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Calgary Transit

Calgary Transit
Bus Transit information
NameCalgary Transit
ParentCity of Calgary,
Transportation Dept.
Founded1909
Service areaCalgary, Alberta
Service typebus and light rail
Routes170
Fleet830 buses
164 light rail vehicles
Annual ridership95.3 mil (2008)
ManagerFred Wong

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Calgary Transit is the public transit service which is owned and operated by the city of Calgary, Alberta. In 2008, an estimated 95.3 million passengers boarded approximately 960 Calgary Transit vehicles (Service Population: 1,042,892), which thus provided 2.31 million hours of service (2.22 hours of service per capita).

Calgary Transit Video

Buy on ITUNES itunes.apple.com Buy the full album at itunes.apple.com Buy on Bandcamp (for all customers outside of Canada) transit1.bandcamp.com Directed by Dave Wallace of Innovate Imageworks innovateimageworks.com Beat produced by Eric Lowry Featuring Jann Arden www.jannarden.com *Jann Arden does not appear in the video due to label complications "Like" Transit on Facebook! www.facebook.com Lyrics: Verse 1 Unlike most bands I don't need chronic to groove I stay calm asa coma when I rock in the booth But I was feeling kinda hungry and I wanted chedda cheese with a little salt and pepper on top of my MC'D's So I said, I would eat it for the weekend and explode on monday off the food i'm eating Cuz nowadays its all go for the eyes I'ma go for the fries til they go to my thighs So I walked out that greasy Mcdonalds And saw Colin Decker taking shots from the bottle I was king like dylan, innocent like makeshift Til I saw this city fall on the pavement Looked up it was raining on the seventh and the evidence for heaven was illustrated in essence In this circus for the fortune we slip and get tired Til we fly like dragons up in the empire Chorus: Cuz we are not all cowboys when I point the mic out you, you make loud noise! And just scream, yea this is how we're changing the scene Verse 2: I went to dixons to watch some of the knicks game But my hands were dead and kind of in pain It's from our climate being so ruthless Still we rise up like elevators cuz of our music Despite <b>...</b>
4.87 min. | 4.69 user rating
A bus broke down on the train tracks and another bus comes in and starts playing bumper bus with it to move it. The other bus's air brakes had lost their compression so the brakes were on full (note the brake lights are on in the other bus) Decided to get to school extra early and lo and behold the train that should have gotten me to the university at 7:20 was delayed for over an hour due to a bus breaking down on one side of the tracks at 14st NW. After another bus failed to ram the bus from its position and a mechanic failed to fix the bus they brought in the heavy weapon. Enjoy.
2.93 min. | 4.63 user rating
Here's your chance to take a short ride on one of the newest additions to Calgary transit's fleet of buses. 6 New Flyer D60LFRs were acquired by Calgary Transit in 2007 and they are assigned on rt.301, the Calgary bus-rapid-transit (BRT)route which runs between the North region of the city to the West side of Calgary.
6.28 min. | 4.66 user rating
Video showing a series of Calgary Transit GM T6H-5307N New Looks in two tone blue paint scheme. Photos include 1973-1975/1977-1982 units. In 2008, only one bus in this livery remained as many had been retired and some rebuilt- then repainted. #1046 remains in this livery, but is a rebuilt unit.
3.80 min. | 4.75 user rating
Calgary's future west LRT line, an animation of the lines routing, stations and what to expect by 2012 when the line is completed. Check out www.westlrt.ca for more info! There is a updated video in my videos!! Check out the new video with updated stations views and more!!!
4.45 min. | 4.8 user rating
Olympic Park Station in calgary Alberta Canada Summer 2006. C-Train is the name given by Calgary Transit to their light railway, often called the LRT(light rail transit), in operation since 1981. Currently two major routes are operated on 42.1 km (26 miles) of track, running into the southern, northwestern, and northeastern sections of the city. More: www.calgarytransit.com
0.25 min. | 4.57 user rating
This video is recorded on Calgary Transit #1074, a 1980 GM Fishbowl on rt.299 which runs between Brentwood LRT station and the Abour Lake neighborhood. This route includes a short highway section, which is the first part of this recording of the bus running at approximately 90km/h! The second part of the video is recorded as the bus does lots of hill-climbings at the beautiful Abour Lake neighborhood.
8.18 min. | 4.93 user rating
The west LRT route animation has been updated, check out new views updated station renderings. Get ready to ride the new line December 5 2012! Check out www.westlrt.ca for more information!
3.92 min. | 4.85 user rating
Clips of Calgary Transit LRT Trains operating in different sections of the City and Suburbs.
6.67 min. | 4.6 user rating
A time-lapse ride on the LRT train (C-Train) through the city, 35.7 kilometers in 5 minutes. C-Train is the light rail transit (LRT) system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has been in operation since May 25, 1981. The South line opened on May 25, 1981 and was extended during several phases over the past 23 years. The system initially used Siemens-Duewag U2 LRVs (originally designed for German metros, and used by Edmonton's earlier LRT and the U-Bahn, a light rail system in Frankfurt), which constituted the entire fleet until mid-July 2001, when the first Siemens SD-160 cars were delivered. There are now seventy-two SD-160s and eighty U2s in service. Calgary is one of only four cities in the world that use the Siemens-Duewag U2, the other cities are Edmonton, San Diego and Frankfurt. In the first quarter of 2010, the C-Train system had an average of 278100 revenue riders per weekday, the second busiest light rail system in North America behind the Monterrey Metro. A very successful LRT operation. Special thanks to Calgary Transit for the opportunity to create this video.
5.30 min. | 4.84 user rating

