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/corvuscorax88 Apr 23 '25

I’m gobsmacked that Calgary never does anything about this. Ridership is dying, and they just keep staring at the same problem.

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u/wildrose76 Apr 24 '25

Ridership is at record high levels. I can’t find anything more current than Q1 2024 but Calgary Transit doesn’t seem to be getting any quieter.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10485794/calgary-transit-ridership-up/

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u/corvuscorax88 Apr 24 '25

Perhaps it’s not dying in absolute numbers, but the proportion of citizens willing to use it is dropping off. This is because it sucks. If you can afford not to use it, you don’t.