Riding the rails
So I was surfing the net and somehow I came across a website written by a handful of train lovers. I noticed it talked about Calgary's C-Train line.
Apparently back in 1980 when the C-Train was first started, Calgary Transit had proposed to construct a subway system. Now, people call our system a "subway" system now but it's considered "above ground subway" [so basically a train]. Upon further reading it seems that the City of Calgary had built many subway lines, mainly downtown. Supposedly there are tunnels under 8th, 4th, 5th and the main CP Rail train line along with a "secret" tunnel that is walled off. The secret tunnel goes exactly under City Hall and opens up into the Alderman's parking lot. Presently there is a red sign above the hatch that reads "Special Procedures Apply", although this is information from 2002. There are a few pictures of the underground passages but not too many. Along with the tunnels there is a half completed subway station with apparently four tracks, two side stations and one island station. Someone was quoted as saying "long-term plans include a downtown subway" or something like that.
There are also supposedly tunnels under the University of Calgary and numerous "pedestrian tunnels" under both the University and downtown. Imagine Calgary with a real subway system.
From the looks of it, from my perspective, it looks as though Calgary changed it's mind on a subway idea, afterall I'm sure it would be quite an expensive and hard task to do if they wanted to continue it now.
More rail news, if you hadn't heard on the news a long while ago, it seems the "bullet" train that was proposed to go between Calgary and Edmonton may soon be a reality.
In October of 2004, the City of Calgary had received a completed document on the feasability of this proposed train. Apparently it's quite feasable, more so than the expansion of former Highway 2 [now Queen Elizabeth II highway].
How about that? A bullet train in North America.
In other random train info, apparently there were proposals for light rail transit systems in other places such as Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo... that's all I could really remember. Those were the only ones that interested me really.
That's all. Thought I'd share something I found interesting.
Apparently back in 1980 when the C-Train was first started, Calgary Transit had proposed to construct a subway system. Now, people call our system a "subway" system now but it's considered "above ground subway" [so basically a train]. Upon further reading it seems that the City of Calgary had built many subway lines, mainly downtown. Supposedly there are tunnels under 8th, 4th, 5th and the main CP Rail train line along with a "secret" tunnel that is walled off. The secret tunnel goes exactly under City Hall and opens up into the Alderman's parking lot. Presently there is a red sign above the hatch that reads "Special Procedures Apply", although this is information from 2002. There are a few pictures of the underground passages but not too many. Along with the tunnels there is a half completed subway station with apparently four tracks, two side stations and one island station. Someone was quoted as saying "long-term plans include a downtown subway" or something like that.
There are also supposedly tunnels under the University of Calgary and numerous "pedestrian tunnels" under both the University and downtown. Imagine Calgary with a real subway system.
From the looks of it, from my perspective, it looks as though Calgary changed it's mind on a subway idea, afterall I'm sure it would be quite an expensive and hard task to do if they wanted to continue it now.
More rail news, if you hadn't heard on the news a long while ago, it seems the "bullet" train that was proposed to go between Calgary and Edmonton may soon be a reality.
In October of 2004, the City of Calgary had received a completed document on the feasability of this proposed train. Apparently it's quite feasable, more so than the expansion of former Highway 2 [now Queen Elizabeth II highway].
How about that? A bullet train in North America.
In other random train info, apparently there were proposals for light rail transit systems in other places such as Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo... that's all I could really remember. Those were the only ones that interested me really.
That's all. Thought I'd share something I found interesting.
2 Comments:
Only two kinds of people like trains, fags and royalty. You don't look like Royalty to me son.
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Sounds like "Only steers and queers come from Texas, and you don't look like a steer!"
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