Calgary Transit

[UrbanWarrior]

Calgary and Chestermere are in talks to extend the MAX Purple out there. First step towards a regional transit system with CT at the helm? I hope so.

Chestermere-Calgary transit connection an ‘important milestone’: Carra - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Extending the MAX Purple BRT along 17 Avenue S.E. to Chestermere would be revenue-neutral for Calgary, and would run between the cities twice each morning and evening.

globalnews.ca

Also the MAX Yellow Marda Loop Station is close to opening...

 

[outoftheice]

Some good news for the transit network. This summer 52nd St will receive the first installment of upgrades to eventually boost it up to a proper Max line.

Work to begin on the foundation for Calgary's 52 Street SE BRT conversion - LiveWire Calgary

It’s one of Calgary’s longest stretches of roadway and it’s about to get some upgrades. No. It’s not Deerfoot. It serves as many as 53,000 cars daily in one southern section. In the far northeast, [...]

livewirecalgary.com

 

[UrbanWarrior]

New renders for Victoria Park/Stampede Station...

 

[Surrealplaces]

I like this sooooo much better than the current station. This'll be a massive improvement.,

 

[October]

I honestly didn't like the station at first but its grown on me quite a bit, the more rendering I see the more I like it.

Also, just out of curiosity, are the MAX lines that are being built eventually going to become some kind of rail or streetcar lines?

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Doubtful. Maybe the north and south crosstowns in some distant future past 2 million population? Long beyond any current long term proposals.

 

[October]

Doubtful. Maybe the north and south crosstowns in some distant future past 2 million population? Long beyond any current long term proposals.

Aren't the East Hills line and a MRU spur out there in the Calgary Transit universe somewhere?

 

[RicoLance21]

I honestly didn't like the station at first but its grown on me quite a bit, the more rendering I see the more I like it.

Also, just out of curiosity, are the MAX lines that are being built eventually going to become some kind of rail or streetcar lines?

TBH, that MAX Purple bus ROW can handle more than double the amount of peak hour buses pre-Covid. The MAX lines doesn't need to be upgraded for decades.

 

[RicoLance21]

Aren't the East Hills line and a MRU spur out there in the Calgary Transit universe somewhere?

Don't expect the Purple Line C-Train to happen anytime soon--until the population more than doubles.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Aren't the East Hills line and a MRU spur out there in the Calgary Transit universe somewhere?

East Hills line? You mean the MAX Purple? Yeah I forgot about that one, it would be the first to go ahead. Still not even part of any plan though. The MRU spur is unrelated to the MAX network.

 

[MichaelS]

Doesn't MAX Teal essentially serve as the MRU spur line? Running from Westbrook through MRU, on the way to Quarry Park?

 

[Joborule]

East Hills line? You mean the MAX Purple? Yeah I forgot about that one, it would be the first to go ahead. Still not even part of any plan though. The MRU spur is unrelated to the MAX network.

There is intentions for it to eventually be converted into a LRT line that goes to Chestermere, but that's a long term vision.

Doesn't MAX Teal essentially serve as the MRU spur line? Running from Westbrook through MRU, on the way to Quarry Park?

Essentially. Although there is the vision to have a streetcar type of service from Westbrook to MRU. In this case, the MAX Teal would begin from MRU, and head towards Douglas Glen and beyond.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

The new siding north of Erlton Station.

 

[darwink]

Walked by a week or so ago

 

[YYCALGARY]

As a resident of Vetro, and avid user of the overpass, I can’t wait until piss-ramp is torn down. I am thinking of throwing a parking lot party the day it finally comes down.