Health Sciences/Jubilee station

Health Sciences/Jubilee
Edmonton LRT station
General information
Coordinates53°31′13″N 113°31′33″W / 53.52028°N 113.52583°W / 53.52028; -113.52583
Owned byCity of Edmonton
PlatformsCentre and Side
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeSurface
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
WebsiteHealth Sciences/Jubilee LRT Station
History
Opened2006
Passengers
2019
(typical weekday)		8,446 board
8,056 alight
16,502 Total[1]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station
University
toward Clareview
 Capital Line McKernan/​Belgravia
toward Century Park
University
toward NAIT/Blatchford Market
 Metro Line Terminus

Health Sciences/Jubilee station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. As of 2021, it is the southern terminus of the Metro Line. It is a ground-level station located at 114 Street at 83 Avenue on the University of Alberta's main campus.

History

Health Sciences station in 2006. At the time the LRT had only one line (which is now Capital Line), running between Health Sciences and Clareview.

Health Sciences station opened on January 3, 2006,[2] and was the second LRT station built on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. It was also the first above ground station to be built since Clareview station which opened in 1981 and the first station built as part of the Capital Line's South expansion which added five new stations and 7.8 km of track to the system by 2010.

Station layout

The station has a 124-metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two five-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is exactly nine metres wide.[3] At the time of opening, the platform was 101-metre long but was extended 23 metres in 2010 to accommodate five-car trains.[4] A tail track located south of the station allows three-car Metro Line trains to terminate and reverse directions but the platform is off-limits to the public.[5]

An enclosed pedway system that connects the station with the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Kaye Edmonton Clinic and University of Alberta Hospital began construction in January 2012 and opened in June 2013.[6]

The station's platform features text etched into the glass walls and footprint impressions in the concrete as part of the public art piece "I Witness" by Holly Newman.[7]

Safety and security

  • In April 2022, an elderly woman was assaulted and pushed onto the tracks.[8]

Around the station

References

  1. ^ "2019 LRT Passenger Count Report" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2020. Retrieved 5 Feb 2021.
  2. ^ "Edmonton's LRT officially arrives at new station". Edmonton Journal. Canada.com. January 3, 2006. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  3. ^ City of Edmonton (July 2011). "LRT Design Guidelines 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 700. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  4. ^ "South LRT - Making Tracks Summer 2010" (PDF). City of Edmonton. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-20. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "Metro Line Fact Sheet – Operation" (PDF). City of Edmonton. August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "LRT pedway to cross 114th Street". CBC News. January 4, 2012. Archived from the original on July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "I Witness". Edmonton Arts. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Violent assault at LRT station: man pushed elderly woman onto tracks". Retrieved 2022-04-28.