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Health Sciences (ETS)
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Health Sciences/Jubilee Station is an LRT
station operated by Edmonton Transit System
in the city of Edmonton
, Alberta
, Canada
. It is located on the surface at 83 Avenue and 114 Street on the University of Alberta
campus near the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
, the Walter MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre
, the Health Research Innovation Facility and the Canadian Blood Services
Edmonton Blood Donor
Clinic. A number of other medical facilities—including the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (under construction), the Aberhart Centre, and the Cross Cancer Institute—are all within easy walking distance of the station.
Health Sciences Station opened on January 3, 2006, and is the second LRT station built on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River
. It was also the first above ground station to be built since Clareview
Station opened in 1981 and the first station built as part of the South LRT Expansion which will add five new stations and 7.8 km of track to the system by 2010.
The station has a 100-metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two four-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is currently slated to be expanded by 23 metres so that the station can accommodate five-car trains with construction to start in the summer of 2010. The platform is exactly nine metres wide.
Edmonton Light Rail Transit
Edmonton Light Rail Transit, more commonly referred to as the LRT, is a light rail system in Edmonton, Alberta. Part of the Edmonton Transit System , the 20.5-kilometre route starts in Edmonton's northeast suburbs and ends at Century Park in Edmonton's south end.The ETS designates the LRT as Route...
station operated by Edmonton Transit System
Edmonton Transit System
The Edmonton Transit System, also called ETS, is the public transit service owned and operated by the city of Edmonton, Alberta. It operates Edmonton's bus and light rail systems.-Service:...
in the city of Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located on the surface at 83 Avenue and 114 Street on the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
campus near the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium is a performing arts, culture and community facility, located in Edmonton, Alberta.-General information and history:...
, the Walter MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre
University of Alberta Hospital
The University of Alberta Hospital is a research and teaching hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Alberta and run by Alberta Health Services, formerly Capital Health, the health authority for Alberta...
, the Health Research Innovation Facility and the Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profit charitable organization that manages the blood supply in all provinces and territories of Canada, outside of Quebec, and oversees the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network . A separate organization, Héma-Québec, operates in the province of Quebec...
Edmonton Blood Donor
Blood donation
A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions or made into medications by a process called fractionation....
Clinic. A number of other medical facilities—including the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (under construction), the Aberhart Centre, and the Cross Cancer Institute—are all within easy walking distance of the station.
Health Sciences Station opened on January 3, 2006, and is the second LRT station built on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....
. It was also the first above ground station to be built since Clareview
Clareview (ETS)
Clareview Station is an LRT station operated by the Edmonton Transit System in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located near 42 Street and 139 Avenue, and is named for the northeast Edmonton District of Clareview...
Station opened in 1981 and the first station built as part of the South LRT Expansion which will add five new stations and 7.8 km of track to the system by 2010.
The station has a 100-metre long centre loading platform that can accommodate two four-car LRT trains at the same time, with one train on each side of the platform. The platform is currently slated to be expanded by 23 metres so that the station can accommodate five-car trains with construction to start in the summer of 2010. The platform is exactly nine metres wide.