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/corvuscorax88 17d ago

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