Editing CTrain (section)

=== Blue Line ===
{{Main|Blue Line (Calgary)}}
Also known as Route 202, this route is composed of two legs connected by the downtown transit mall: the Northeast leg ({{convert|15.5|km}}) and the newer West leg ({{convert|8.2|km}}). The Northeast leg has ten stations and the West leg has six stations. Total length of this route: {{convert|25.7|km}}.<ref name="Technical" />

==== Northeast leg ====
This was the second leg of the system to be built. Seven stations opened on April 27, 1985, from downtown to the northeast. They are: {{stl|CTrain|Bridgeland/Memorial}}, {{stl|CTrain|Zoo}}, {{stl|CTrain|Barlow/Max Bell}}, {{stl|CTrain|Franklin}}, {{stl|CTrain|Marlborough}}, {{stl|CTrain|Rundle}}, and {{stl|CTrain|Whitehorn}}. The original Northeast line was 9.8&nbsp;km long. On December 17, 2007, the line was extended 2.8&nbsp;km further north to an eighth station – {{stl|CTrain|McKnight–Westwinds}}. On August 27, 2012, another 2.9&nbsp;km extension of track opened and added two more stations – {{stl|CTrain|Martindale}} and {{stl|CTrain|Saddletowne}}.<ref name="CCMinutes20071106" /><ref name=2007WestLRT>{{cite report |author= Calgary Transportation Planning |title= 2007 West LRT Report |publisher= City of Calgary |date= November 20, 2007 |url= http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/west_lrt_2007_report.pdf |access-date= 2007-12-22 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411024618/http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/west_lrt_2007_report.pdf |archive-date= April 11, 2008 |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/2012-1575%20NE%20LRT%20Riders%20Guide_FINAL.pdf Saddletowne and Martindale Rider's Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831220443/http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/2012-1575%20NE%20LRT%20Riders%20Guide_FINAL.pdf |date=August 31, 2012 }}</ref> Additional stations are proposed for development, likely beyond 2023, at 96th Avenue, [[Country Hills Boulevard]], 128th Avenue (north of Skyview Ranch) and [[Stoney Trail]] (in the Stonegate Landing development),<ref name=2007WestLRT /> as those areas are developed for future LRT infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web |author= Calgary Transit |title= Calgary LRT Network Plan |publisher= City of Calgary |year= 2008 |page= 6 |url= http://calgarytransit.com/pdf/ct_lrt_network_plan.pdf |access-date= 2009-01-01 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091229191733/http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/ct_lrt_network_plan.pdf |archive-date= December 29, 2009 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Blue Line Northeast Stations
!Stations
!Community
!Opened
!Rebuilt
!
!
!Former Names
|-
|[[Bridgeland/Memorial station|Bridgeland-Memorial Station]]
|[[Bridgeland/Riverside, Calgary|Bridgeland-Riverside]]
|1985
|
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Zoo station (Calgary)|Zoo Station]]
|[[Bridgeland/Riverside, Calgary|Bridgeland-Riverside]]
|1985
|
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Barlow/Max Bell station|Barlow-Max Bell Station]]
|Mayland Industrial
|1985
|
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Franklin station (Calgary)|Franklin Station]]
|[[Albert Park/Radisson Heights|Albert Park-Radisson Heights]]
|1985
|
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Marlborough station|Marlborough Station]]
|[[Marlborough, Calgary|Marlborough]]
|1985
|
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Rundle station|Rundle Station]]
|[[Rundle, Calgary|Rundle]]
|1985
|
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Whitehorn station|Whitehorn Station]]
|[[Whitehorn, Calgary|Whitehorn]]
|1985
|2011
|Indoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[McKnight–Westwinds station|McKnight-Westwinds Station]]
|Westwinds
|2007
|
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Martindale station|Martindale Station]]
|[[Martindale, Calgary|Martindale]]
|2012
|
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Saddletowne station|Saddletowne Station]]
|[[Saddle Ridge, Calgary|Saddle Ridge]]
|2012
|
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|
|}

==== West leg ====
This was the fourth leg of the system to be built, although it was included in the original plans for the system.<ref>{{cite report |author= Calgary Transportation Department |title= West LRT Functional Study |publisher= City of Calgary |year= 1983 |url= http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/West_LRT_Report_1983_Consolidation.pdf |access-date= 2007-12-22 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411024558/http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/West_LRT_Report_1983_Consolidation.pdf |archive-date= April 11, 2008 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> It was built last because it was anticipated to have lower ridership and higher construction costs than the previous legs. Construction of the 8.2 kilometre<ref>{{cite web|title=West LRT Project Booklet|publisher=City of Calgary|access-date=6 June 2012|url=http://www.westlrt.ca/files/2010-0061West%20LRT%20Project%20in%20Review-%20booklet.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404022241/http://www.westlrt.ca/files/2010-0061West%20LRT%20Project%20in%20Review-%20booklet.pdf|archive-date=April 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> (5 mile) leg began in 2009. It opened on December 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/West+line+will+open+schedule+city+says/7513159/story.html| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208162551/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/West+line+will+open+schedule+city+says/7513159/story.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 8, 2012| title=West LRT line will open December 10, 2012 on schedule, city says| work=[[Calgary Herald]]| date=November 7, 2012| access-date=2012-11-07}}</ref>

