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ROUTES
Operator: Calgary Transit
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT / C-TRAIN) ROUTES
| 201 | South-NW Line | Somerset / Bridlewood – Southland – Victoria Park – Downtown – Sunnyside – University – Dalhousie – Crowfoot |
| 202 | West-NE Line | 69th Str. SW - Westbrook - 10th Str. SW – Downtown – Zoo – Franklin – McKnight-Westwinds - Saddletowne |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- C-Train lines: 56.2 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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