Somerset–Bridlewood station

Somerset – Bridlewood
CTrain station
General information
Location	17100 - 6 Street SW
Coordinates	50°53′57″N 114°04′09″W / 50.89917°N 114.06917°W / 50.89917; -114.06917
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Centre-loading platform
Connections	11 Southwest Loop 12 Southwest Loop 14 Bridlewood/Cranston 52 Evergreen/Somerset 75 Mahogany 78 Sundance 102 Millrise/Sliverado 153 Copperfield 167 Walden/Legacy 194 Chaparral Valley/Wolf Willow
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	913 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station Shawnessy toward Tuscany Red Line Terminus

Somerset–Bridlewood Station is a CTrain light rail station in the Calgary, Alberta community of Shawnessy. It is the current southern terminus of the Red Line. The station is one of two that opened on June 28, 2004 as part of the second phase of the South LRT Extension. The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW), 16.9 km (10.5 mi) south of the City Hall interlocking along Shawville Gate. 913 parking spaces are included in the park-and-ride facility at the station.

The station consists of a center-loading platform with at-grade crossings at both ends of the platform. Unlike a majority of CTrain stations, the platform was initially constructed to accommodate a four-car-length train.

In 2007, the station registered an average of 13,000 boardings per weekday. This is up from a ridership of 10,100 from 2005.^[1][2]

Somerset-Bridlewood Station was originally opened as 162nd Avenue Station in Spring 1996 as a temporary platform on the CP-Rail line as part of a pilot program to provide rail service to South Calgary. This commuter rail service operated a single Siemens RegioSprinter DMU^[3] during peak rush hour periods only, to and from a temporary platform at Anderson Station.^[4] The service only lasted five months, however, ridership proved popular and led to the priority decision to official extend the Red Line. The current station was constructed just south of the temporary platform and re-opened as Somerset-Bridlewood on June 28, 2004.^[5]

A dedicated bus loop opened in 2017 with bus stops and services being transferred from the original bus stops located on Shawville Gate.

11 - Southwest Loop

12 - Southwest Loop

14 - Bridlewood / 14 - Cranston

52 - Evergreen

75 - Mahogany

78 - Chaparral / 78 - Sundance

102 - Millrise / 102 - Silverado

153 - Copperfield

167 - Walden/Legacy

194 - Chaparral Valley/Wolf Willow

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Okotoks Commuter / Somerset-Bridlewood LRT Station

• Shawnessy Towne Centre (shopping plaza)
• Sundance South Health Centre
• Sunpark Plaza
• YMCA Shawnessy

Residential

• Bridlewood, Calgary
• Shawnessy, Calgary
• Somerset, Calgary
• Sundance, Calgary

Secondary Schools

• Bishop O'Byrne High
• Centennial High

Primary Schools

• Father James Whelihan
• Somerset Elementary

• 162 Avenue SW / Sun Valley Boulevard
• Macleod Trail
• Shawville Boulevard
• Stoney Trail

• CTrain
• Red Line (Calgary)
• Fish Creek–Lacombe station
• McKnight–Westwinds station
• Shawnessy station
• Bridlewood, Calgary
• Shawnessy, Calgary
• Somerset, Calgary

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