The City of Calgary began a review process in late 2006 to update the plans to current standards, and Calgary City Council gave final approval to the project<ref>{{cite news |last= [[CBRT-DT|CBC Calgary]] |title= Council confirms route for C-Train's west line |publisher= [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date= November 20, 2007 |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/council-confirms-route-for-c-train-s-west-line-1.653828 |access-date= 2007-12-22}}</ref> and allocated the required $566-million project funding on November 20, 2007.<ref name="CCMinutes20071106" /> Funding for the project was sourced from the infrastructure fund that was created when the province of Alberta returned the education tax portion of property taxes to the city. Construction of this leg began in 2009. It was constructed at the same time as further extensions of the NE and NW lines of the LRT system that were approved in November 2007.
[[File:CTrain SW construction1.jpg|thumb|right|West LRT construction over [[Bow Trail]] ]]

The West LRT leg<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation/TI/Pages/Transit-projects/West-LRT.aspx?redirect=/westlrt| title=West LRT (City of Calgary website)| work=City of Calgary| access-date=2013-03-23| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410025841/http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation/TI/Pages/Transit-projects/West-LRT.aspx?redirect=/westlrt| archive-date=April 10, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref> has six stations (from east to west): {{stl|CTrain|Sunalta}} (near 16th Street SW), {{stl|CTrain|Shaganappi Point}}, {{stl|CTrain|Westbrook}}, {{stl|CTrain|45 Street}} (Westgate), {{stl|CTrain|Sirocco}}, and {{stl|CTrain|69 Street}} (west of 69th Street near Westside Recreation Centre).

The updated alignment from the 2007 West LRT Report<ref name=2007WestLRT /> includes the line running on an elevated guideway beginning west of the Downtown West–Kerby Station, running along the CPR right of way to Bow Trail SW, and then to 24th Street SW. The line then runs at grade past Shaganappi Point Station and drops into a tunnel to 33rd Street SW. The tunnel then runs under the [[Westbrook Mall]] parking lot, and the former site of the now-demolished Ernest Manning Senior High School. The line then follows the north side of 17th Avenue SW past 37th Street SW below grade to 45 Street station. Past 45th Street the line runs at grade, and approaching Sarcee Trail SW moves onto an elevated guideway that passes over the freeway. The line then runs at grade to Sirocco Station, then proceeds to drop below grade and pass under eastbound 17th Avenue SW at 69th Street SW and return to grade on the south side of the avenue. The line then terminates at 69 Street Station located to the west of 69th Street SW.<ref name="West LRT Map">{{cite map |publisher= City of Calgary |title= West LRT Map |url= http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/west_lrt_mrc_roadnet_reference_areas.pdf |format= PDF |edition= 2007 |access-date= 2007-12-22 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411024628/http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/west_lrt_mrc_roadnet_reference_areas.pdf |archive-date= April 11, 2008 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

Three of the new West leg stations are located at grade. {{stl|CTrain|Westbrook}}, {{stl|CTrain|45 Street}},<ref>{{cite news |author= Guttormson, Kim |title= West LRT leg headed below ground after council vote |work= Calgary Herald |publisher= [[CICT-DT|Global Calgary]] |date= October 5, 2009 |url= http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/west+lrt+leg+headed+below+ground+after+council+vote/65582/story.html |access-date= December 8, 2011}}</ref> and {{stl|CTrain|69 Street}} stations are located below grade, while {{stl|CTrain|Sunalta}} is an elevated station.<ref>{{cite web |author=Calgary Transit |title=West LRT – Route Map |publisher=City of Calgary |year=2008 |url=http://www.westlrt.ca/contentabout/routemap.cfm |format=[[Adobe Flash|Flash]] |access-date=2009-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005162546/http://www.westlrt.ca/contentabout/routemap.cfm |archive-date=October 5, 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref> On October 5, 2009, the city council announced approval of a plan to put a portion of the West leg into a trench at 45th Street and 17th Avenue SW, a move welcomed by advocates who fought to have it run underground.  The change cost an estimated $61&nbsp;million; however, lower-than-expected construction costs were expected to absorb much of the change.

