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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Put more trains on 7th ave - yeah, good luck with that.
It was already way over capacity with no room to add more - that's part of why the whole system had to extended to 4 car platforms - a decision that was made well over a decade ago.
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The Red Line isn't running 4-car trains because of upgrades to Haysboro, despite record CTrain ridership (I assume that most ridership gains are off-peak and weekends and WFH has reduced rush hour):
https://www.calgarytransit.com/plans...Expansion.html
Given the low ridership estimate of the SE LRT (2-car trains with about 500 passenger spaces at 8 minute frequencies), there likely is enough capacity on 7th Avenue when 4-car trains are available. It won't be pretty, but the alternative is needing another $2B.