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LRT ROUTES
Operator: Edmonton Transit System
| C | Capital Line | Clareview - Belvedere - Stadium - Churchill - Central - Corona - Grandin - University - Health Sciences - South Campus - Southgate - Century Park |
| M | Metro Line | NAIT - MacEwan - Churchill - Central - Corona - Grandin - University - Health Sciences - South Campus - Southgate - Century Park |
The route names C and M used on the map are for convenience only. The operator uses only the route designations Capital Line and Metro Line, respectively.
Opening dates for line segments:
- 1978 Apr. 22: Belvedere - Central
- 1981 Apr. 26: Belvedere - Clareview
- 1983 June: Central - Corona
- 1989 Sept.: Corona - Grandin
- 1992 Aug. 23: Grandin - University
- 2006 Jan. 1: University - Health Sciences
- 2009 Apr. 25: Health Sciences - South Campus
- 2010 Apr. 24: South Campus - Century Park
- 2015 Sept. 6: NAIT - Churchill
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- 24.3 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars (Old system): 9 Nov. 1908 - 2 Sept. 1951.
- C-Train (LRT): 23 Apr. 1978 - today.
GAUGE
- 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Edmonton Radial Railway Society operates heritage streetcars (from Edmonton and elsewhere) over a dedicated restored right-of-way in downtown Edmonton, using tracks on the High Level Bridge, as well as in historic Fort Edmonton Park
.SOURCES
- Hatcher, C.K. & Schwarzkopf, T. Edmonton's electric transit: The story of Edmonton's streetcars and trolley buses. Toronto: Railfare Enterprises, 1983.
- Simons, V. "Driving North American 'Urban Style' LRT", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2015 (78: 927), p.101-104.
- Simons, V. "Edmonton: A tale of two systems", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2022 (85: 1019), p.417-420.
- Taplin, M.R. Tramways of North America including rapid transit. Hassocks (West Sussex), England: Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., [1981].
WIKIS
- Edmonton Light Rail Transit
- Edmonton Radial Railway
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society
- Edmonton Transit System
WEB SITES
- Canadian Street Railways
- City of Edmonton - Edmonton Transit Service (ETS)
- Edmonton (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society
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