Edmonton Transit Service 100 St Southbound Bus Stop
| Opened | 1971 |
| Location | 100 St/ Jasper Ave |
| LRT Lines Served | Metro/ Capital Lines |
| Platform | Major Bus Stop |
| Passenger Access | N/A |
| Park and Ride | No |
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Located on 100 St between Jasper Ave and MacDonald Drive, this
bus stop since at least 1971 has been one of the busier bus stops Downtown.
While I don't know exactly how long a bus stop has been at this location, I
suspect the shelter building was built at the same time as the surround office
towers in 1971. The bus stop is situated on a site with two office towers and a
3rd smaller building. The southern tower was originally known as the AGT Tower,
while the northern tower was McCauley Plaza. These later been Telus Plaza South
and Telus Plaza North, before becoming known today as Telus House Edmonton for
the South tower, and ATB Place for the North tower. The 3rd building is a 2
story building immediately South of the shelter structure and is known as the
ATB Place Annex. ATB Tower was completed in 1969 and the Telus House Edmonton
tower in 1971. It is assumed the bus shelter structure was completed around that
time.
In 2003 the building was rebuilt from it's original form which was an open air
shelter. The entrances to the original building were angled inwards to help
prevent wind and weather from entering. The original basic structure was
retained, but now rebuilt as an enclosed building with doors and bright, modern
finishes and featured the now standard ETS clock tower, this one being early
enough that it originally had the clock face before being replaced with a
digital display.
The building was modified in 2022 to remove the doors, returning the building to
an open air concept, but also all seating inside.
As mentioned earlier, this has been one of the busiest stops in Downtown. It
served every bus route that ran from Mill Woods to Downtown, which included a
plethora of peak hour Downtown express extensions of routes that otherwise
wouldn't have ran beyond Millgate or Lakewood. Additionally, it served a few
routes to Capilano, 1 route to the University (2 if you included when the 57
existed alongside the 7, with the 57 being a short turn 7), and in later years
an express route to Meadows (90, and then 500x under the BNR).
Just before Horizon 2000, 17 Edmonton Transit routes stopped there, plus
Strathcona, while under the Horizon 2000 this ballooned to 21 (with 1 route, the
86, being a late night route) plus Strathcona. Despite some changes, there was
still 21 routes, plus 4 Sherwood Park routes by 2009. For a period from
September 2, 2003 - March 2004 ETS was contracted to run the 98 Beaumont that
used this stop.
Through the mid 2010's there would be changes here and there, but consolidation
of the Mill Woods peak hour extensions began to reduce the number of routes
serving this stop. Those service hours were being replaced by additional trips
on the 15.
Just before the BNR started, this stop was down to 12 ETS routes, and 2
Strathcona routes. Under the BNR this would drop to 4 ETS routes and 2
Strathcona routes. From 21 to 4!
This would temporarily increase to 5 routes when ETS would replace the 510x,
which had followed a route similar to previous Mill Woods to Downtown routes,
with the 73 which followed the VLSE alignment a lot closer than the 510x, and
also introduced the 511-Owl service to provide coverage when the 73, or in the
future the VLSE LRT, weren't operating during "Owl" service window.
This would increase further to 6 when the 73 was split into the 73A and 73B on
December 4, 2022 with one branch serving the Muttart Stop, and the other the
Strathern Stop on 95 Ave.
With the removal of the 73A and B in February 2024, this bus stop was back down
to 4 ETS routes, 1 that only ran in the Owl service period.
| Original Shelter | ||||
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| #442
southbound on 100 St. December 4, 1971 |
Looking
Northwest from in front of the Hotel MacDonald. 2003 |
Same
photo, but cropped to enlarge the structure. 2003 |
Rebuilding in progress. 2003 October 11, 2003 |
New
framing in place to enclose the building. December 14, 2002 |
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| New
framing in place to enclose the building. December 14, 2002 |
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| Rebuilt Shelter Structure | ||||
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| Original
clock face, but something is missing... February 2, 2008 |
The
stairs have been removed to be rebuilt, and
additionally a wheelchair ramp was built. June 18, 2017 |
Looking
south. Almost empty. Although it is a few days
before Christmas, Covid means that despite being
during peak hour, there's virtually no one
around. December 23, 2020 |
A route
15 with new wayfinding signage. December 23, 2020 |
Looking
south, with a good view of the rebuilt stairs
and new wheelchair ramp. December 28, 2020 |
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| Looking
north. December 28, 2020 |
The "new
and improved" version with doors removed,
seating removed and route information boarded
up. December 1, 2022 |
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| Bus Stop Signs Through The Years | ||||
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| A lot of
routes already are gone by 2020. The 98 is
visible between 85 and 87. On the left, the
missing routes are probably the 57, 64, 65, 66,
and 69. October 10, 2020 |
Final
signage before the BNR. Note that the Mill Woods
express extensions are down to the 61 and 68,
with the 62 and 63 being the latest casualties.
Under the BNR the 6 would become the 8, the 70
the 523, and the 90 the 500x. The 510x would
replace the 8 and 15. The 520x is a phantom
route. It showed up on pre-BNR signs around
Downtown. We assume it was a variant of the
510x. Or maybe a typo? December 23, 2020 |
BNR
signage with the 510x. Not long before the 73
would take over in September 2022. August 10, 2022 |
The 73
and 511-Owl replacing the 510x. This was short
lived, before the 73 was split up 3 month later. September 19, 2022 |
And now,
the 73 split into the 73 and 73B, although it
was still a few days away before this change
took effect. November 30, 2022 |