Platform
looking south from edge of platform canopy
towards surface entrance from 84 St.
May 6, 2020 |
84 St
entrance looking north, along the northbound
track.
May 6, 2020 |
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Station
looking north from 84 St.
May 6, 2020 |
Station
looking north from 84 St.
May 6, 2020 |
Platform
looking north from 84 St entrance.
May 6, 2020 |
Platform
over northbound track looking north from south
side of station.
May 6, 2020 |
Looking
north from the north end of the platform along
the RoW.
May 6, 2020 |
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Looking
north from about the middle of the station.
June 10, 2020 |
Concourse
looking west towards the west entrance from the
edge of where the fare collection area starts.
July 9, 2020 |
Bus
information board at the west end of the
concourse.
July 9, 2020 |
Concourse
looking east from west entrance.
July 9, 2020 |
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Station Rebuilding 2020-Finished |
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Hoarding
protecting the existing underground entrances to
the platform.
July 2, 2020 |
Steel
work erected on platform.
July 2, 2020 |
Station
demolition along the the southbound track.
Looking south from 112 Ave.
July 9, 2020 |
A
northbound train on the northbound track while
work occurs on the west side of the station.
Looking south from 112 Ave.
July 9, 2020 |
Looking
south from 112 Ave.
July 9, 2020 |
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Looking
south from 112 Ave. The central portion of the
canopy remains, but the portion of the
southbound tracks is gone.
July 9, 2020 |
Looking
south from 112 Ave. The central portion of the
canopy remains, but the portion of the
southbound tracks is gone.
July 9, 2020 |
Looking
south from 112 Ave. The central portion of the
canopy remains, but the portion of the
southbound tracks is gone. You can see the
original yellow used for that station that is
now visible on the crossbeams.
July 9, 2020 |
Looking
north with additional steelwork installed on the
platform.
July 9, 2020 |
Hoarding
protecting the stairs from the concourse level.
July 9, 2020 |
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Steelwork
on the south end of the platform, with the
catenary tied off to it.
July 9, 2020 |
Catenary
tied off at the south end of the platform.
July 9, 2020 |
Original
yellow showing where the canopy over the
southbound track has been demolished.
July 15, 2020 |
On this
overcast day, the original yellow paint shows up
nicely. The southbound track and catenary have
been removed. Looking south from 112 Ave.
July 15, 2020 |
Looking
north along the southbound track from 112 Ave,
catenary had been removed this far back.
July 15, 2020 |
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Looking
north along the southbound track from 112 Ave,
catenary had been removed this far back.
July 15, 2020 |
Looking
south from 112 Ave with EPCOR crews working
where track used to be. Track was removed upto
the concrete ties for the 112 Ave crossing.
July 15, 2020 |
Looking
south from 112 Ave. Canopy over both the
platform and southbound track has now been
removed.
July 15, 2020 |
Telephoto
of the same scene.
July 15, 2020 |
Telephoto
looking south from 112 AVe along the northbound
track.
July 15, 2020 |
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Looking
north from the 84 St entrance.
July 15, 2020 |
Telephoto
of the same scene.
July 15, 2020 |
I thought
it was awesome to see the original yellow paint
show up, so, a telephoto with nice sunlight.
July 15, 2020 |
Looking
north from the north center of the platform,
with the canopy over the platform now gone.
July 15, 2020 |
Catenary
remains at the north end of the platform.
July 15, 2020 |
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Looking
north from the platform with track and catenary
removed.
July 15, 2020 |
Telephoto
of the same scene.
July 15, 2020 |
Platform
looking south from the north end all canopies
removed.
October 9, 2020. |
Yellow
original paint on both sides of the platform.
October 9, 2020 |
The
presumably temporary catenary has the wire
probably lower than anywhere on the LRT system.
Currently there is a 20 km/h restriction through
the station, likely because of the wire.
October 9, 2020 |
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Walls of
west platform.
February 22, 2021 |
EPCOR
crews working on the catenary for the northbound
track.
March 3, 2021 |
EPCOR
crews working on the catenary for the northbound
track.
March 3, 2021 |
Looking
south from the north entrance to Stadium
Station.
March 3, 2021 |
Installing the crossbeams at Stadium.
