LRT TECHNICAL DATA
General Description of System

  General Description | Vehicle Types | Stations & Platforms |  Functional Characteristics

Downtown: 2.0 km in-street section, opened May 25, 1981 Trains share transit mall with buses and emergency vehicles

South LRT 10.9 km, opened May 25, 1981 Trains run on fenced right-of-way (R.O.W.) parallel to freight rail line from 41st Avenue to Somerset/Bridlewood Station S.W. 3.4 km extension to Fish Creek/Lacombe, opened October 26, 2001 3.0 km extension to Somerset/Bridlewood, opened June 28, 2004

Northeast LRT 9.8 km, April 29, 1985 Trains run in median of roadway, with a concrete barrier separation 2.8 km extension to McKnight-Westwinds, opened on December 17, 2007 2.9 km extension from McKnight-Westwinds to Saddletowne, opened on August 27, 2012

Northwest LRT 5.6 km, opened September 7, 1987 1.0 km extension to Brentwood, opened August 31, 1990 3.0 km extension to Dalhousie, opened December 15, 2003 3.6 km extension to Crowfoot, opened June 15, 2009 Trains run in median of roadway and on exclusive right-of-way (R.O.W.) through residential areas

West LRT 8.2 km, opened December 10, 2012

Total Length 53 km, 7% elevated, 87% surface, 6% underground Proof of purchase fare system, free-fare zone on 7th Avenue 35 major stations, 9 side loading platforms downtown

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LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES (LRVs)
U2	SD60	SD 160NG (Delivery 2010 - 2012)
Fibreglass cab, steel body LRVs can be operated from either command end Suspension type: Megi rubber chevron, double coil springs Type of brakes: Dynamic, disc, and magnetic track brakes (U2 AC + Re-generative) auxiliary and emergency brake system Dead weight (tonnes): DC 32.6 AC 36.0 Maximum payload vehicle (tonnes): 17.7 Service Accelerations (m/s2): 1.1 Service Deceleration (m/s2): 1.3 Maximum Acceleration (m/s2): 1.3 Maximum Deceleration (m/s2): 3.0 Overall length of vehicle (m): 24.4 Overall length of a 3 vehicle train (m): 73.2 Overall width of vehicle (m): 2.65 Number of doors per vehicle: 4 each side Double folding width of doors (mm): 1,300 Height of doors (mm): 1,900 Practical passenger capacity: design: 200 Number of seating passengers per vehicle: 64 Number of motors per train: one each end 2 Type of power: 600 V DC Motor rating: DC (at 1,200 rpm): 150 kw Type of power collection: pantograph Power consumption (kwh per veh-km of operation) at: 3.5 Auxiliary input power (volts): 24	Steel body LRVs can be operated from either command end Suspension type: Megi rubber chevron, double coil springs Type of brakes: Re-generative / dynamic, disc, and magnetic track brakes Dead weight (tonnes): SD 160 42.0 Maximum payload vehicle (tonnes): 17 Service Accelerations (m/s2): 1.34 Service Deceleration (m/s2): 1.34 Maximum Acceleration (m/s2): 1.34 Maximum Deceleration (m/s2): 3.0 Overall length of vehicle (m): 24.82 Overall length of a 3 vehicle train (m): 74.4 Overall width of vehicle (m): 2.65 Number of doors per vehicle: 4 each side Sliding/plug width of doors (mm): 1,300 Height of doors (mm): 1,900 Practical passenger capacity: design: 200 Number of seating passengers per vehicle: 60 Number of motors per train: two each end 4 Type of power: AC Motor rating: 145 kw at 1588 rpm Type of power collection: pantograph Power consumption (kwh per veh-km of operation) at: 3.5 Auxiliary input power (volts): 24	Steel body Suspension type: Megi rubber chevron, double coil springs Type of brakes: Re-generative / dynamic, disc, and magnetic track brakes Dead weight (tonnes): SD 160 42.0 Maximum payload vehicle (tonnes): 17 Service Accelerations (m/s2): 1.34 Service Deceleration (m/s2): 1.34 Maximum Acceleration (m/s2): 1.34 Maximum Deceleration (m/s2): 3.0 Overall length of vehicle (m): 24.82 Overall length of a 3 vehicle train (m): 74.4 Overall width of vehicle (m): 2.65 Number of doors per vehicle: 4 each side Sliding/plug width of doors (mm): 1,300 Height of doors (mm): 1,900 Practical passenger capacity: 226 56 passengers seated Number of motors per train: two each end 4 Type of power: AC Motor rating: 145 kw at 1588 rpm Type of power collection: pantograph Power consumption (kwh per veh-km of operation) at: 3.5 Auxiliary input power (volts): 24

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Functional Characteristics: Maximum PRACTICAL single direction capacity at design capacity of 162 pass./car and 2 min. headway: 3-car train (present) 14,580 4-car train (future) 19,440   Maximum THEORETICAL single direction capacity (pass./hr/dir) at 256 pass./car and 2 min. headway: 3-car train 23,040 4-car train 30,720   Actual maximum peak hour passenger load (pass./hr/dir): a.m. peak 7,255   Current average headway (secs): for peak: 300 off peak: - 600   Minimum practical headway (secs): 120   Average speed (km/hr): 35   Maximum speed (km/hr): 80   Train hours of operation: (2012) annual: 186,585 per weekday: 569   Type of train (no. of units): Siemens U2 - DC - 80 AC - 2, SD 160 AC - 72 SD160 NG - 38   Average number of boarding passengers per day: (2012) 259,000   Weekday ridership per CTrain line: South - 110,300 Northwest - 79,500 Northeast - 64,000 West - TBA Downtown (free fare zone) - 22,800   Weekday boarding passengers per revenue operating hour: 522 (does not include West LRT figures)

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CENTRE LOADING Passengers board train from centre platform. 69 Street Station Anderson Station Barlow/Max Bell Station Brentwood Station Bridgeland/Memorial Station Canyon Meadows Station Chinook Station Crowfoot Station Dalhousie Station Erlton/Stampede Station Fish Creek-Lacombe Station Franklin Station Heritage Station Marlborough Station McKnight/Westwinds Station Rundle Station Saddletowne Station SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee Station Southland Station Somerset/Bridlewood Station University Station Victoria Park/Stampede Station Whitehorn Station Zoo Station SIDE LOADING: Passengers board train from side platforms. Length of platforms (m): 80 - 110 Height of the platforms over the track (mm): 930 39 Avenue Station 45 Street Station All Downtown Stations Banff Trail Station Lions Park Station Martindale Station Shaganappi Point Station Shawnessy Station Sirocco Station Sunalta Station Sunnyside Station Westbrook Station