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Originally Posted by Ayreonaut
Buffalo's system seems very bizarre. That said, I'm jealous because, for the time being, Calgary has no underground stations (our first, Westbrook, will open in 2012 as part of the WLRT). |
Here's some for you guys to see (and for you, Ayreonaut, to salivate over until 2012
) of Edmonton's underground LRT. The LRT goes above ground just a little bit after Churchill Station in Downtown to the NE line, and it come up above ground at the south end of the University of Alberta at Health Sciences/Jubilee Station (University station is underground).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/one42ch...64687/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aryn/156719761/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathankendall/2705333505/
this is an old old old old old one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3263158...68028/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/renejul...57242/sizes/l/
The Downtown LRT was one of the greatest part of the original Downtown/NE line from 1978. Edmonton now has the West End-Mill Woods (SE suburbs) LRT line that I mentioned before in approval of routing and whatnot and is now just looking at financing and will start 2011-2012. Anyways, this route will be low-floor (ala Portland, basically) and will go through Downtown (and thankfully, the high dense neighborhood of Oliver) before crossing the river and going to SE Edmonton and won't go underground. I don't mind though, as it looks like the low floor technology will fit in better with the surroundings and won't have huge barriers and platforms and escalators or elevators just to get to the station (which happens in a lot of the suburban stations along with going underground Downtown).