[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by Barnes

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There is also a space under bankers hall.

In addition to the photos (more can be found at website below)...
From the following link: http://www.barp.ca/bus/lrt/calgary/anderson.html


"Originally, Calgary Transit had planned on building the C-Train system in a subway format where the trains would run underground underneath 8th Avenue SW/SE instead of above ground on 7th Avenue. In 1980, the new City Hall municipal building was voted by Calgarians to be built on already existing government owned land instead of leasing office space from private businesses. Design of the new 14-storey municipal building included a parkade to be built underground, including at the time, a subway for the LRT system to be constructed. Unfortunately because the LRT system was already $23.3-million over budget, underground LRT in Calgary was put to a halt and all that was ever built was the shell of the tunnel. The view in the third photo on the second row above shows the split in the tunnels at the east end of the tunnel. Beyond the ends of the splits in the tunnel is the tunnel that leads north and south along the Anderson LRT line. The tunnel on the left of that photo would lead to the future Whitehorn line and the tunnel on the right would lead to the existing Anderson line. From the tunnel that connects downtown to the Stampede station, you can see the one side of the tunnel curve to meet this tunnel that was suppose to be built. Not many people knew about this tunnel even existing until it aired on CFCN News/CTV Calgary back in 1998 with John Jensen of Calgary Transit that answered questions during the interview. The only way to access this tunnel is through an access door inside of the Municipal parkade and down a ladder. Special thanks goes to CFCN News/CTV for allowing us to use these images.

After speaking with someone at City Hall back in 2003, I was told that this tunnel may be finally used with the future LRT line that is being researched to bring a leg of the LRT from downtown to MacKenzie Towne in the far SE of Calgary. However, if it is still not used at that point, at least it is still there for future consideration if the city ever does decide to revisit the idea of underground LRT in Calgary. It was rumored that in the basement of the Banker's Hall building, there was also the shell of a possible LRT Station, although it turns out that there never was as there is already an auditorium built down there. If Calgary Transit really did build LRT underground in Calgary, than there would be less accidents along the C-Train line as most of the accidents that you hear about on the news these days happen on 7th Avenue, including at least 3 or 4 derailments and several vehicle and pedestrian accidents. Having the LRT underground also reduces the amount of stations required for loading and unloading as well."