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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Calgary's LRT is vastly superior to Edmonton's. Edmonton is trying to play catch up, in a major way.
Calgary LRT has over 86 million yearly riders, 53 KM's of track and 43 stations.
Edmonton LRT only has 33 million yearly riders, 21 km's of track and a paltry 15 stations.
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Ya, when I hear people complaining how Calgary could have the worst LRT system on the continent, they clearly don't realize just how terrible Edmonton's has been in comparison, in terms of accessibility. It's getting better, though it still doesn't service essentially the entire NW part of the city.
When I first moved up there in '06, it basically only served 20% of the city. Pretty much just covered downtown and surrounding areas, the university/Whyte Ave area, and their sports stadiums. That's it. If you lived in the north/northwest end of the city like I did, you pretty much had to drive to the outskirts of downtown just to catch the train. Which, of course, defeats the entire purpose of taking the train at that point.
There's really no comparison who's is worse.