[The_Cat]

The Metro Line, at this stage, is complete. This thread could stagnate if left alone.

 

[Gronk!]

An update to the former NAIT station

 

[archited]

Room for an ornamental landscape park?

 

[Coprolite]

Room for an ornamental landscape park?

Looks like it also has the function of making cutting right across the tracks less attractive.

 

[TAS]

Big turnout and success for this transit event over the weekend that began at stadium and took place in Blatchford.

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[yeggator]

Big turnout and success for this transit event over the weekend that began at stadium and took place in Blatchford.

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I was there. Fun event where I got to see familiar faces and meet new ones. It’s nice that this group exists so we can voice our ideas for transit more productively than shouting into the void on Skyrise.

Also, I took a jog through Blatchford afterwards to get back to my car. 10 minutes from Blatchford Gate to Airport Road on some nicely landscaped paths.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

I wish I could have made it to the event. I always seem to be working when events happen.

 

[Glenco]

 

[badc0ffee]

Hi all,
I visited Edmonton earlier this month and spotted this on the Metro line:

It's obviously not a station, so what's the reason for the roof? Is it there just to keep the trees away from the overhead power lines?

 

[yeggator]

Hi all,
I visited Edmonton earlier this month and spotted this on the Metro line:

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It's obviously not a station, so what's the reason for the roof? Is it there just to keep the trees away from the overhead power lines?

You’re spot on. Giant elm tree canopies above residential streets are a distinct feature of Edmonton’s older neighborhoods, and the tracks run on what used to be a residential street. They wanted to preserve those trees while protecting the OCS so they built that canopy.

 

[TAS]

I went to Kingsway Mall on the weekend and then decided to ride my bike through Blatchford.

Along the way i overheard a man with his young daughter near the old NAIT station area asking a passerby what happened to the NAIT station as they were looking to get on the train. The good patron let him know he had to follow the walking path and head further north to the new location.

I imagine that has probably stumped a few others who aren't regular transit users.

 

[David A]

You’re spot on. Giant elm tree canopies above residential streets are a distinct feature of Edmonton’s older neighborhoods, and the tracks run on what used to be a residential street. They wanted to preserve those trees while protecting the OCS so they built that canopy.

I was wondering about that for a long time too. It is quite nice and looks like it may have been intended to be a station, but of course it is fairly close to the MacEwan station so maybe that was never the intention.

 

[CplKlinger]

it is fairly close to the MacEwan station so maybe that was never the intention.

You can see the tree canopy on page 3 of the 2010 landscaping plan.