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Originally Posted by frinkprof
The SW communities south of Glenmore and north of Fish Creek Park, particularly west of 14th Street are currently served by the feeder buses that go to the south leg LRT stations. In the years since the line was first built, it has been extended from Anderson Station to Somerset-Bridlewood, and will see future expansion to more stations to 212th Avenue. It is the busiest line in the city, and is at capacity. In the morning rush, it is full heading north into downtown well before it gets to the stations that these communities feed into. That is, the areas south of Fish Creek, plus exurban commuters have essentially a monopoly on the train capacity.
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Thanks. That makes a lot of sense. I used to be a rider on the South LRT line who got on at Heritage, and you're absolutely right that the riders from the south part of the leg had an effective monopoly on train space. There were many February mornings when train after train after train would pass where not a single person could squeeze on. It was an absolute ####-show.
I always wondered why such an intolerable situation was never publicized in the media. Then I thought of all my friends who work at the Sun, the Herald, and CBC and recognized that not a single one took transit to work. The horrors of the C-train commute are pretty must lost on everyone in this city who doesn't experience it first-hand.