Well done! I worked on elements of the first three projects and have posted some photos in flickr. We bought a condo in Ermineskin in 1979 expecting to walk to the station soon! Edmonton Transit hosted visitors from around the world in that era; they also wanted to see our timed-transfer focal point bus network and our main line trolley coach service.
I used that LRT not too long after its opening in 1978. (I was attending the Canadian Forces Basic Para Course then). We were also "volonteered" to work on the Commenwealth games opening and closing ceremonies. Great souvenirs of that summer.
I was there for Edmonton Transit. In August 1978 for the opening ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games we used 100% of our tiny LRT "fleet" carrying crush loads. Transit's CFO and I were at Central Station with a queue that stretched from street level down to the platform and the clock ticking on time for HM Queen Elizabeth to open the games. We had trolley coaches on 5-minute headways to Stadium Station taking as many as we could squeeze in. I was on the phone to Control begging for help. At the last minute a convoy of Calgary Transit GM New Looks showed up and we talked the top of the queue into taking a bus in order to not miss the event. A once in a lifetime event, thank goodness. The reasons for the crowd were 1) a desire to try out the new line and 2) the event was timed for the optimum Commonwealth television times so event-goers went from morning work downtown rather than from their usual Eskimos park-and-ride sites near home.
@@ZELLERSBEARS I looked it up and you're right that the formal opening was on Saturday, April 22nd. It ran all day on Friday, April 21st as a last shakedown without passengers. For actual customers the big day was April 23rd when schedules for the rail line and connecting buses went into effect.
The Valley line SE is opened now need to update this video to reflect new changes also a SW extension of the Capital Line is underway to Heritage Valley
The new Valley Line kind of remind me of tram-train network you starting in the suburbs of Mills Wood then you follow an highway pass over the highway and enter downtown Edmonton via a Tunnel at the end of a bridge across the North Saskatchewan River. it's nice ! Let's hope Edmontonians will love it and adopt it in great stride !
Where to start... The P3 was shoddy it would seem and whole list of items needs to be repaired or rebuilt prior to opening including MOST of the foundation piers needing emergency repairs and almost all the signal wiring needing to be replaced which is still being done as of today... August 25, 2023... The trains themselves seem fine and are being test run every day... As an Edmontonian this project is the most heartbreaking in city history and mostly because the P3 aspect was shoved down our throats by former PM Stephen Harper who only made transit funding available IF they used this economic model. I shudder to think what PP would do this nation but that's a whole side issue..
If the provincial government doesn't reneg on the Valley Line West, it's going to be a great system. I have zero confidence in those guys though, they only care about Calgary.
What an embarrassing joke this lrt system is! Countless cities all over world that started building their lrt systems years after Edmonton, surpassed their pathetic system long ago, including Denver, Calgary, Ottawa, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, San Jose......
As of now it looks to me to be catching up to Calgary quickly - almost entirely because the Valley line actually exists; and the Green line is a horrible joke :/ The apparent Transit-orientated development going on in Edmonton also makes this system a lot nicer to me. Most Calgarian C-Train lines stop at goddamn parking lots or alongside high speed roads on either side; the mere bridge across those roads is already exacerbating long.
@Lemon because we are so called "democracy" and :"free market". government will not and do not want to (too lazy) to interfere and control it. people are just too lazy and do not care. trust me. it will just keep delaying and delaying for months and even years. when was there a project that was finished on time? hahahaha. they designed, ARGUED, built, planned, BEING REJECTED BY natives, politics etc.... it took more than 13 to 15 years to just build a simple light rail line. Whereas, in China, Middle East, Japan, Russia and some european countries, they build the WHOLE underground metro system in the same period of time. Number of stations were probably 10 times more than our east LRT line. hahahaha
@Edmonton Transit Service Guy /Formerly Lemon actually they planned to build this more than 15 years ago..... Due to politics, dramas and etc, it is now 2023, still NO NEWS on WHEN to open.... This is why we need to change and wipe out the existing political systems and encourage people to work and work more efficiently. I do agree with Trump, we need a new government that really works and not just talk and be the GOOD guy but in reality, they are the most brutal human being. . . Look at China and middle east countries, they are developing very well, just look at their underground metro system. They are SAFE and CLEAN and amazing. They have the newest and most advanced technology whereas, we still building LIGHT RAIL and no opening date....... When they are opened, more crimes will be there due to homeless and natives and drug addicts. When they are advancing ahead of us, we just push them back down. Sorry, I am a canadian but this is just ruining our country. I love my country but it is time to change because we are far behind...... Our roads are poorly designed, transit system is BAD, worse than third country cities... I think we need to learn from China, Japan or even Vancouver sky train. They are not bad at all. But why does Edmonton do things that like? Population is increasing and our city is still rely on cars, but gas is very expensive and roads are poorly design and maintained. Pesdestrians have all the rights to walk on roads first. LRT is bad, doesn't cover major areas and is NOT safe. . . . City encourages us to take LRT then just DO IT. build more stations.
