Station proximity is one of the few amenities that reliably supports value — up to a point, past which it works against you.
Calgary's CTrain runs on two lines that both pass through downtown.
Any community around those stations gives you a downtown commute without a car, which in a city with our winters is worth more in January than it looks in July.
Generally yes, and it is one of the more durable amenities because it cannot be replicated — no new station is going to appear beside a competing listing. It widens your buyer pool to include people who want to avoid a car or a second car entirely.
The effect is strongest where the walk is genuinely comfortable year-round. A ten-minute walk in July is a different proposition at minus twenty-five with ice underfoot, and buyers who have lived a winter here know it.
There is a real limit, and it is worth understanding before you pay a premium for proximity.
The sweet spot most buyers describe is two to six blocks: close enough to walk in winter without thinking about it, far enough that the station is something you use rather than something you live with.
As always, go and stand there — at rush hour, and again in the evening.