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Learning from Banff's green bus initiative - Metro Canada - Calgary Tweet this news
Metro Canada - Calgary--Fuel Edmonton -Transit- System has trained hundreds of -transit- operators in fuel-efficient driving techniques through their Fuel Sense program. Banff has already moved to an all-hybrid bio-diesel/electric bus fleet and has seen a - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:04:36 GMT+00:00
Council urged to buy new LRT cars rather than refurbish old ones - Calgary Herald Tweet this news
Calgary Herald---Calgary Transit- received 38 new C-Trains last June. A civic department is recommending that the city continue to buy new LRT cars rather than refurbish old ones. CALGARY � The city's transportation ... - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:16:44 GMT+00:00
City transit to test greener shuttles - Metro Canada - Calgary Tweet this news
Metro Canada - Calgary---Calgary Transit- community shuttles run on off-peak times and low-ridership routes throughout the city. Come May -Calgary Transit- will be taking steps towards becoming just a little bit greener by introducing hybrid shuttle buses - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:00:01 GMT+00:00
Transit worker wins show home in STARS lottery - Calgary Herald Tweet this news
Calgary Herald--Cam Heke said calling all the STARS lottery winners on Wednesday was one of the best jobs in the world. Emmanuel Caissie, a -Calgary Transit- employee, won the new Calgary show home. Caissie said he's sharing ... - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:19:53 GMT+00:00
CTrain accident severs leg - CTV.ca Tweet this news
CTV.ca--Police closed the downtown CTrain line for about four hours to investigate. Commuters faced long waits for shuttle buses to get them downtown because of the closure. -Calgary Transit- says they brought in as many shuttle buses as they could, ... - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:57:48 GMT+00:00
Defiant LRT parkers face ticket toll - Calgary Sun Tweet this news
Calgary Sun--Despite efforts to ensure reserved LRT park and ride stalls are available for paying customers, the number of defiant drivers grew Wednesday. Ron Collins with -Calgary Transit- said parking officials handed out 38 tickets ... - Date : Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:12:11 GMT+00:00
Large signs quell LRT parking chaos - Calgary Sun Tweet this news
Calgary Sun--New signs, about seven times larger than the first versions, seemed to do the trick at park and ride lots Tuesday, clearly showing drivers which stalls were reserved. On Monday, -Calgary Transit- reported many drivers were ... - Date : Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:01:54 GMT+00:00
Kevin Libin: The high cost of Calgary's low-cost transit - National Post (blog) Tweet this news
National Post (blog)--All told, while -Calgary Transit- calculates its direct operating cost per rider at $0.27, the more likely cost, Lafleur figures, is actually $2.88 per rider�more expensive than the $2.75 adult fare, and a lot more expensive than hea - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:18:07 GMT+00:00
Transit has reservations about system - Calgary Sun Tweet this news
Calgary Sun--The new reservation system set up at some city park and ride lots seems to have confused drivers, prompting transit officials to make some changes. Theresa Schroder, with -Calgary Transit-, said some drivers who reserved ... - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:24:19 GMT+00:00
A return to crowded lots - Metro Canada - Calgary Tweet this news
Metro Canada - Calgary---Calgary Transit- spokesperson Theresa Schroder said it will take time to work out the kinks. “I think there will be a period of adaptation, but prior to implementing pay-for-parking we went through a similar situation.”--- - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:29:21 GMT+00:00

