CTrain CTrain (previously branded C-Train) is a light rail rapid transit system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Most of the network functions as a light metro, though in the free-fare zone that runs through the downtown core the Red and Blue lines oper ...

is a light rail system in Calgary,

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. It has been in operation since May 25, 1981. The system is operated by

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, as part of the Calgary municipal government's transportation department. The CTrain system has two routes, with a combined route length of . The Red Line (also known as Route 201) is long and serves the southern and northwestern areas of the city. The Blue Line (also known as Route 202) is long, and serves the northeastern and western sections of the city. Most CTrain track is at grade, within its own

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. The downtown portion services both transit lines along the 7th Avenue South

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at street level, and is shared between the CTrain, Calgary Transit buses, and City of Calgary vehicles. This portion is a

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zone and serves as a downtown

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. The tracks split at the east and west ends of downtown into lines leading to the south, northeast, west and northwest residential neighbourhoods of Calgary. Six percent of the system is underground, and seven percent is grade-separated (elevated). Trains are powered by overhead electric wires, using pantographs to draw power.

List of CTrain stations

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Active stations

Former stations

Ghost station

This underground station was built under the Municipal Building as part of a proposed future 8th Avenue subway. There is a short section of unused transit tunnel leading to it from the South leg that was blocked off after underground

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started following it into the station.

References

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