Here's some interesting news. As has been mentioned before in this thread,
Southland Station is the next in line to be upgraded and extended to four-car length. The interesting part is as follows from the Calgary Transit website:
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it will be necessary to close the station for a period of time to allow for the removal and replacement of a portion of the existing platform. Calgary Transit will communicate the dates for this station closure at a later date.
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http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/s..._20110203.html
Looks like it will have to shut down for as long as it takes to remove part of the platform and replace it so it can be used for service again. Could be a couple or more weeks. We shall see.
More information at the link posted above. Construction starts tomorrow, February 3rd.