Routes :
Route Route Name Route Termini Stops/Stations Service Description
301 North/West BRT North Pointe Terminal - Westside Recreation Centre Harvest Hills Blvd @ Country Village Way (NB only), Country Village Road @ Tri-services Centre (NB only), North Pointe Terminal, Harvest Hills Blvd @ Country Hills Blvd, Harest Hills Crossing, Beddington (Town Centre/Co-op Centre), 78 Avenue Terminal, Centre St @ 64 Ave, Centre St @ Northmount, Centre St @ 40 Ave, Centre St @ 16 Ave, Downtown Calgary (multiple stops), Westbrook-Bow Trail, Westbrook-13 Avenue, 45 St SW Station, Sirocco Station, Westside Recreation Centre (69 St SW Station) North of Downtown: Parallels regular route 3 to Beddington and future Northcentral LRT line from Beddington to Country Hills Village / West of Downtown: Parallels future West LRT line to 69 St SW.
302 Southeast BRT City Centre - McKenzie Towne Downtown Calgary (multiple stops), Inglewood, Crossroads Market, Highfield, Ogden, Glenmore, Quarry Park, 24 Street SE, Douglas Glen, 130 Avenue SE, Prestwick, McKenzie Towne Parallels future Southeast LRT line; scheduled to be extended to Seton/South Health Campus.
305 Bowness/17 Ave SE BRT Bowness High School - Applewood Park Bowness Mall, 85 St NW @ 46 Ave (WB only), Bowness High School, Bowness Road @ 63 St, Home Road, Montgomery, Point Mackay, Parkdale, Kensington @ Crowchild, Kensington @ 19 St, 14 St @ Kensington Road, Downtown Calgary (multiple stops), Inglewood, 33 St SE, 36 St SE, 44 St SE, 52 St SE, 60 St SE, 68 St SE, Applewood Park Parallels regular route 1 for most of the route both east and west of Downtown, except extreme west section between Bowness Mall and Bowness Park (served by 1 but not 305) and extreme east section, east of 17 Ave & 52 St SE (1 turns north to Penbrooke, but 305 continues east to Applewood).

Public transit systems in Canada

AlbertaAirdrie * Banff * Calgary * Edmonton * Fort McMurray * Grande Prairie * Hinton * Lethbridge * Medicine Hat * Red Deer * St. Albert * Strathcona County
British ColumbiaAbbotsford/Mission * Campbell River * Chilliwack * Comox Valley * Cowichan Valley * Kamloops * Kelowna * Nanaimo * Penticton * Prince George * Trail * TransLink (Metro Vancouver) * Victoria * Vernon * Whistler * For all other systems see BC Transit
ManitobaBrandon * Flin Flon * Thompson * Winnipeg
New BrunswickFredericton * Moncton * Saint John
Newfoundland and LabradorCorner Brook * St. John's
Northwest TerritoriesYellowknife
Nova ScotiaAnnapolis Valley * Cape Breton * Halifax Regional Municipality
Nunavut|Iqaluit NOT OPERATIONAL -->Iqaluit NOT OPERATIONAL -->
OntarioBarrie * Belleville * Brampton * Brantford * Brockville * Burlington * Chatham-Kent * Clarence-Rockland * Cobourg * Collingwood * Cornwall * Deseronto * Durham Region * Elliot Lake * Fort Erie * GO Transit (Greater Toronto) * Guelph * Hamilton * Huntsville * Kenora * Kingston * Leamington * Lindsay * London * Midland * Milton * Mississauga * Niagara Falls * North Bay * North Glengarry/Prescott-Russell * Oakville * Ottawa * Orangeville * Orillia * Owen Sound * Peterborough * Port Hope * St. Catharines * St. Thomas * Sarnia * Sault Ste. Marie * Stratford * Sudbury * Tecumseh * Thunder Bay * Timmins * Toronto * Wasaga Beach * Waterloo Region * Welland * Windsor * Woodstock * York Region
Prince Edward IslandCharlottetown
QuebecAMT (Greater Montreal) * Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan * Drummondville * Gatineau * Granby * Haut-Saint-Laurent * Lanaudière * Laurentides * Laval * Lévis * Longueuil * Montreal * Mont-Tremblant * La Presqu'Île * Quebec City * Le Richelain * Richelieu Valley * Roussillon * Rouyn-Noranda * Saguenay * Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu * Sainte-Julie * Sherbrooke * Sorel-Varennes * Sud-Ouest * Trois-Rivières
SaskatchewanMoose Jaw * Prince Albert * Regina * Saskatoon
YukonWhitehorse



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