Kingsway/Royal Alex station is an Edmonton LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta. It serves the Metro Line. It is located adjacent to the Royal Alexandra Hospital on the north side of Kingsway. The Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre, constructed at the same time, is located next to the station.
History Preliminary engineering of the line was completed in July 2009 and construction of the phase from MacEwan station to NAIT station began in the summer of 2011. The line is estimated to cost around $665 million and opened on September 6, 2015.
Around the station Kingsway Mall Royal Alexandra Hospital Central McDougall Centre for Education Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Spruce Avenue
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre
The Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre is located on the south side of 111 Avenue, east of 106 Street. The transit centre is served by ETS and St. Albert Transit (StAT). It has several amenities including bike racks, public washrooms, a large shelter and a pay phone. There is no park and ride, drop off area and no vending machines at this transit centre.
The transit centre opened on June 29, 2014, and replaced the existing transit centre that was located next to Kingsway Mall.
The following bus routes serve the transit centre:
To/From Routes Coliseum Transit Centre 102 ETS Downtown 111, 560, 701 ETS Eaux Claires Transit Centre 103 ETS Jasper Place Transit Centre 903 ETS MacEwan University 560 ETS Montrose 102 ETS NAIT 102, 202, 560 ETS, StAT Spruce Grove 560 ETS Stadium Transit Centre 3, 111 ETS St. Albert Centre Exchange 202 StAT St. Albert Nakî Transit Centre 202 StAT Westmount Transit Centre 3, 111 ETS The above list does not include LRT services from the adjacent LRT station.
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