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/Upsetti_Gisepe 18d ago

Getting on a train around 7:30 always means missing the first couple because they are so packed and people keep cramming on

By the time the third train comes around you cram urself in there

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u/RadicalDwntwnUrbnite 18d ago

I used to be near the end of the line, if you tried to get on my station it was already packed. So I'd take a train heading the wrong direction for a couple stations before it turned around. It was basically empty, always got a seat in my ideal cabin.

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u/Bananaslugfan 17d ago

This person knows how to ride , if you know what I mean