Calgary Public Transit II

[You Need A Thneed]

Route 38 is still called the same thing today, serves the same community, but only uses about 800 metres of the current route.

[McMahon]

So, according to 27, Rockyview was previously known as Glenmore Hospital. Is that right?

[mersar]

Originally Posted by McMahon

So, according to 27, Rockyview was previously known as Glenmore Hospital. Is that right?

Not quite. Theres a second facility adjacent to the Rockyview thats called the "Glenmore Auxiliary Hospital" that predates the Rockyview, and is now operated by CareWest as a nursing home that is likely what that refers to. I'm not sure when the Rockyview was built, but I believe it was early 80's.

[SubwayRev]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

Anyway, my grandparents bought their house in Westgate in 1961, and lived there for over 40 years. My grandmother told me that once talks started heating up about developments going up on the west hill (Strathcona, etc.) that someone from their community association came around asking to sign a petition to halt these developments with arguments like there would be people peering down the hill into the backyards and windows of Westgate homes, traffic, noise, etc.

So...in the 70's it was from hills and today it's from C-train bridges. Calgarians have an unstoppable urge to peer into windows and backyards from loftier vantage points I guess!

[evolv]

Anyone know when 3rd st station is supposed to open up? Looks almost done

[mersar]

Originally Posted by evolv

Anyone know when 3rd st station is supposed to open up? Looks almost done

This Friday.

[McPaul]

Originally Posted by srperrycgy

That's where the eBay seller I bought it from was located.

ahh, yes. You mentioned ebay.

Interesting maps.

I noticed that Heritage and Southland were referred to as "stations", but Anderson was not. Neither was Chinook. Was Chinook Mall around that long ago? why was the area called "Chinook" when there are no roads of that name.

Also, nothing above Chinook was referred to as a station.

They mention feeder busses a lot. They seem to be feeding people to where the stations are now, and then when they get to that point, did they take the express bus to downtown? There certainly were a ton of express busses for the time, weren't there?

and FIFTEEN CENTS?!?!

I know it was 1978, but c'mon, man!!

Fantastic work, sperry!

[srperrycgy]

Here is the 1978 Fare Structure:

Adults: $0.40
Children (under 14): $0.25
Students (Grade 12 and under): $0.25
Express Buses: Regular Fare + $0.05
Downtown Shuttle: $0.15
Dogs: (service dogs exempt) $0.50
Monthly Pass: $16.00

[mersar]

Originally Posted by McPaul

I noticed that Heritage and Southland were referred to as "stations", but Anderson was not. Neither was Chinook. Was Chinook Mall around that long ago? why was the area called "Chinook" when there are no roads of that name.

The station is named after the mall, which even in the late 70's had already been there a while in some form. The first of the two malls that eventually merged into Chinook opened in 1960.

I suspect the 'station' part of the name was given previously for the park and ride lots with bus loops. I'm not sure the history of the park and rides, but I suspect there may not have been one at Anderson at the time, nor at Chinook. I do see a park and ride listed at McMahon but its quite likely there was no bus loop there then (or now) so it didn't have the station name either.

[TransitSupporter]

Originally Posted by mersar

Not quite. Theres a second facility adjacent to the Rockyview thats called the "Glenmore Auxiliary Hospital" that predates the Rockyview, and is now operated by CareWest as a nursing home that is likely what that refers to. I'm not sure when the Rockyview was built, but I believe it was early 80's.

The original Rockyview Hosp (now the Fisher wing - units 46,47,48,49 and 56,56,58,59) was built in ~1962. The Highwood Wing (the newer taller tower where the emergency is located) was opened in ~1984, An expansion to 10 floors opened last year and another expansion to the south is currently underway.

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[MalcolmTucker]

^ Well thats a good thing, the Q3 numbers were just really messed up I guess.

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[You Need A Thneed]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee -> SAIT - The existing name is just too long. Change for simplicity.

Instead of being shortened, it should be lengthened to offically be "SOuthern Alberta Institute of Technology / Alberta College of Art and Design / Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium".

Might as well go for a world record, or something.

Agreed on pretty much all else, except I'd name the vic park station "Stampede"

Or we could be really annoying, name 45th Street "Westgate", name 69th street "Westside Rec Centre", and 11th street " Downtown West" or "West End"

[mersar]

Originally Posted by You Need A Thneed

Instead of being shortened, it should be lengthened to offically be "SOuthern Alberta Institute of Technology / Alberta College of Art and Design / Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium".

Might as well go for a world record, or something.

Except for SAIT is no longer an acronym, the official name is "SAIT Polytechnic" as of 2004.

[You Need A Thneed]

Originally Posted by mersar

Except for SAIT is no longer an acronym, the official name is "SAIT Polytechnic" as of 2004.

Fine, we can call it "Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Polytechnic / Alberta College of Art and Design / Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium".

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.

[Dado]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

NW



Tuscany -> Rocky Ridge - I like that they finally chose to just go with the name of one of the nearby communities for this one. However, the name of "Tuscany" for a suburban residential community in a Canadian prairie city is just absurd. That leaves Royal Oak and Rocky Ridge, and again, Rocky Ridge, to me, is the least contrived of those. I would choose Eamon as a name if the station (or more properly, the Park N' Ride) weren't wiping the Eamon camp out. Maybe just rename the community and have the station take that name. If it weren't going to be a terminal station so long, I'd probably be more agreeable with the contrived "Tuscany" moniker.

Nothing wrong with naming the station after whatever it is wiping out. It's still a name with a real history to it.

Here in Ottawa we have a station named "Tunney's Pasture". The station itself is not named after Mr. Tunney's pasture; rather it's named after the federal government office complex of the same name that it serves which was built on Mr. Tunney's old pasture.

So go ahead and name it "Eamon Station" or even "Camp Eamon Station". Let the name survive on through time as a homage to what went before.

[DarkKeyo]

I agree with most of those name changes. 'Memorial', 'Mcknight, and 'Bridlewood' (how did that name even get in there?) are kind of pointless. With adding 'Stampede' or 'Max Bell' to the name, its sort of useful, but then why not add 'McMahon'? Eamon sounds better than any of the alternatives, as do Mewata and Rosscarrock. Naming 69 St something else would be nice too.

As for 39th Ave... That depends on what they're going to do with it in the future. It looks like a 4-car platform could be crammed in there... but I don't think a 5 car one could be. Turning that station into two, one a bit further north (Parkhill?) and south (Manchester?) would cover more of the ridiculously large gap in that part of the line... if there is anywhere to put the stations (they didn't leave space, unlike the Northland station I want). Thoughts on that?

[frinkprof]

Nevermind.