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Originally Posted by polak
I HATE Calgary Transit.
- How can trains be full at the FIRST station? I get on at Somerset and every train around 7 is usually standing room only before even leaving that station. That is absolutely ridiculous. I don't understand how people past anderson get to work in the morning because it sure as hell isn't by train. You have one or two brave and annoying souls who try and squeeze on but most are left in the cold.
- How are there sooooo many delays? I think there have been 3 delays during rush hour in the last 3 days.
- They missed the boat on this one, but they should have built and additional line adjacent to all of their current lines for express trains that only stop at the busiest stations. These could also be used when there are delays on the main line.
- Why do trains stop exactly when clubs have their curfew? Is that too avoid drunks on the train? Seems like it would be a great way to cut down on drinking and driving.
- Why the hell did they only build a parkade for Canyon Meadows station? There is a 500+ person wait list for reserved parking at the major stations and all the unreserved parking in full by 6 am yet they only build surface lots at those stations.
- Old cars need to go. Who is the moron who engineered that thing? Doors that open to the inside of the train??????? Seats that face each other? So that I can rub knees with the person infront?
I wish that I worked at an office located literally any where else in the city, so I could drive. I don't care how long my commute is, I prefer to drive. Bah.
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I will respond based on my years of experience riding the train to the university from Somerset.
1. You would be surprised how many trains are not completely full by the time they get to downtown. Yes some trains are full leaving somerset, but even the very next train can have seats available all the way to anderson. I have even riden on some in the 7-7:30 range that have seats all the way downtown. It is just following a completely full train.
2. There are delays no matter your method of transportation. If I had to bet, the train experiences far fewer delays than a large number of driving routes in this city (eg. Crowchild or Deerfoot).
3. An express train would be an huge expense to save a couple thousand people 10 min. I think the few hundred million it would take for an express line would be better spent on the downtown tunnel and SE leg of the LRT which would better solve your capacity concerns.
4. I don't have a good reason why the trains stop before 2 am besides money. I have a running theory that the taxi lobby has something to do with it.
5. Parkades cost money, they didn't have enough at the time is my guess.
6. The Old LRT cars are going, but people also want 4 car trains. Its hard to have both.