Kingsway/Royal Alex station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta. It serves the Metro Line. It is located adjacent to the Royal Alexandra Hospital on the north side of Kingsway. The Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre, constructed at the same time, is located next to the station.[4]

Kingsway/Royal Alex
Edmonton LRT station
General information
Coordinates	53°33′28″N 113°30′4″W
Owned by	City of Edmonton
Platforms	Centre
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 6, 2015[1]
Electrified	600 V DC[2]
Passengers
2019 (typical weekday)	2,357 board 2,514 alight 4,871 Total[3]
Services
Preceding station Edmonton LRT Following station NAIT Terminus Metro Line MacEwan toward Health Sciences/Jubilee
Route map Legend min. running time Northeast LRT to Gorman future 0 Clareview Hwy 15 50 Street 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard 3 Belvedere CN Lines Hwy 16 Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive 6 Coliseum 118 Avenue CN Spur End 8 Stadium Northwest LRT to St. Albert future NAIT Kingsway/Royal Alex MacEwan 12 Churchill 13 Central 15 Bay/Enterprise Square 16 Corona 18 Government Centre Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River 20 University 22 Health Sciences/Jubilee 24 McKernan/Belgravia Belgravia Road 26 S. Campus/Ft. Edmonton 111 Street southbound 29 Southgate Hwy 2 Whitemud Drive 33 Century Park South LRT to south city limits future This diagram: view talk edit

History

Preliminary engineering of the line was completed in July 2009 and construction of the phase from MacEwan station to NAIT station began in the summer of 2011. The line is estimated to cost around $665 million[5] and opened on September 6, 2015.[1]

Around the station

• Central McDougall
• Centre for Education
• Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
• Kingsway Mall
• Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Spruce Avenue
• Victoria School of the Arts

Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre

Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre in the Early Morning in 2019.
General information
Platforms	9 bus bays[6]
Connections	Ebus[7] Rider Express[8]
Construction
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre
History
Opened	June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29)[9]

The Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre is located on the south side of 111 Avenue, east of 106 Street. The transit centre is served by ETS and St. Albert Transit (StAT). It has several amenities including bike racks, public washrooms, a large shelter and a pay phone. There is no park and ride, drop off area and no vending machines at this transit centre.[10]

The transit centre opened on June 29, 2014 and replaced the existing transit centre that was located next to Kingsway Mall.[9]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[11][12]

The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.

References

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