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This was destroyed for a line that’s not being built anymore right?

Funny how Calgary still has a few of those same old trains on the tracks. Sad.

I remember the 1st week of operation. I was downtown along 7th avenue, they had an accident with the trains, one rear ended another 1981. I heard the alarms going off. Here that...west germany! I liked the blue colour, not the red.

This project is a disaster

MAKE WAY FOR THE LOW FLOOR FUTUREEEEEEE

Keep up the great work! Calgary needs the Green Line :)

I’ve always had a personal sense of pride in the C-Train. My dad was one of the Chief electrical engineers on that project. I‘m sure I logged a few thousand kilometres riding that thing as a teenager with my student transit pass… at least until I got my license and a 1981 Mustang in 1990.

How is security going to be handled for Underground stations? Edmonton's are scary as hell, don't want to see that in Calgary.

I want to know why we are using new low floor train cars and just not keep using the ones we have

Good 'ol days when we had mayors that worked to build the city and infrastructure to support it. Now we just have ones that work to destroy it.

So explain this to me. We are going to spend $150,000 per meter to build this "Green Line" ($4.5 Billion total) to transport people to where? So lets say 15% of the population uses transit the that is about $ 20,000 per passenger just to build the track & Stations! How can we afford this. This is track that is used so that people will be able to be delivered to downtown that is 30% unoccupied and used for about 3 hours a day. The LRT does nto go to places where it would have been most useful, to the airport and MRU! But who cares right its not your money.

Congratulations. Very well done. 🎉

They are still running the same train cars from 1981.

Future integration with a passenger rail Central Station will be vital to creating a true transportation hub in the C+E District.

The Green Line and future passenger rail Centre Station will really transform the Culture + Entertainment District, by making it much easier for residents and tourists to access. So many great destinations located within walking distance. It will be a game changer for Calgary.

It was Mayor Ross Alger was instrumental in getting the C-Train built, yet no mention of him ? only later Mayor Klein who was Elected just before completion and took honor's for doing basically nothing !

Hire somebody to do audio balancing. This is so damn quiet

Will the Green Line also use the tunnel under 8th avenue

Great video! Keep'em comin. I like it.

G stands for GO GREEN LINE!!!!!

Great video! Lots of transparency and educational value in this. I wish we had these for more city projects :)

Please keep going with these updates! These are a great way of keeping everyone in the loop with the project and showing off tangible evidence of its progress!

Good luck, the best for this amazing project and thanks for sharing this amazing document! (Add dron footage please).

Look at all the white people. Those days are long gone!

The bridge collapse over the elbow river late in construction. Should have buried it downtown like Edmonton did.

1:22 These CAF trains have WAY less seating than the current LRT cars which will suck if those seats have to be given to pregnant, elderly, or disabled individuals first. Also, it looks way more cramped in there than the other LRT cars we have in service.

I was a bus driver for the City of Calgary in 1981 and saw a lot of issues with the C-train (Crash-train). Accidents, derailments, fire, that never made the news. Seems King Klein had a lot of pull with the local media (he was previously a journalist).

The majority of people in this film are no longer with us.

How long after is opened did it take for the c-train to suffer it first derailment. About 15 seconds, The opening ceremony signaled the opening of the line by driving a train through a ribbon. the new Mayor Ralph Klein was at the control of said train and he was a little aggressive driving the train. The result was the moment he hit the first switch the train derailed. That incident was quietly swept under the rug.

Super cool vid

I really enjoyed this blast from the past! Especially seeing old landmarks, businesses, etc. that are now a distant memory. I liked that that there were a few tunnels and elevated portions to minimize interfaces with motor vehicle traffic (with the exceptions at 25/36/50/58/61 Ave). It's too bad they didn't spend the money to further reduce at-grade intersections. I can't count how many vehicle-vs-train accidents have happened over the years, especially in the NE along 36 Street. I'd love to see a documentary on the underground tunnel under City Hall and along Stephen Avenue, and the viability of that. I remember Mayor Bronconnier putting lots of energy/money into reviving/developing the tunnel for use on the west leg, before the floods of 2013.

Calgary Should hire more Peace Officers when the Green line opens and i hope tickets are up to 3.75 a fare by then

It was later found that the wheel flange profile on the wheels supplied by Simmons were not compatible with the std AREA 100lb #8 switch points that were installed on the South leg. Many derailments were encountered when maintenance on the downtown tunnel, near Stampede Station, forced the use of single track running. Modified Samson style points were developed jointly between the City of Calgary, Pacific Northern Rail Contractors, and EGB Manufacturing of Cochrane Alberta. Many sets of these points are still in service on the South leg.

Would help if you built platforms in areas that had something around them... (Millican Station...???) NOTHING THERE GUYS!!!!!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES!!! Oh, yea also all the people that were evicted because of OGDEN STATION... SMART.... NOT!!! Those people could afford to live there... now... probably moved onto the street to live.

what specs would the concrete be?

legend has it Mayor Klein drove that C-Train right to the King Eddy for a beer.

You should consider more drone footage. I think that would help viewer engagement and excitement.

🎉is this project going to take 50 years to complete like the ring road?

Nice. would have liked to see a peak inside the maintenance hole during wiring.

Y'all pass the poor guy a blanket. He looks like he's FREEZING!

All of the nonsense going on today makes one long for these vintage times

Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes Council is to thank for the first leg of the LRT being approved in 1976. He’s still in Calgary at a youthful 94 years old. He also wants to #recallgondek

Delicious ice cream. Just started showing up in Co-op grocery stores which is nice.

The city seemed much more optimistic back then. Much more full of life.

In 1981, the first line of the C-Train line is the South One. 4 years later the Northeast line and 2 years later the Northwest line.

time when the Calgary Tower was the tallest, talk about change.

I can't wait for LRTs at North Pointe. Bring it quick! 😊

It’s a shame the city did not truly see growth in the LRT only making the stations downtown and some other stations long enough for 3 cars, that really put a stranglehold on its ability to carry its potential to 5 cars. The city had to rebuild all new platforms 10 years ago unlike Edmontons who opened 4 years earlier and were all 5 car capable

Why is the green line promoting businesses that prevent the use of it's entire use?