The 3 Street SW Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Downtown

Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

, Canada. The 3 Street SW platform is used by eastbound trains, with the nearest stations serving westbound trains being and the

4 Street SW station The 4 Street SW Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in located Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 4 Street SW platform is served by westbound trains only, with the nearest eastbound platforms being the 3 Street SW station and ...

and the

1 Street SW station 1 Street SW Station is a stop in Downtown Calgary on the city's C-Train light rail system. The 1 Street platform is served by westbound trains only, with the nearest eastbound train platforms being Centre Street station and 3 Street SW statio ...

. The platforms is located on the south side of 7 Avenue S and is located within the free-fare zone serving both Routes 201 and 202. The 3 Street W station, located between 3 Street and 2 Street SW and adjacent to The CORE/TD Square shopping centre opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. The original station was closed on April 20, 2009, and demolished immediately with the new station constructed in its place. The new station opened on March 12, 2010. Like all refurbished 7 Avenue platforms, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the station at both ends and the platform can handle 4-car trains. On March 22, 2023, as part of an attempt to deal with crime along the

C-Train CTrain (previously branded C-Train) is a light rail rapid transit system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Most of the network functions as a light metro, though in the free-fare zone that runs through the downtown core the Red and Blue lines opera ...

system, 3rd Street SW Station, along with every other station between City Hall and Downtown West-Kerby Stations would have the lighting and cameras upgraded. According to data released by Calgary Transit, the 3 Street SW Station had an average weekday daily ridership of 16,300 in the year of 2007.

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