8 Street SW station

8 Street SW
CTrain station
General information
Location	901C - 7 Avenue SW
Coordinates	51°02′49″N 114°04′52″W / 51.04694°N 114.08111°W / 51.04694; -114.08111
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Single side-loading platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Fare free
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2009
Electrified	Overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station Sunnyside One-way operation Red Line 6 Street SW toward Somerset–Bridlewood Downtown West–Kerby One-way operation Blue Line 6 Street SW toward Saddletowne

8 Street SW station is a CTrain light rail station in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station is used only by eastbound trains. The platform for the station is located on the south side of 7 Avenue SW.

For Route 201 Southbound, it is the first station in Downtown Calgary, and within the Downtown free fare zone. The station is used by trains serving both Routes 201 and 202.

The original platform was located between 9th and 8th streets SW adjacent to the Circle K. It opened on May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's original LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. As part of the 7 Avenue Refurbishment Project, a new station was constructed one block east (between 8 Street & 7 Street SW and adjacent to Century Park) of its previous location and was opened on December 18, 2009. The original platform was immediately closed following the opening of the new platform and was demolished shortly afterwards.^[1][2]

Like all refurbished seven Avenue stations, the entire sidewalk slopes up to the platform level and the platform can accommodate four-car trains.

The station registered an average of 12,600 daily boardings in 2005.^[3]

According to the Calgary Transit website, in 2008, the ridership of the station of daily weekday boardings remained at an unchanged rate of 12,600 boardings.^[4]