City Hall station

City Hall/Bow Valley College Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It is the easternmost station of the 7 Avenue transit mall, located between Macleod Trail and 3 Street S.E. It was the first downtown station to have dual-side platforms (Downtown West–Kerby station, opened in 2012, was the second). It serves both the Red Line and the Blue Line and is the eastern extent of the free-fare zone. The station is located inside of the Downtown Commercial Core on the southeastern area of the community, near the border of the Downtown East Village community. This new dual-platform station replaces the previous City Hall and Olympic Plaza stations both of which opened May 25, 1981, as part of Calgary's first LRT line from 8 Street W to Anderson. The original City Hall station served only eastbound trains. The station was initially named 2 Street SE, and was renamed City Hall in late 1987.

The original Olympic Plaza Station served only westbound trains. The station was initially named 1 Street SE, and was renamed Olympic Plaza in late 1987 in preparation for the opening of its namesake park adjacent to the station in 1988. The station was located between Macleod Trail and 1 Street SE. On May 3, 2010, the original City Hall station was closed to be demolished and rebuilt on the spot, with a new westbound platform being constructed across the street, while th

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