The cost for the project is, however, [[Cost overrun|over budget]] by at least [[Canadian dollar|C$]]35 million<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-s-west-lrt-project-35m-over-budget-1.1193095| title=Calgary's West LRT project $35M over budget| work=[[CBC News]]| date=May 16, 2012| access-date=2012-05-25}}</ref> and the overall cost could be more than [[Canadian dollar|C$]]1.46 billion because of soaring costs of land used and the integration of public art into the project.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Soaring+west+costs+threatening+keep+rising/5722391/story.html| title=Soaring west LRT costs hit $1.46B — and threatening to keep rising| work=[[Calgary Herald]]| first=Richard| last=Cuthbertson| date=November 16, 2011| access-date=2011-11-17| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118052607/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Soaring+west+costs+threatening+keep+rising/5722391/story.html| archive-date=November 18, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Nenshi+fears+rising+cost+land+acquisition+west/5934641/story.html| title=Nenshi fears rising cost of land acquisition for west LRT| work=[[Calgary Herald]]| first=Richard| last=Cuthbertson| date=January 2, 2012| access-date=2012-01-03}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Public%20art,%20land%20costs%20strain%20west%20LRT%20tab/6609387/story.html| title=Public art, land costs strain west LRT tab (Likely to eat into funds earmarked for southeast transit)| work=[[Calgary Herald]]| first=Jason| last=Markusoff| date=May 12, 2012| access-date=2012-05-14| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515082333/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Public%20art%2C%20land%20costs%20strain%20west%20LRT%20tab/6609387/story.html| archive-date=May 15, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The public art aspect of the project was neglected in its initial form. Because City Hall regulations for big construction projects require incorporation of public art, City Hall had to find the money. Therefore, the West LRT project cost C$8.6 million more than expected.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-city-council-commits-to-art-along-west-lrt-line-1.1155293| title=Calgary city council commits to art along west LRT line| work=[[CBC News]]| date=May 28, 2012| access-date=2012-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/City+finds+money+from+other+projects+west+public/6691370/story.html| title=City finds money from other projects to pay for west LRT public art| work=[[Calgary Herald]]| first=Jason| last=Markusoff| date=May 28, 2012| access-date=2012-06-04| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601112820/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/City+finds+money+from+other+projects+west+public/6691370/story.html| archive-date=June 1, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On October 29, 2009, city council announced that the contract to construct the West LRT had been awarded to a consortium led by [[SNC Lavalin]].<ref>{{citation|title=Mayor Bronconnier Announces Design-Build Award|url=http://www.westlrt.ca/contentdesign/industry_news.cfm|publisher=[[Calgary|City of Calgary]]|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=June 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005182244/http://www.westlrt.ca/contentdesign/industry_news.cfm|archive-date=October 5, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Future extension of the West leg to Aspen Woods Station (around 17th Avenue and 85th Street SW) has been planned, and future extensions further west to 101st Street SW may be added as new communities adjacent to 17th Avenue SW are built.<ref name="West LRT Map" />

On May 15, 2012, testing of the leg began with two LRT cars. As the construction of the leg moved towards completion, four LRT cars were used, until revenue service began on December 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trains-being-tested-on-west-lrt-line-1.1205094| title=Trains being tested on West LRT line| work=[[CBC News]]| date=May 15, 2012| access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/test-trains-hit-the-tracks-1.809931| title=Test trains hit the tracks| work=[[CFCN-DT|CTV Calgary]]| date=May 15, 2012| access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Test+train+begins+rolling+billion+west+line/6626254/story.html| title=Test train begins rolling on $1.4-billion west LRT line (New line expected to open by March 2013)| work=[[Calgary Herald]]| first=Jason| last=Markusoff| date=May 15, 2012| access-date=2012-05-16| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517024534/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Test+train+begins+rolling+billion+west+line/6626254/story.html| archive-date=May 17, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/city+tests+first+train+on+west+lrt+tracks/6442641863/story.html| title=City tests first train on West LRT tracks| work=[[CICT-DT|Global Calgary]]| first=Melissa| last=Ramsey| date=May 15, 2012| access-date=2012-05-16}}</ref>

In its first year of service, 69 Street served an average of 32,400 boardings per day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calgarytransit.com/sites/default/files/reports/west_lrt_one_year_review.pdf#page=23 |page=23 |title=West LRT One Year Review |format=pdf |year=2014 |access-date=January 19, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505064147/http://www.calgarytransit.com/sites/default/files/reports/west_lrt_one_year_review.pdf |archive-date = May 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Blue Line West Stations
!Stations
!Community
!Opened
!Rebuilt
!
!
!Former Names
|-
|[[Downtown West–Kerby station|Downtown West–Kerby Station]]
|[[Downtown Calgary|Downtown West End]]
|1985
|2012
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|[[10 Street Southwest station|10 Street SW Station]]
|-
|[[Sunalta station|Sunalta Station]]
|[[Sunalta, Calgary|Sunalta]]
|2012
|
|Indoor
|Elevated
|
|-
|[[Shaganappi Point station|Shaganappi Point Station]]
|[[Shaganappi, Calgary|Shaganappi]]
|2012
|
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Westbrook station (Calgary)|Westbrook Station]]
|[[Rosscarrock]]
|2012
|
|Indoor
|Underground
|
|-
|[[45 Street station (Calgary)|45 Street Station]]
|[[Westgate, Calgary|Westgate]]
|2012
|
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[Sirocco station|Sirocco Station]]
|[[Christie Park, Calgary|Christie Park]]
|2012
|
|Outdoor
|At-Grade
|
|-
|[[69 Street station (Calgary)|69 Street Station]]
|[[Aspen Woods, Calgary|Aspen Woods]]
|2012
|
|Mixed
|Trench
|
|}