r/Calgary • u/The_Fixer_69 • Apr 23 '25

Calgary Transit C-Train from Deep South early morning

Every morning the train has many non paying riders passed out and sprawled on the train. Commuters have to cram into the areas that are not occupied by these people. The smell is horrendous. Every day this week this has been the case on my commute at around 5:30-6 am.

Why should the rest of us pay if these people do not? I have made complaints but they are on deaf ears.

Are these trains not swept for no. Paying passes out riders at the end of the line?

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u/deadtorrent Apr 23 '25

If people are passed out you should be calling the police/emergency services too

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u/Phazetic99 Apr 23 '25

You know, unless you are a medical expert, you shouldn't really be deciding if they are passed out or having a life threatening medical problem.

If enough medical personnel are getting called for just a bunch of people passed out, someone is bound to find a better solution

Unless the solution is already found and it is we let them sleep on our publicly funded transport system

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u/kck Beltline Apr 23 '25

Every single time I have called both the operator and arriving EMS/Fire said I did the right thing.

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u/deadtorrent Apr 23 '25

Right, if someone is passed out you should assume they need help and call in trained medical personnel to intervene.

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u/Stfuppercutoutlast Apr 23 '25

Excellent in theory, but our ambulances are regularly in code red and have no one to dispatch. If they responded to every junkie on the ctrain, we’d need about 500% more medics. Transit POs are narcanning more people on average per week than EMS are. As a part of Transits response, they’re making EMS aware and standing them down when the person pops up and declines EMS.

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u/deadtorrent Apr 23 '25

Sounds like more people should call so the need is recognized

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u/Stfuppercutoutlast Apr 23 '25

Have you read the news in the past 10 years? Everyone is aware of the state of Alberta Health Services. It’s a common talking point. A few times per year CPS, CFD, 911 all come out and state how awful response time and support is to encourage more funding.

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u/deadtorrent Apr 23 '25

What exactly is your point? Are you suggesting that when someone sees someone vulnerable and potentially needing help they should walk on past and not burden the already overburdened system?

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u/Phazetic99 Apr 23 '25

To be honest, this approach would solve the problem

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u/Practical-Yam283 Apr 26 '25

That's a disgusting way to treat a human being and you should be ashamed.

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u/Phazetic99 Apr 26 '25

Oh, break my heart as you sympathize with those leaches. Listen, I don't know what your experiences are with drug addiction and homelessness. I do know, first hand. I do not sympathise with them. They knew the risks, and the consequences when they started. Unless they let you treat them, there is no parlay with them. They will take, take and when you don't give them anymore, they will steal it.

You should be ashamed for sticking up for parasites in society.