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[edit] Plans for an Underground Track
Is it true that new buildings along 8th ave are incorporating future plans for underground stations? --Sometimesthinking 06:42, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, it is true. All new structures built along the 8th Avenue corridor have to make accomodations for the C-Train, as this will be its future alignment. The municipal building is the most obvious example as it already has tunnel infrastructure beneath it. --Tyson2k 20:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
- The original plan has always been to have underground stations downtown. However, when the city started creating the tunnels, an economic recession hit and the ciy dramatically slashed the CTrain construction budget. So, they sealed the portions of the tunnels that they made and started laying track above ground.
- * How long is the tunnel under Cemetery hill? I doubt the downtown line would be much longer than this. 68.147.242.17 06:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- During that time, there was a great deal of controversy surrounding the development of the CTrain infrastructure, including many in City Council that firmly believed that a public rail system was completely unnecessary(!). So, there could have been (and probably was) quite a bit of political pressure applied that contributed to the slashing of the budget, using the recession as an excuse. I'll have to find some internet sources for citations. :) --68.147.190.137 01:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- * You are going to probably need to find dead-tree sources for this, remember, this was all pre-internet, even pre-ARPAnet. 68.147.242.17 06:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Track length
This site gives the total length of the CTrain as 35.7km. Does anyone know why it's put as 42.1km here? TastyCakes 17:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
- 42.1km is the accurate number. This comes from several sources including, I believe, the Calgary Transit website (obviously somewhere else on the site... I will try to find it). The figure of 35.7km is obsolete and does not reflect the recent south expansion to Somerset and the NW expansion to Dalhousie. --Arch26 00:23, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] two line maps
It's not necessary to have two line maps. I removed the official map because it is more visually unpleasing. The unofficial map, however, is still accurate. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.147.1.128 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 30 October 2006.
- The problem with the unofficial one (if you mean Image:CalgaryAB-map-CTrain.png) is ... it's butt ugly. (I can say that, I drew it myself). One of these days I'm going to make a cleaner one.--Qyd 01:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
