Expanding Calgary’s Light Rail

Already emission-free, doubling in size since 2001 and taking delivery of new Siemens SD160NG LRV’s, Canada’s CTrain is a model of sucessful light rail.

http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/technical_information.htm

Light Rail in Calgary is in the midst of a mini revolution. New vehicles, new stations and new routes are all part of a major expansion described by the Canadian city’s then mayor Dave Bronconnier in 2010 as-

`double, double, double’

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http://www.westlrt.ca/Ai??Ai??and http://www.westlrt.ca/contentabout/route_animation.cfm

http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/engineering_services/emaps/transit_map.pdf

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