CTrain Service Information
Aug 28-30: Fish Creek-Lacombe to Heritage closure
Affected routes: Red Line
Affected stations: Fish Creek-Lacombe, Canyon Meadows, Anderson, Southland, Heritage
Affected service hours:
Friday, August 28 (10:30 p.m. to end of service)
Saturday, August 29 (all day)
Sunday, August 30 (all day)
What to expect:
The Red Line will be closed between Fish Creek-Lacombe and Heritage stations starting at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, August 28 until the very early hours of Monday, August 31.
Trains coming up from the south will terminate at Fish Creek-Lacombe Station. Trains coming down from the north and downtown will terminate at Heritage Station. For all the stations in between, we’ll have shuttle buses replacing train service, running approximately every 5 minutes.
Full CTrain service on the Red Line is scheduled to be back up and running again by start of service on Monday, August 31.
What’s happening?
This weekend’s projects include:
- Electrical work including line insulator and impedance bond replacements,
- Work on the gate arms at Anderson,
- Roofing repairs at Southland and Heritage,
- Lighting upgrades at Anderson interlocking,
- Lightning arrestor replacements,
- Rail grinding,
- and other projects, as time allows.
Thank you for your patience during these closures!
Why are we doing all of these closures?
We know CTrain closures can have an impact on your travel, which is why we try to keep them as minimally disruptive as possible. That’s also why they’re so important - because doing preventative work and maintenance now can ensure we’re providing Calgarians with a safe, reliable, and efficient transit system.
Some work can be completed while keeping the trains on track, but there are certain projects that are just too big, or can’t share the space safely while trains are in service, and they require fully closing off sections of the line. Occasionally, a power cut is required to carry out specific work, which also means we need to close the line to train travel.
During the planning stage, we try to consolidate projects where can to minimize how often we need to close a certain section of the system, and do our best to plan around major events or times of heaviest transit use. Wherever possible, we will opt for single tracking instead, to further reduce impact to service.
What is “single tracking”?
When considering the work that needs to be done at (or between) specific stations, we’ll look into whether closing just one side of the tracks is a safe, effective, and available option. Also known as “single tracking”, this type of closure allows us to complete the important work while also keeping train traffic moving!
Trains travelling in either direction will share the same track and same side of the station/platform.
So, when this happens, keep an eye on the station’s digital displays, and an ear out for the PA announcements to make sure you’re in the right spot - and don’t forget to double check the train’s destination display before hopping on!