Edmonton Transit Service Capilano Transit Centre

Opened	1977-78ish
Location	98 Ave/ 57 St
LRT Lines Served	None
Platform	2 islands, with perimeter stops
Passenger Access	N/A
Park and Ride	No
1978  1988

Capilano Transit Centre is located behind Capilano Mall in East Edmonton, bordered by residential to the North, West, and Southwest, and commercial and heavy industry to the East and Southeast.
Pinning down a date for the transit centre has been elusive so far. The 1978 aerial images show the future location of the transit centre as still being a parking lot for the Capilano Mall. 2 buses are seen facing West on 98 Ave, West of 57 Ave. As noted on the transit centre index page, on pre-Horizon 2000 maps "Major Transfer Points" could be on road transfer locations or transit centres. Both had a list of routes served, but for on road transfers an arrow pointed at the intersection. For transit centres the arrow pointed at a box. Starting with the 1977 Ride Guide Capilano is shown with the box icon and a list of routes, and this continues with the 1977/78 Ride Guide (probably issued in Fall 1977) and the 1978 and beyond Ride Guides. Cleary, the transit centre didn't exist in early 1978. My current assumption is it was built some time soon after in 1978-79.
The transit centre was pretty much standard for the time. It has a concrete bus driveway and passenger platforms. The provision of bus shelters seems to have been minimal with only 2 on the middle platform noted. All passenger platforms have buses facing West, with a total of 7 bus bays, 3 each on each platform in the transit centre and 1 bus stop on the street with space for 2 routes at a time. 9 buses maximum could probably fit within the foot print. Drivers use a washroom that is in the Capilano Mall.
In the early 2000's a new passenger shelter structure was built and the typical ETS clock tower erected. Being an early example or a new or upgraded transit centre receiving the clock tower, it originally featured the clock face before being replaced with the digital display.
Like many other transit centres, during the summer of 2017 the bus driveway and passenger platforms were rebuilt with help from the Federal PFIT grant and Provincial funding. PTIF provided $970,000 of the $2,000,00 cost.

Like a few of my early photos of transit centers, this one is because there were no low floors, only GM's, and I knew this scene wouldn't last long. You can see an aluminum shelter on the other side of the bus. June 2001	Original clock tower and clock face a Capilano. Something is missing... Within a year or so the clock tower went digital. February 1, 2008	Capilano looking West from middle passenger platform. February 2, 2021	Shelter structure at Capilano. February 2, 2021	Shelter structure at Capilano. February 2, 2021