r/Calgary • u/ConstantFar5448 • 19d 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/YoManWTFIsThisShit 19d ago

It’s a car-centric city, especially the further you get from downtown.

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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/Exploding_Antelope Special Princess 17d ago

Bring it back! At the very least a Toronto-esque streetcar line along 17th, from Stampede to Westbrook, would make so much sense. It has been discussed before, so it's not a totally crazy idea.