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Interesting video about changes to the lighting system after the floods last year. The new LED light fixtures are water tight.

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Spring Service Revisions -March 10th

The service revisions for spring can be found at this link:

http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/spring_service_revisions_2014.html

Service increases for...

I agree, it is a problem. I don't actually know what the specific technical issues are. I've just been told that they are numerous and difficult to get right.

It is something that is being...

This is one of the 7 projects that were just given the go ahead. Well, not Whitehorn the station, but the east side of Whitehorn the community via 52nd Street.

The route goes from Saddletowne...

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/City+approves+plan+build+seven+rapid+routes+2021/9454443/story.html

There have been musings about streetcar routes being implemented in Calgary.

Regardless of whatever it was he was specifically referring to, the snow plow thing or problems due to snow buildup on...

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Late+night+trains+pondered+transit+numbers+grow/9428081/story.html

Meant to reply to this way back when but forgot about it.

What do you mean by "ground trains" and where do you mean by "here?"

News and Notes

http://newsroom.calgary.ca/news/engineers-determine-cause-of-fallen-overhead-wire-near-crowfoot-station

Also a Global news story with video on this:
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I'm not really sure what you're getting at or what you're referring to. Which trains?

As posted by TallisRH on SSP. One of the newest LRVs (SD160 "Calgary 8s") has had bench-style seating installed as a trial.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5521/11524186694_7c483daa45_c.jpg

Free wifi coming to City Hall, Chinook, University stations.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/story.html?id=9305696

Winter Service Revisions

These take effect December 23rd.

Frequency improvements for routes 4, 8, 72, 94, 100, 199, 300

Route 302 extended to South Health Campus

Route 445 Skyview Ranch...

^Yeah, the Trip Planner is terrible (as is the website). I think there were some modifications to it a couple years ago that made it slightly better, but it is still has a great number of...

News and Notes

North Central LRT Video

This is a video that has come out of the recent North Central LRT corridor engagement process. It's interesting, but a little bit vague and high-level. ...

Transitcampyyc sent a survey to all candidates asking a few questions regarding transit issues. The results from each question will be included in an installment as part of a series of articles in...

Just getting to some of the things posted here in the past while.

Probably sometime in 2015. There are two things preventing it now. There are still platforms that need to be extended to 4-car...

http://www.calgarytransit.com/survey/

Designs:

Buffalo

http://www.calgarytransit.com/survey/images/new_train_the_buffalo.jpg


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Announcement:

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Doors Open YYC

Calgary Transit will be taking part in Doors Open YYC again this year and are offering tours of the Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility in the northeast on September 28th and 29th.
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You might more on this subject than myself. I'm not 100% sure, but I seem to recall that it isn't actually rooftop-mounted and that there are wires/ducts that run up to the roof alongside the cabin....

^This is regenerative braking. When the brakes are applied, some of the energy that would otherwise be lost in the process is fed back into the overhead wire system.

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News Roundup

Some of this has already been discussed above, but these articles clarify and/or flesh things our a bit more.
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I do not work for Calgary Transit. However, I am involved in a couple of different volunteer groups that focus on transit in this city.

I'll try to speak to some of the things that have come up....

News and Notes

Calgary Transit to be Featured on Undercover Boss Canada

The episode will air October 31.
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C-Train Service Resumes on South Line Starting July 3rd



http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/back-on-track.html

Chinook Station Update Photos

Here's some photos I took a couple days ago of the work there. Haven't posted here in awhile.

New utility building on south end of the site.
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News and Notes

Route 300 Airport bus update
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West LRT Survey

There is a survey put out by Calgary Transit asking riders in the...

It would be a nice thing to have but in terms of priorities, there are quite a few things that come first due to ridership.

In this plan, it states that the current ridership to the airport is...

^Airdrie, Okotoks, Cochrane and the other parasite exurbs are slated to be served by a separate commuter rail system as per the Calgary Regional Partnership's plan.

As for the costs, I'd imagine...

Northeast LRT Extension from Saddletown Station to Stoney Station Functional Study

There was a functional study published in September for the next extension to the NE line that will take it to...

Northeast LRT Station Refurbishment/Platform Extensions

The six remaining northeast line stations will be refurbished in 2013 and 2014, and have their platforms replaced and extended.

Rundle,...

Chinook Station Closure

Reminder that Chinook Station closes January 14th for 8 months to be torn down and rebuilt.

Buses that would normally stop at the Chinook Station bus loop will stop at a...

Oops, wrong thread.

Not really out of place here though.

Chinook Station Closure

Reminder that Chinook Station closes January 14th for 8 months to be torn down and rebuilt.

Buses that would normally stop at the Chinook Station bus loop will stop at a...

Absolutely, which I mention. The being-behind element is a problem. Why would you have confidence given the fact that they are so behind in the first place, coupled with some of the delays that...

I just found this thread and caught up with it and the blogging.

A number of issues and ideas have been brought up that I wish I could respond to and expand upon (I could honestly go on for pages...

^Don't you mean Crowfoot?

10th Street Station Closes Permanently September 15th

More: http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/10_station_closure.html



Doors Open

Calgary Transit will be giving open house tours of two...