Sunalta Station is a

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light rail station in

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, Canada. It serves the West segment of the Blue Line. The station is located on an elevated guideway, constructed on the south side of the

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mainline. It is located near 16 Street SW and the communities of

Sunalta Sunalta is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located in the inner city, southwest of downtown Calgary, south of the Bow River, and both east and north of the community of Scarboro. It contains a ba ...

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, Scarboro and Downtown West,West LRT, Sunalta Station
/ref> 1.1 km West of the 7 Avenue & 9 Street SW Interlocking. Inside the station building, escalators, stairs and an elevator provide access to the mezzanine level where the pedestrian overpass connects the station to Bow Trail and the Greyhound Bus Depot. From the mezzanine level, a further two sets of escalators, stairs, and elevators provide access up to the side-loading platform. Sunalta is the first elevated station in the

system and is the only station currently planned this way. A
Area Redevelopment Plan
for the station's surroundings was approved by City Council in March 2010. In its first year of service, Sunalta served an average of 5,640 boardings per day.

History

Construction on Sunalta station began on July 14, 2010. The ceremonial opening was held on December 9, 2012, and on December 10, the station, and the West LRT project as a whole, opened for revenue. On April 29, 2017, a fatal stabbing occurred at Sunalta station.

Crime

Sunalta Station has been criticized for being a crime hotspot in the Calgary C-Train System. On a

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interview in January 2022 with Calgary Transit Lead Staff 'Stephen Tauro', it was listed as one of the 5 stations with an unusually high crime rate. The others being:

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, Rundle,

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and

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Stations.

Notable places nearby

* Shaw Millennium

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Sunalta Station Place Sunalta Station Place is a three-story building constructed between 1904 and 1905 by Louis Weissgerber. The structure was originally located at 325 6th Avenue West Calgary Alberta on land purchased from Lord Strathcona. This lot is now occupied ...

*10 Avenue SW Business Corridor SunaltaCTrainConstruction

References

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