Edmonton Transit System Kaskitayo Transit Centre

Opened	1982
Closed	September 2, 2000
Location	23 Ave/ 109 St
LRT Lines Served	None
Platform	Center island
Passenger Access	N/A
Park and Ride	Yes
1988

Kaskitayo is located in south Edmonton, at the Northwest corner of the intersection of 23 Ave and 109 St, to the Southeast of the Heritage Mall shopping centre. The transit centre first appeared in the 1982/1983 Ride Guide, indicating it likely opened in the Fall of 1982. It featured a centre passenger platform with bus shelters and washrooms for the operators. Bus entrances and exits were from 109 St and 23 Ave. There was a gravel Park'N Ride lot located on the North side of the transit centre. While I don't believe they were original, the shelters in use at the end were unique. While basically being a regular aluminum shelter, were arranged as 3 shelters grouped together. They were painted brown and had a dome roof. The only other location we are aware of with this style of shelter was at the University Transit Centre.
The Heritage Mall wasn't doing too well after one of it's anchor tenants, Wal-Mart, vacated and moved to South Edmonton Common. Safeway was interested in building a standalone store where the Kaskitayo Transit Centre was located. A landswap was completed which allowed ETS to build a new transit centre on the West side of the mall along 111 St. This aligned with plans to get the LRT moving South from the University to a new terminus at Heritage Mall. In the meantime with Safeway now relocated, Heritage Mall would be torn down and turned into the Century Park residential development. As far as I recall, Heritage Transit Centre opened at the same time as the Mill Woods Transit Centre, which would mean Kaskitayo's closure was September 2, 2000.

One interesting legacy of Kaskitayo that lasted until the end of the GM New Look era, and for the actual route until 2010, was the Super Express route 151, later the 47 under Horizon 2000.

To advertise this route, Edmonton Transit painted #754 in a race car paint scheme, with the number 151 on the car being the route number for this new route. This bus lasted in this livery until it was retired.

Looking Southwest towards the transit centre from the entrance off of 109 St. August 2000	Looking west towards the transit centre. August 2000	Another view looking Southwest across the Park'n Ride lot.	Barricades ready to go up to closed of Kaskitayo once the new Heritage Transit Centre opens up.	Style of shelter in use at Kaskitayo when it was closed, although this example was at the University Transit Centre.