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CALGARY
 Alberta . Canada

Calgary light rail C-Train map © Robert Schwandl
 C-Train

Calgary (approx. 1.2 mill. inh.) - in the province of Alberta

Light rail system "CTrain":

62.1 km with 42 stops, on-street through downtown, several short tunnels

2 lines:
Red Line (201): Tuscany - Somerset/Bridlewood
Blue Line (202): 69th Street - Saddletowne

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 History

25 May 1981: Anderson - 8 St SW (201) (12.9 km)
27 Apr 1985: 10 St SW - Whitehorn (202) (9.8 km of new route length)
17 Sept 1987: 8 St SW - University (201) (5.6 km)
31 Aug 1990: University - Brentwood (201) (1.0 km)
09 Oct 2001: Anderson - Fish Creek-Lacombe (201) (3.4 km)
15 Dec 2003: Brentwood - Dalhousie (201) (3.0 km)
28 June 2004: Fish Creek-Lacombe - Somerset-Bridlewood (201) (3.0 km)
17 Dec 2007: Whitehorn - McKnight-Westwinds (202) (2.7 km)
15 June 2009: Dalhousie - Crowfoot (201) (3.4 km)
27 Aug 2012: McKnight-Westwinds - Saddletowne (202) (2.9 km)
10 Dec 2012: 8th Street - 69th Street (8.2 km)
23 Aug 2014: Crowfoot - Tuscany (201) (2.5 km)

 Projects

The Green Line will be a 20 km LRT line beginning at a maintenance facility in Shepard and heading north towards the city centre, where the line will be underground (2026). Unlike the two existing lines, the new line will be operated with low-floor vehicles.

In a later stage, a northern extension along Centre Street is planned (total lenght 46 km).

[ Green Line Project Website ]

 

 Links

Calgary Transit (Official Website)


CTrain at Wikipedia

Calgary Light Rail at nysubway.org (incl. detailed description and photos)

LRT in Calgary

Jon Bell's Calgary page with some photos

Trainweb Calgary page with rolling stock lists

Cars & Trains > CTrain

Kevin Lo's Calgary LRT page

Old Trails incl. older LRT photos

 

 


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