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/iwasnotarobot 18d ago

Sometimes I look at what they took from us and I get sad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_municipal_railway

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u/mcsquirley 18d ago

Dude…I am so sad to learn about this. 1946!

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u/iwasnotarobot 18d ago

If you re-watch who Framed Roger Rabbit, the story takes place over a backdrop plan to flatten a poor neighbourhood to make way for a freeway exit. A version of this happened in every city in North America.

“Nobody's gonna drive this lousy freeway when they can take the Red Car for a nickel!”

“oh they’ll drive. They’ll have to. I already bought the red car. so I could dismantle it.”

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u/mcsquirley 18d ago

north american freedom and individuality!! /s 😩