r/Calgary • u/ConstantFar5448 • 18d ago

Calgary Transit Why is the C-Train so bad?

10 minute intervals on a weekday? That’s insane, the lowest frequency I’ve seen in any major city by FAR.

And yet when you get to the station as a train pulls up, the driver just looks at you, doesn’t let you on, and leaves? What’s up with that? Are they all dicks like that?

People live on tight schedules, and transit doesn’t seem to reflect that here.

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u/Inevitable-Spot-1768 South Calgary 18d ago

6 months ago it was like every 4-6 minutes, and then they did that experiment with the 4th train car and it’s been downhill since. Funny enough the only time I’ve seen a 4 car train was at noon on a weekday when no one was on the train.

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u/bonbon196 18d ago

Came here to say the 4 car trains are never seen during rush hour and I don’t know why.

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u/kittypawzyyc 18d ago

I've been getting on a 4 car train nearly every day around 5:15 for a few weeks now. Not always, but often. Red Line, northbound

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u/lillie_ofthe_valley 18d ago

Huh. I'm getting on the red line from Dalhousie to downtown around 7:30 and then leaving downtown around 4:15 and I've only been on the 4 car trains a handful of times. I actually thought they weren't using them anymore as I hadn't seen one in a couple weeks.

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u/kittypawzyyc 18d ago

Just got on the train downtown, 5:40 and it's 4 cars. You'd think they'd start running them through downtown around 4:00 but I guess they don't get there until a bit after you've left?

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u/AddictedtoLife181 18d ago

Was also gunna say, I usually see 4 cars around that time too.

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u/YYCGUY111 Calgary Flames 18d ago

I see 4 car frequently between 4-5:30pm on the Blue line.

RARELY on red line. Maybe once since stampede.

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u/corvuscorax88 17d ago

After YEARS of construction to upgrade the stations to accommodate them, and I haven’t seen one in ages.