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Originally Posted by Joborule
The problem with making the route only go to MRC, is how will they route the train back to the proposed west leg end?
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If you read his platform further it states that after going through MRC and Garrison Woods it would still head to Westgate for the park and ride customers. Word on the street is Bronco holds some commercial property just off the west LRT and as a result serves to benefit alot form the current line... I don't know if theres any truth behind this so take that with a grain of salt...
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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
1) DO NOT SPEND THE MONEY TO PUT THE TRAINS UNDERGROUND. I'm here in Edmonton, where downtown LRT lines are underground. It cost so much money the trains don't go anywhere. Imagine if you're entire LRT system went from Downtown, to Erlton, possibly Chinook. That's what we have in Edmonton. This city would be miles and miles ahead if they had expanded the LRT the way Calgary has.
2) I don't think they can put it underground downtown - without costing billions. My understanding is that the reason they didn't put it underground in the 80's was because Calgary's water table downtown is too high. Edmonton's downtown is a few hundred feet above the river, whereas Calgary is right at river level. That was the reason it was scrapped - not because of being concerned about Edmonton's problems.
3) Bronconnier is a tool and should be punted out of office.
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1) The underground trains would only be under downtown to alleviate the congestion of the current system. I've never ridden the Edmonton train system but word on the street is it sucks and isn't anywhere near as successful as Calgary's system. Putting the lines underground wouldn't limit the use in anyway it would simply allow more people to use the system at peak time. Expanding West, NE, etc. is great but seriously where the hell are all those trains going to go when they get downtown??? It's underground or we need a secondary line above ground. 200,000 more riders?!?! No freakin way!!! The simple fact is with 3 lines there is already not enough platform space for the current loads and things will only get worse with more lines coming into downtown.
2) I've heard the water table argument as well but I've come to conclude that it's simply a myth. We've already got an underground station below city hall and last I checked it never floods. For that matter the tunnel on the way to the stampede is the same elevation and too my knowledge it never floods.
3) No arguments there...
I don't understand why no one feels an underground line can work in Calgary? We're talking about 15-20 blocks underground... I tend to believe that most opponents to this suggestion have never taken the train to work. The current system is already taxed to it's limits and it's only going to get worse if we don't remove the biggest bottle neck. It's going to be expensive but how much has Bronco spent on infrastructure for new communities in the last 6 years? Isn't it time that everybody else that commutes downtown gets a little infrastructure relief?