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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
12 million passengers a year so I think a very conservative estimate would be 6 million a year that might take the train showing about 16000 a day.
The two other lines get 260000 a day between them or slightly less than ten times the ridership on each line that might go to the airport. I can't imagine that 50% of people will take the train to the airport if it is available. On top of that, is your 12 million number based on flights that start or stop in Calgary or does it also include the people who transfer through Calgary without ever leaving the airport?
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Originally Posted by ken0042
To be fair, you are proposing an entire line be built for the sake of "one stop." So yes, to compare other lines to the cost of this line is fair. The fact that it really only has the one stop is why it may not be such a good idea.
Or to flip it around; let's say the SE line gets built but only has one stop; McKenzie Towne. How do you think that new SE LRT line will compare to the ridership of an Airport LRT? It will get a tonne of ridership due to it being such an express service.
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It's not a line, it's a spur. It costs $200M compared to $2B for the SE LRT. RouteAhead estimates ridership at 3.5M anually for the airport spur, vs 22M for SE. So on a $/rider basis, the Airport Spur is ahead.
Compairing a one-stop SE LRT to the airport spur is an obviously flawed comparison, as the airport spur would be much cheaper.
Edit: What bizaro86 said.