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The Blue Line, also known as Route 202, is a light rail transit (LRT) line in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Partnered with the Red Line , and future Green Line it makes up Calgary's CTrain network. Following its initial approval in 1976, the Red Line opened in 1981, with the first trains running on what is now the Blue Line in 1985.
The Red Line (also known as Route 201) is 35 kilometres (22 mi) long and serves the southern and northwestern areas of the city. The Blue Line (also known as Route 202) is 25.7 kilometres (16.0 mi) long, and serves the northeastern and western sections of the city. [4] Most CTrain track is at grade, within its own right-of-way.
When the Northeast leg opened on April 27, 1985, two stations were added: 3 Street E serving Westbound Blue Line trains only and 10 Street W, a centre-loading platform, which served as the terminus of both Red and Blue lines, until the Northwest leg opened in 1987, after which it was the terminus for the Blue line only. As part of Calgary's ...
Sunalta Station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.It serves the West segment of the Blue Line. [1]The station is located on an elevated guideway, constructed on the south side of the CPR mainline.
Saddletowne Station is a CTrain light rail station on the Northeast leg of the Blue Line located in Saddle Ridge, Calgary, Alberta. Opened on August 27, 2012, as part of a 2.9-km extension. Opened on August 27, 2012, as part of a 2.9-km extension.
On August 30, 2004, Calgary Transit opened a bus rapid transit line to operate future CTrain routes (the D-Line and an as-yet unplanned northbound line), using conventional buses until articulated buses entered service on June 25, 2007. The BRT system consisted of a single route, Route 301, serving the northern and western parts of the city.
Marlborough Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in the Calgary Northeast neighbourhood of Marlborough. It serves the Northeast Leg of the Blue Line and opened on April 27, 1985, as part of the original Northeast (202) line.
Travel between stations along 7th Avenue in downtown is free-of-charge. Unique to the C-Train system, its power is completely wind generated and completely free of emissions. [4] The extension of the Blue Line into west Calgary was completed in 2012 and is the most recent section of the network to open. [5]