NAIT station is an

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station in

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. It serves the

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. The station will be temporarily located north of

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, on the south side of the

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's swimming pool and hockey arena wing, before a permanent station is ultimately built after a long-term comprehensive land use plan of the

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lands are finalized. NAIT station is the northern terminus of the Metro Line. The station was closed for four months from April 28 to August 30, 2019 due to construction on the

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which shares track with southern sections of the Metro Line. Because of delays that the construction is expected to cause, Edmonton Transit operated five car trains on the Metro Line. Since the NAIT station island platform is only 3 cars long, these larger trains were unable to fit alongside the platform, hence the temporary closure. The station is currently being replaced by two different stations; NAIT and Blatchford Market, which construction was started on in 2020, which is located on the Blatchford lands.

History

Preliminary engineering of the line was completed July 2009 and construction of the phase from the

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to NAIT began in the summer of 2011. The station was supposed to open in 2014. However, due to delays it opened on September 6, 2015.

Station layout

NAIT Station is an at-grade station with a

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. Unlike the other LRT stations in Edmonton, the current platform at NAIT Station will only accommodate three-car trains. This is because it is a temporary station.

Around the station

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References

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