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Edmonton Transit Service Mill Woods Transit Centre
| Opened | September 3, 2000 |
| Closed | April 24, 2021 |
| Location | Hewes Way/ 25 Avenue |
| LRT Lines Served | None |
| Platform | Center island with perimeter stops and street side island |
| # of Bus Bays | 15 plus long street side island |
| Park and Ride | No |
Mill Woods Transit Centre was located along Hewes Way, east of
the Mill Woods Town Centre shopping mall. This transit centre opened on
September 3, 2000 and largely replaced Lakewood Transit Centre as the main bus
terminal in central Mill Woods. Along with the Heritage Transit Centre (now
Century Park), these two transit centres introduced the ETS clock tower which
would become a signature feature of all ETS transit centres and LRT stations to
date.
This transit centre featured a centre platform and shelter building, perimeter bus
bays, and a island for the one long bus stop on Hewes Way. Originally the Hewes
way stop was limited to school specials but as the number of routes using the
MWTC has increased, the 23 and 340 were regular routes that utilize this stop.
The terminal building does feature a kiosk for a vendor, but the operation out
of it was short lived.
Mill Woods Transit Centre was the Edmonton destination for the short lived
Beaumont Transportation Service as well
as the route 99 when a second shot was taken at a Beaumont service. The current
Beaumont Transit eventually return to Mill Woods, but at the new Mill Wood TC. Strathcona
County Transit also operated the route 415 from the Strathcona Station to Mill
Wood Transit Centre via their Wye Road transit centre and Grant McEwan's Mill
Woods campus. This route was canceled, and Grant McEwan has since moved out of
it's Mill Woods campus now.
Besides replacing the analog clock face with a digital display there have been
few other changes. Introduction of articulated buses saw them use the furthest
north north facing bay, first with the 8 and when the 15 took over artics from
the 8 they simply swapped bays.
The Mill Woods Transit Centre was replaced by a new Mill Woods Transit Centre
located closer to the Valley Line Southeast LRT terminus station, with this
version closing on April 24, 2021 and the new Mill Wood TC opening with the
rollout of the BNR on April 25, 2021. After having the shelter building
demolished, and the entrances barricaded for a period, the site was repurposed
as a recycling depot, and now with the barricades removed ETS standby buses will
use the former terminal to layover.
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| .Bus bench advertising the coming transit centre. | Looking towards the southeast and the perimeter bus bays. | Looking towards the southwest and the island. | ||
