Sunnyside is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train

C-Train

C-Train is the light rail transit system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has been in operation since May 25, 1981. The system is operated by Calgary Transit, a department of the Calgary municipal government.-Operations:...

 light rail

Light rail

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 system in Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

Alberta

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.

The station serves the Sunnyside

Sunnyside, Calgary

Sunnyside is an innercity community in Calgary, Alberta located on the north side of the Bow River immediately adjacent to Calgary's downtown...

 and Hillhurst neighbourhoods of Calgary, as well as the Kensington

Kensington, Calgary

Kensington is a Business Revitalization Zone in Calgary, Alberta, focused around the intersection of Kensington Road and 10th St. NW, also known as the Kensington-Louise Crossing Business Association. It resides primarily in the Hillhurst and Sunnyside neighbourhood, and successful marketing has...

shopping district, and is a short walk from Riley Park.

History

The station, and the section of the line running through it, is the most controversial in the C-Train system. When the Northwest Line was being planned, community residents organized to keep this station from being built as it required the demolition of many homes and the major disruption of 9A Street N.W. (a number of homes and apartment blocks which were not demolished were left with no front street access). The city pushed ahead with its plans by purchasing most of the properties along 9A Street. Eventually, as the area became accustomed to the C-Train, the properties were sold off to private interests.

Bus connections

On 9A Street:
405 Hillhurst
419 Parkhill/Foothills
On 10 Street:
4 Huntington
5 North Haven
9 Varsity Acres/Bridgeland
145 Northland
405 Hillhurst
411 Rosedale/East Calgary
419 Parkhill/Foothills

Ridership

Opened in 1987, the station registered an average of 5,700 daily boardings in 2005, which by 2008 had increased to an average of 10,400.