D.L. MacDonald Yard

53°35′42″N 113°25′13″W / 53.59500°N 113.42028°W / 53.59500; -113.42028

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Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible

North entrance of D.L. MacDonald Yard garage at sunset.

D.L. MacDonald Yard is the maintenance facility, garage, and operations centre for the Capital and Metro light rail transit lines operated by Edmonton Transit Service, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located to the northeast in the Kennedale industrial area,[1] at 13310 - 50A Street, the facility opened in December 1983 at a cost of $28.2 million.[2]

Expansions to the facility to accommodate additional light rail vehicles were completed as part of the South LRT Extension Project. Portions of the expansion were completed in 2008 with the remainder completed in early 2009.[3]

History

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Don MacDonald was the Superintendent of the Edmonton Transit System for many years. A well known proponent of electric and light rail transit, his ideas about quality public transit were very influential in shaping the system that exists today.

Edmonton's D. L. MacDonald LRT shops in the city's east end were named after him. In the early 1960s, Don MacDonald already had ideas about the direction Edmonton should take in building a quality public transportation system and was working on them.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kennedale Industrial Area Structure Plan Archived 22 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ETS LRT Brochure 2007[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Direction for LRT Planning in Edmonton (PDF), Edmonton, 19 February 2009{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), See LRT transportation planning in Edmonton for this station.
  4. ^ Plans for a Rail Rapid Transit System in Edmonton (1964) Archived 20 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine