Calgarians who use the CTrain from the south end of the city will be happy to hear that the centre is once again open for transit users.
The station was closed in January of this year so that crews could replace the old two storey building to make room for the new, four car trains.
It also includes three heated enclosures to make winter travel more tolerable, a wider pedestrian walkway, an at-grade track crossing, and a heated bus terminal passenger shelter.
Some riders say that the 32-year-old station needed to be upgraded.
“Oh yeah, it sure did.” Dolores Walmsley says. “It was pretty old looking and now it just looks like its 21st century.”
Jeremy Price's commute has been about 20 minutes longer in either direction ever since construction began.
"When I first started here about a year and a half ago, it was so convenient for me to just go to and from my place really easily, so the last eight months have been a little more difficult."
Ron Collins, spokesperson for Calgary Transit, thinks the station looks really great. “I’m really excited to see how it goes. It will definitely be a lot easier for everyone working here, or anyone in the area to get around with it open.”
The city says that over 12,000 customers use the station ever weekday and that it is among the top 10 most heavily used in the system.
Shuttles were used to handle the commuter traffic while the upgrades were underway.
The upgrade cost almost $20M.
