ROUTES
Operator: Calgary Municipal Railway
URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES
| 1 | Hillhurst - Downtown – East Calgary |
| 2 | Mount Pleasant – Crescent Heights - Downtown – Elbow Park |
| 3 | Tuxedo Park – Crescent Heights - Downtown – Elbow Park |
| 4 | Downtown – Crescent Heights - Rosedale - Hillhurst - Downtown [Circular route, both directions] |
| 5 | Downtown – 12th Av. S. - 17th Av. S. - Victoria Park - Downtown [Circular route, both directions] |
| 6 | Downtown – 12th Av. S. [back: 17th Av. S.] - Killarney |
| 7 | Downtown – 17h Av. S. [back: 12th Av. S.] - South Calgary |
| 8 | Sunnyside - Downtown – Burns |
| 9 | Riverside - Downtown – Victoria Park - Manchester |
| A | Downtown – Hillhurst - Grand Trunk - Kensington Rd. [ - Parkdale (morning rush-hours)] |
| B | Downtown – Hillhurst - Kensington Rd. - Parkdale |
| C | Rosedale - Capitol Hill |
| O | Downtown – Ogden |
| S | Downtown – 12th Av. S. - Sunalta |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: ? km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars (Old system): 5 July 1909 - 29 Dec. 1950.
- C-Train (LRT): 25 May 1981 - today.
GAUGE
- 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Hatcher, C.K. Stampede City Streetcars: The Story of the Calgary Municipal Railway. Montreal: Railfare, 1975.
- Jones, A.E. "Second time around! - Part 4: Widening horizons in Calgary" Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Jan. 1982 (45:529), p.20-29.
- Simons, V. "Calgary: Success breeds ambition" Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2015 (78:925), p.9-14.
- Streeter, T. "Double, double, double? - Expanding Calgary's light rail" Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2011 (74:884), p.298-304.
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