Edmonton Transit Service Castle Downs Transit Centre

Opened 1981
Location Castle Downs Road, North of 153 Avenue
LRT Lines Served Future NLRT
Platform Center island with perimeter stops and street stops
# Of Bus Bays 11
Park and Ride No

Castle Downs Transit Center is located in Northwest Edmonton near Beaumaris Lake. The original overall design is similar to Lakewood Transit Centre with very minimal facilities, consisting of a concrete island and standard bus shelters. Drivers were provided with a portable-type washroom which wasn't tied into City services.
The transit centre differs from Lakewood in that the centre island is only 3 bus bays long (vs. 6 bays at Lakewood). Additional bus bays are provided along Castle Downs Road and around the outside perimeter of the bus driveway.

The first upgrades to this terminal occurred in 2002 with the installation of a shelter formerly from the original Clareview Station platform, and later an upgraded washroom.

During 2016/ 17 the bus driveway (basically all of the concrete) was replaced, and finally during Fall 2017/ Winter 2018 with Federal PTIF and Provincial GreenTRIP grants a new building was built to replace the former Clareview shelter.

This transit centre is along the planned alignment of the future NLRT extension towards St. Albert.

Original Transit Centre
         
Looking north towards the transit centre. Looking towards the southeast and the perimeter bus bays. Looking towards the southwest and the island. Looking southeast from Castle Downs Road towards the island. Original driver washrooms. Note the propane tank for the heaters. This was a pretty basic transit centre.
Original Transit Centre with Clareview Shelter
Looking Northwest towards the former Clareview shelter. The new drivers washroom is just beyond the opposite end of the shelter.
April 12, 2014		 Looking Northeast. With the 2002 upgrades, the transit centre also received the ETS clock tower. Note the driveway replacement.
July 13, 2017		 Looking northeast.
July 13, 2017		 Interior of the former Clareview shelter facing South.
July 13, 2017		 Interior of the former Clareview shelter facing North.
July 13, 2017

     
Looking Northwest, now with driveway replacement on the West side.
September 5, 2017		 Looking Northwest.
September 5, 2017		      
Rebuilt Transit Centre
 
Looking Southeast, the transit centre features the new variation on the ETS Clock Tower.
March 24, 2021		 Looking South.
March 24, 2021		 Looking Southwest.
March 24, 2021		 Looking north.
March 24, 2021