@Edmonton Transit Service Guy /Formerly Lemon i have to say. edmonton is NOT safe besides the south and southwest areas.... Not just LRT, downtown, chinatown, north side, and soon to be west side when LRT is open there.... drugs, crimes, stealing etc..... i just don't know why our population is not that high compared to bigger cities like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai else. But our crime numbers are super high.... There was one time I was in Paris and LA at night and i was SUPER scared.... I heard gun shootings in LA and in Paris, there were many homeless people and blxxK trying to steal my and my friend's purse.... in edmonton? it is mainly from drug addicts..... too bad the government is not doing anything at all.
@Edmonton Transit Service Guy /Formerly Lemon i couldn't agree more. our cities are like WORSE than third world cities.... they are very safe and clean in fact. We are VERY bad. homeless, natives, drugs and everything EVERYWHERE.....
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I love that Edmonton is the shortest video of this series. Very telling
Winnipeg Transitway is shorter.
@@StreetDreams204 that came out after this comment was posted
The first to build modern LRT in North America and yet the slowest to progress... And the Valley line SE is STILL not open in 2023... 2024... maybe?
Heeyy! It's open now! @@stickynorth 🧁
@@stickynorth ???
Yeah, thanks a lot Alberta government. Anti-western bible thumping thieves.
Sadly the LRT expansion in Edmonton is so far behind! About 20 years behind!
Yeah I mean I thought West Edmonton mall and be the priority for the first expansion.
Us locals pronounce NAIT "Nate", SAIT "Sate" gets the same treatment down in Calgary.
Well done! I worked on elements of the first three projects and have posted some photos in flickr. We bought a condo in Ermineskin in 1979 expecting to walk to the station soon! Edmonton Transit hosted visitors from around the world in that era; they also wanted to see our timed-transfer focal point bus network and our main line trolley coach service.
I used that LRT not too long after its opening in 1978. (I was attending the Canadian Forces Basic Para Course then).
We were also "volonteered" to work on the Commenwealth games opening and closing ceremonies. Great souvenirs of that summer.
I was there for Edmonton Transit. In August 1978 for the opening ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games we used 100% of our tiny LRT "fleet" carrying crush loads. Transit's CFO and I were at Central Station with a queue that stretched from street level down to the platform and the clock ticking on time for HM Queen Elizabeth to open the games. We had trolley coaches on 5-minute headways to Stadium Station taking as many as we could squeeze in. I was on the phone to Control begging for help. At the last minute a convoy of Calgary Transit GM New Looks showed up and we talked the top of the queue into taking a bus in order to not miss the event. A once in a lifetime event, thank goodness.
The reasons for the crowd were 1) a desire to try out the new line and 2) the event was timed for the optimum Commonwealth television times so event-goers went from morning work downtown rather than from their usual Eskimos park-and-ride sites near home.
@@rwrynerson actually the the system opened on APRIL 22,1978
@@ZELLERSBEARS I looked it up and you're right that the formal opening was on Saturday, April 22nd. It ran all day on Friday, April 21st as a last shakedown without passengers. For actual customers the big day was April 23rd when schedules for the rail line and connecting buses went into effect.
@@rwrynerson oh yeah the trains they used back in 1978 were Seimons Duwag U2
I want an extension all the way to the airport
I think there's a plan for that eventually. Just a long ways away!
At the rate of progression this system is moving. It won't happen in your lifetime!
Damn this opening was a blast from the past.
Actually, the Metro Line travels to Century Park every day, except for Sundays, where it terminates at Health Sciences.
Yep that’s what I was trying to say, I just wanted to differentiate between the 10pm end time on weekdays and the 7pm end on Saturdays
Health sciences look like Mckernan Belgravia before and now it looks so special at has a lot of pedways
I saw it from videos
The Valley line SE is opened now need to update this video to reflect new changes also a SW extension of the Capital Line is underway to Heritage Valley
Great quality content! Keep it up!
Considering the size of the metro, this is a pretty good system. Most metros that size in the U.S. have nothing in terms of rail.
The new Valley Line kind of remind me of tram-train network you starting in the suburbs of Mills Wood then you follow an highway pass over the highway and enter downtown Edmonton via a Tunnel at the end of a bridge across the North Saskatchewan River. it's nice ! Let's hope Edmontonians will love it and adopt it in great stride !
There's a station called corona, oof
There is a further extension planned of the Metro Line Northwest to the edge of St. Albert as well.
yea, unfortunately the city prioritised the south extension to Ellerslie so we won't get NW LRT for years and years
I love LRT'S! ♥🥰
His voice is so strong and clear🙂
I am from Edmonton
I love these videos maybe consider doing cities in the U.S. too?
Definitely want to! Planning on moving to those types of videos more in the new year when the weather isn’t as nice.
So, did the third line open in 2021 as predicted? if not, what is its status?
No it has not, there is no date for when it will open.
