Talk:Edmonton Light Rail Transit

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I've tagged the section on an unfinished downtown LRT station to serve the Edmonton Remand Centre with a "citation needed" tag because the claim seems unreasoable. While I am aware of a section just to the north east of Churchill station that could accomodate a branch line, I have heard other (and more reasonable) purposes for it, inclduing a branch line to tavel along the north side along what, at the time, was a CN Rail right of way. Interestingly enough, there is a similar bit of construction between Corona Station and Grandin Station that would allow for a branch line travelling west under Jasper Avenue into the Oliver neighborhood that would have no value as a project to provide rail service to the Edmonton Max.

66.48.175.201 15:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Any stats on the ridership?

[edit] Underground station shell

In regards to the claim of the unfinished underground LRT station downtown, I do recall a story in the City section in the Edmonton Journal a few years back. I remember seeing the photo on the section's front page, where the ETS rep was standing in front of a moving train in the shell! You see, the tunnel gets much wider where this supposed station is.

I think the claim about the prisioner transport from the prision to the court house was concidered either to be a "legend" or "rumour" in the article. It was said that getting an armoured bus was much cheaper.

I also remember that the Journal's Paula Simons stated that the station shell could be used as a real station if a hockey arena is built behind the CN Tower.

Anyway, to find the actual articles for documentation purposes, try the Canadian Newsstand database, available on the Web site of the Edmonton Public Library, or any Canadian library for that matter.

[edit] Yard/garage

Where is the line’s maintenance facility? David Arthur 16:45, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Located in the northeast of the city near the end of the line is D.L. MacDonald Yard (ETS). Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:36, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did this really happen?

I recall reading somewhere that when one of the stations was built, the platform was about 10 cm too wide, and when they ran the train in for the first time, the edge got sheared off. I'm not really sure if it happened, though. --Alx xlA (talk) 21:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

~Knowing ETS? Who can tell? 198.161.51.61 (talk) 23:27, 22 May 2008 (UTC)