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Originally Posted by polak
So is it safe to assume that getting through the back log of trains in downtown during rush hour is going to take even longer now?
argh... I'm sorry. I can't be partial to this. I hate Calgary Transit.
7th ave should have gone underground before any additional service was added.
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Since there are no "new" trains being added to the "downtown rush" then no nothing should take "even longer now"
W line is an extension of the NE line that used to just stop at the end of 8th ave then turn around.
This line is not in addition, but simply an extension. Similar to how the SW and NW lines are not different lines, they are the same line just extending. So there is and have only ever been 2 lines running on 7th Ave.
If the SE line were to be built and they added that then yes that would be in addition but its plan has always been to be routed to the proposed 8th Ave subway.
As a taxpayer this should please you that they are adding "hopefully" paying customers to an already existing infrastructure in order to spread the cost of Transit over more users of transit.
I agree CTransit isnt the best, its by far not the worse public transit operator in North America given the funding allocations from citizens Calgary.