AnX Open to Public – Downtown’s Rapid Transit Hub
Photo: (L to R) Joe Skaggs, Vice President, Marketing, Follett of Canada; Honourable Erin Selby, Minister of Advanced Education; Dan Vandal, Councillor, City of Winnipeg; Lloyd Axworthy, President & Vice-Chancellor, UWinnipeg; Leo Ledohowski, President & Chair, Canad Inns
At the AnX (formerly the Greyhound Bus Depot at 471 Portage Ave) you can grab a coffee, pick up a magazine, and enjoy a good pizza inside UWinnipeg’s newest meeting place.
The AnX is home to the Canad Inns’ Garbonzo’s Pizza Pub and coffee favourite Starbucks, as well as UWinnipeg’s Bookstore (operated by Follett Canada), the largest in Winnipeg’s downtown with a selection of more than 90 magazines (ranging from Maclean’s to People to academic journals) as well as an inventory of textbooks. The Bookstore’s ongoing partnership with the Manitoba Publisher’s Association secures the best local and noteworthy titles. It also offers onine services at: www.universityofwinnipeg.bkstr.ca. The AnX also houses UWinnipeg’s popular English Language programs.
Rapid Transit Hub on Campus
Winnipeg Transit’s Balmoral Station, located on the west side of the AnX, is the downtown terminus for Winnipeg’s new rapid transit corridor connecting 14 bus routes to the east and south ends of the city, in addition to offering 3 free downtown “Spirit” shuttles.
Balmoral Station Bus Routes:
2 Downtown Spirit
3 Downtown Spirit
42 Plessis Express
46 Transcona Express
47 Transcona
48 McMeans Express
49 Dugald
137 Richmond Super Express
160 Downtown-University of Manitoba
161 University Super Express
162 Downtown-Fort Richmond(UM)-St. Norbert Express
163 Waverley Heights Express
170 Downtown-Fort Richmond(UM)-St. Norbert
180 Industrial Express
181 Whyte Ridge Express
183 Richmond West Express