Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

[The_Cat]

In my non-scientific survey, I saw smooth sailing for the LRT while being stuck on Connors Road.

 

[Gronk!]

It's currently -25 outside, and the Valley Line LRT is still humming along. Just wait until the weekend though!

 

[Edmcowboy11]

According to someone on facebook there was a problem on the southern portion of the line, something that the train was stuck to Grey Nuns or something.

 

[Foolworm]

I see what you are saying now. If you control for the differences, it would put the 2 car Valley Line train at 743 passengers?, so just shy of the capacity of the current SD160s of 760 in a 4 car arrangement.

Yes. Granted, the Valley line vehicles have less row seating, if the high floor vehicles follow suit then that difference widens some more.

For reference, I was using the LRT design guidelines which lists the AW2 capacity of the SD-160 at 146 pax, lower than the U2 capacity of 160 pax.

 

[archited]

I can't recall if these were posted or not... WEM station...

A more pleasant aesthetic than the mall itself.

 

[Kosy123]

Tis a bulkier, glassier Metrotown Station

 

[IanO]

It's surely modelled after Brentwood.

 

[erudyk_29]

The elevated sections of the VL give massive Skytrain vibes. A side note, it's good to see cities in Canada starting to see the benefits of elevated rail transit. The Skytrain should be a model for future systems to follow and I'm sure it was a big inspiration for both the VL and the REM which both opened last year. Honolulu's new train is also elevated, Sound Transit (for all its faults) is building a lot of elevated light rail as well. This is a trend I hope to see continue and expand across the continent. Faster than at grade, but cheaper than tunneled.

 

[EdmTrekker]

It's surely modelled after Brentwood.

There you go again.

 

[IanO]

Give it a rest mate. Jesus.

Brentwood in Vancouver is renowned as model for many above grade stations.

wiki

 

[Gronk!]

It is now -36 degrees outside and the Valley Line LRT is still running!

 

[TAS]

With the cold weather and poorer road issues that began a few days ago with snow, two co-workers have been taking the Valley Line this week for the first time - getting on at Mill Woods and then connecting at Churchill to the capital line to Corona.

Both having favorable experiences.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Unfortunately I've said it over and over. If the train ran a late night service I'd give up completely driving to work downtown. When we finish loading out a concert, it is anywhere between midnight and 2am.

 

[J_gordo]

Unfortunately I've said it over and over. If the train ran a late night service I'd give up completely driving to work downtown. When we finish loading out a concert, it is anywhere between midnight and 2am.

I saw a train running at 1:30am last night on 75th street

 

[dunno]

Unfortunately I've said it over and over. If the train ran a late night service I'd give up completely driving to work downtown. When we finish loading out a concert, it is anywhere between midnight and 2am.

The Capital Line goes till 1:45am. Hopefully in time the Valley Line can go up from 1am to 2am. At the very least, there should be a replacement bus between 1am and 5:30am, like Toronto does.