whatchyyc
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AFAIK it's going to be 2 car platforms provisioned for 3
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accord1999
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For Stage 1 and its limited ridership, it'll be two-cars trains. But even with 5 minute headways, that peak capacity isn't that high.
That's barely enough for NC trips 15 years ago and well below the capacity needed for the predicted number of NC transit trips at 1.5 million population that were made in the past.
That's barely enough for NC trips 15 years ago and well below the capacity needed for the predicted number of NC transit trips at 1.5 million population that were made in the past.
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CBBarnett
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A lot of this might be moot - with the rising construction costs and the staged phasing, I could see a pause at 7th Ave or Eau Claire then another decade of reimagining the Centre Street corridor.
high-floor / low-floor, at-grade or not - lots of options are available to create all the capacity we need …. Assuming we actually 100% prioritize train movements over vehicles.
high-floor / low-floor, at-grade or not - lots of options are available to create all the capacity we need …. Assuming we actually 100% prioritize train movements over vehicles.
whatchyyc
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Just to change things up I was skimming through a city TOD report from last year with some interesting details
CalgaryTiger
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Just a reminder... from the Green Line website:
"In May 2023 Green Line entered the Development Phase with Bow Transit Connectors (BTC). During this 16-month phase, Green Line and BTC will advance the design, understand risks, determine project cost and schedule.
Main construction of Phase 1, Shepard to Eau Claire, is on track to begin in 2024."
My math tells me we're about a year from main construction beginning and seven years from operational trains. This thread has only just begun.
"In May 2023 Green Line entered the Development Phase with Bow Transit Connectors (BTC). During this 16-month phase, Green Line and BTC will advance the design, understand risks, determine project cost and schedule.
Main construction of Phase 1, Shepard to Eau Claire, is on track to begin in 2024."
My math tells me we're about a year from main construction beginning and seven years from operational trains. This thread has only just begun.
zagox
Active Member
The Green Line team has already basically announced that they are pausing at Eau Claire, short of a construction cost miracle. From the Green Line website:
"Green Line is focused on Phase 1 of the project, from Shepard to Eau Claire. The Green Line Board is committed to managing costs and risks. Should costs of escalation and other risks not materialize during Phase 1, the Board will make a decision on timing and direction for Phase 2. The timeline for that decision has not been set."
accord1999
Active Member
I look forward to next year when it becomes official and council and LRT On the Green gets mad about it for a few days and then a week later change their minds and say the new (new, new) Stage 1 is still a good start, builds the most important and hardest part of the line, none of the previous LRT lines were built all at once and how good BRT is going to be for NC Calgary.
lemongrab
Active Member
I mean if they aren't crossing the river they might as well stop at 7th and let those folks keep their homes as long as possible. There is a housing crisis afterall...
We need the Eau Claire station because that will ensure a maximally sized Transit Oriented Dirt Lot.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Awesome, thanks for the update. Any timelines when the next batch of information will be made public on designs/renderings etc?
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Love me a good cut and cover. I assume the bored tunnel will be under the CP tracks. That would be the most economically efficient.
I saw this image in the Event Centre thread, but it's more of a Green Line question. I'm curious why the city didn't put the station one block west? Unless they plan to have an entrance on Stampede Trail? I would expect a lot more pedestrian traffic along Stampede Trail to/from EV also the retail is closer to Stampede Trail.
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Just from a glance it looks like they're trying to put the station in the middle of the undeveloped lands north of the arena. Likely trying to maximise the TOD potential
accord1999
Active Member
The first draft of the revised alignment after the 2019 issues wanted to place the station between 4th and 5th Street because of the reasons you noted. However, after the functional design phase they had to move it over for operational and cost reasons.
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whatchyyc
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In the recent Green Line update email:
