St. Albert Transit- Transit Centres and Bus Stops

This page will be covering St. Albert Transit's Transit Centres.

The initial transfer point in St. Albert was a primitive, unpaved lot with a few transit shelters and wood platforms, located just north of the future St. Albert Transit Centre, in the parking lot of the future Village Tree Mall. This would remain the basic home to a transit centre until August 2020 when Naki was opened. The first permanent transit centre was the St. Albert Transit Centre, located south of the temporary transit centre. This transit centre was renamed to the Village Tree Station with the opening on the St. Albert Exchange on July 24, 2000. This was a short lived name for this location, as in November 13, 2001 the Village Transit Station would relocate around the corner to the southwest side of the mall. Naki would replace the Village Transit Station at the end of August 2020 and is actually located inside of Edmonton City Limits. Naki is positioned to be a terminus on the NW LRT Metro Line extension, and would be the start of St. Albert's portion if/ when LRT gets extended into St. Albert.

The St. Albert Centre Exchange has have been temporarily relocated a few times, so there is a page for that. Additionally, there is a page for bus stops. Although all of the good old stuff that dated back to the early days are gone, we can document examples of what exists today.

Transit Centre vs. Station vs. Exchange.
St. Albert has used them all. As explained in the July 24, 2000 Riders' Guide, "Station" was used for Village Tree to denote that there were park and ride facilities, while St. Albert Centre used "Exchange" as it did not have parking and ride spaces and was just for transferring between buses. However, in the meantime the St. Albert Centre Exchange has received park and ride spaces.

Some dates are unknown and for now best are approximated.

Transit Centre	Open	Closed	Address	Image	Notes
Original	~1976	1980's	West of Gervis Road, north of Garlarneau Place.
St. Albert Transit Centre/ Village Tree Station	1980's	November 12, 2001	NW corner Grange Drive/ Gervis Road, Village Tree Mall parking lot.
St. Albert Centre Exchange	July 24, 2000	Active	North end of River Crest Cresent, immediately south of the St. Albert Centre
Village Tree Station (2nd)	November 13, 2001	August 29, 2020	Grange Drive/ Gate Ave.
St. Albert Centre Exchange Temporary	Various		St. Vital Ave and Muir Drive
Naki Transit Centre	August 30, 2020	Active	15520 Campbell Road

Bus Stops
Signage at the temporary St. Albert Exchange. September 6, 2017	Signage at the temporary St. Albert Exchange with the Botanical Loop sign, Infopost with schedule, and a notice that the temporary exchange would be in place longer than expected. September 8, 2017	Original style of transit centre signage that dates back to at least the 1990's. January 18, 2020	Both this pic and the next one are at St. Albert Exchange, but feature slightly different colouring. May 13, 2022	See, the previous pic. Both are at St. Albert Exchange, but have slightly different colouring. May 13, 2022

This page last updated on October 6, 2026

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