Where to start... The P3 was shoddy it would seem and whole list of items needs to be repaired or rebuilt prior to opening including MOST of the foundation piers needing emergency repairs and almost all the signal wiring needing to be replaced which is still being done as of today... August 25, 2023... The trains themselves seem fine and are being test run every day... As an Edmontonian this project is the most heartbreaking in city history and mostly because the P3 aspect was shoved down our throats by former PM Stephen Harper who only made transit funding available IF they used this economic model. I shudder to think what PP would do this nation but that's a whole side issue..
It opened
If the provincial government doesn't reneg on the Valley Line West, it's going to be a great system. I have zero confidence in those guys though, they only care about Calgary.
Thanks
Thanks for your support!
As of May 21, 2023, the Valley line south is still yet to be open. Major major delays by the contractor.
I hope edmonton has a new lrt line after valley line
Now u need to do Mexico City (stdc (sistema de transporte colectivo) and how it was biuld)
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The edmonton transit built valley line
WAHT ABOUT the valley line
Damn, why are they so behind, i could have needed that milwoods station for school
covid and an unknown structure in the north Saskatchewan caused a one year delay sadly
open since 2023 nov
Is it just me or does the background music to this video sound like the melody to Maren Morris' Bones??!!
What music is used in this video? Sorry to bother, just curious. :)
As far as I can tell, it's "Running Out" by Patrick Patrikios: th-cam.com/video/hU3ZLw56WPk/w-d-xo.html Shazam thinks it's by Dylan Cifuentes, though.
NAIT is pronounced "Nate". No one local calls it en ay eye tee
No it's not
What an embarrassing joke this lrt system is! Countless cities all over world that started building their lrt systems years after Edmonton, surpassed their pathetic system long ago, including Denver, Calgary, Ottawa, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, San Jose......
As of now it looks to me to be catching up to Calgary quickly - almost entirely because the Valley line actually exists; and the Green line is a horrible joke :/
The apparent Transit-orientated development going on in Edmonton also makes this system a lot nicer to me. Most Calgarian C-Train lines stop at goddamn parking lots or alongside high speed roads on either side; the mere bridge across those roads is already exacerbating long.
its 2023 now, nothing has opened yet. as expected. delays delays and delays. people are lazy and slow here in canada.
@Lemon because we are so called "democracy" and :"free market". government will not and do not want to (too lazy) to interfere and control it. people are just too lazy and do not care.
trust me. it will just keep delaying and delaying for months and even years. when was there a project that was finished on time? hahahaha. they designed, ARGUED, built, planned, BEING REJECTED BY natives, politics etc.... it took more than 13 to 15 years to just build a simple light rail line. Whereas, in China, Middle East, Japan, Russia and some european countries, they build the WHOLE underground metro system in the same period of time. Number of stations were probably 10 times more than our east LRT line. hahahaha
@Edmonton Transit Service Guy /Formerly Lemon actually they planned to build this more than 15 years ago..... Due to politics, dramas and etc, it is now 2023, still NO NEWS on WHEN to open.... This is why we need to change and wipe out the existing political systems and encourage people to work and work more efficiently. I do agree with Trump, we need a new government that really works and not just talk and be the GOOD guy but in reality, they are the most brutal human being. . .
Look at China and middle east countries, they are developing very well, just look at their underground metro system. They are SAFE and CLEAN and amazing. They have the newest and most advanced technology whereas, we still building LIGHT RAIL and no opening date....... When they are opened, more crimes will be there due to homeless and natives and drug addicts. When they are advancing ahead of us, we just push them back down. Sorry, I am a canadian but this is just ruining our country. I love my country but it is time to change because we are far behind......
Our roads are poorly designed, transit system is BAD, worse than third country cities... I think we need to learn from China, Japan or even Vancouver sky train. They are not bad at all. But why does Edmonton do things that like?
Population is increasing and our city is still rely on cars, but gas is very expensive and roads are poorly design and maintained. Pesdestrians have all the rights to walk on roads first. LRT is bad, doesn't cover major areas and is NOT safe. . . . City encourages us to take LRT then just DO IT. build more stations.
@Edmonton Transit Service Guy /Formerly Lemon i have to say. edmonton is NOT safe besides the south and southwest areas.... Not just LRT, downtown, chinatown, north side, and soon to be west side when LRT is open there....
drugs, crimes, stealing etc..... i just don't know why our population is not that high compared to bigger cities like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai else. But our crime numbers are super high....
There was one time I was in Paris and LA at night and i was SUPER scared.... I heard gun shootings in LA and in Paris, there were many homeless people and blxxK trying to steal my and my friend's purse....
in edmonton? it is mainly from drug addicts..... too bad the government is not doing anything at all.
@Edmonton Transit Service Guy /Formerly Lemon i couldn't agree more. our cities are like WORSE than third world cities.... they are very safe and clean in fact. We are VERY bad. homeless, natives, drugs and everything EVERYWHERE.....