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Originally Posted by accord1999
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. |
Except for those pesky low-floor trains they've already ordered, but maybe we just dump those in the same river as that Turkish tylenol