April 10, 2021 |
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Looking
towards the north from 84 St.
April 10, 2021 |
Looking
towards the north from 84 St.
April 10, 2021 |
Original
underground entrance still existing as the new
structure goes up.
April 10, 2021 |
Original
underground entrance still existing as the new
structure goes up.
April 10, 2021 |
Original
underground entrance still existing as the new
structure goes up.
April 10, 2021 |
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Station
framework.
April 14, 2021 |
Station
framework.
April 14, 2021 |
Station
framework.
April 19, 2021 |
West
platform construction.
June 7, 2021 |
Centre
platform with roof installation.
June 7, 2021 |
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West
platform construction at the south end of the
station.
June 7, 2021 |
South
entrance.
June 17, 2021 |
Platform
segments staged in the Park n' Ride lot.
June 17, 2021 |
Freight
car truck in the Park n' Ride lot. I have no
idea why this was here. It was an odd sight.
June 17, 2021 |
Freight
car truck in the Park n' Ride lot. I have no
idea why this was here. It was an odd sight.
June 17, 2021 |
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A U2
train on the northbound track.
June 17, 2021 |
West
platform work.
June 17, 2021 |
West
platform work.
June 17, 2021 |
Underground entrance still open.
June 24, 2021 |
West
platform work.
June 24, 2021 |
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West
platform with the platform segments largely
installed, looking north.
June 28, 2021 |
Looking
south towards the south end of the station.
June 28, 2021 |
North
platform entrance looking north.
July 1, 2021 |
North
platform entrance looking north, crossing the
southbound track.
July 1, 2021 |
North end
of station, northbound rail removed.
July 1, 2021 |
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Looking
south along the northbound track from the north
end with rails removed,
July 1, 2021 |
Looking
south into the station from the north entrance.
July 1, 2021 |
A
northbound train arriving on the southbound
track while single tracking, at the south end of
the station.
July 1, 2021 |
A
northbound train on the southbound track while
single tracking, taken from the south entrance.
July 1, 2021 |
Looking
south at the northbound track from the south end
of the station with the rail removed to allow
rebuilding of the track.
July 1, 2021 |
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Looking
north into the station from the south entrance.
July 1, 2021 |
Temporary
catenary along the southbound track, looking
north.
July 1, 2021 |
Underground entrance.
August 7, 2021 |
Underground entrance from the west entrance.
August 7, 2021 |
A
northbound U2 train. The catenary will
eventually be moved to the new beams.
August 7, 2021 |
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Former
location of the escalator and stairs at Stadium.
September 10, 2021 |
Catenary
moved onto the new beams for the northbound
track.
October 5, 2021 |
New
catenary installed, including a section isolator
in this view of the northbound track.
October 5, 2021
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Southbound track looking north from the north
entrance. New bracket arm assemblies are
installed on the new beams, as well as the
parallel messenger, however contact wire and
messenger wire are still mounted to their
original poles.
October 19, 2021 |
West side
of the new platform with demolition of the
former west underground entrance.
October 19, 2021 |
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Demolition of the former west side underground
entrance.
October 22, 2021 |
Shifting
the southbound catenary to the new structures in
progress, south end looking north.
October 22, 2021 |
Shifting
the southbound catenary to the new structures in
progress, south end looking north.
October 22, 2021 |
Shifting
the southbound catenary to the new structures in
progress, south end looking north.
October 22, 2021 |
Shifting
the southbound catenary to the new structures in
progress, south end looking south.
October 22, 2021 |
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Shifting
the southbound catenary to the new structures in
progress, south end looking south.
October 22, 2021 |
Completed
southbound catenary looking north at the north
end of the station.
October 22, 2021 |
Cladding
and ceiling installation for the west platform.
February 1, 2022 |
Cladding
and ceiling installation for the west platform.
February 1, 2022 |
West
platform looking north.
May 18, 2022 |
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West
platform looking north.
May 18, 2022 |
West
platform looking south.
May 18, 2022 |
Largely
completed west platform looking north.
September 19, 2022 |
Largely
completed west platform looking south.
September 19, 2022 |
VMS sign
advising that the west platform isn't in use..
September 19, 2022 |
