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Originally Posted by getbak
Plus, it would be a spur from the main C-Train line, so it wouldn't be just another stop on the route.
Also, any tourist coming into town who wants to see anything, especially Banff, is likely to rent a car at the airport, so there's another group of potential transit riders who are unlikely to ride the C-Train from/to the airport.
I don't know why so many people get hung up on an Airport C-Train. Right now, Vancouver is the only airport in Canada with direct train service, and it's pretty much only there because of the Olympics. Pearson is the busiest airport in Canada and it doesn't even have a direct train service from downtown Toronto. Neither does Montreal, despite both cities being significantly larger, and having much more extensive and mature public train services than Calgary.
Airport C-Train service should be pretty low on the priority list for C-Train expansion.
The runway underpass on the other hand, should be a priority to get at least the basic shell in place before the runway is built over top of it.
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I think airport LRT will start to make more sense after the rest of the bigger residential and employment centres are served (full southeast and north central lines), when the airport grows a bit in terms of air traffic and employment after their international terminal and parallel runway projects are up and running, and following some ridership development with the new express bus routes starting up within the next couple years.
As for the tunnel, just get it done.