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Originally Posted by frinkprof
Chinook Station Closure
Reminder that Chinook Station closes January 14th for 8 months to be torn down and rebuilt.
Buses that would normally stop at the Chinook Station bus loop will stop at a relocated temporary terminal on 3rd Street. There will be a shuttle operating between Chinook Station and 39th Avenue Station.
http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/c...tion_info.html
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It makes me wonder how much more CTrain we could have right now if the original stations weren't those big ugly brick buildings with escalators and all that indoor heated space. Now we're tearing them down 25 years later to build at grade crossings with glass canopies. I mean, whose idea was it to build those things anyway? And why was it necessary to climb and descend stairs to traverse the tracks, when you still had to walk right over tracks right after you left half of these stations?