CALGARY, Alberta — The Province of Alberta will provide C$3 million in funding for a study of a rail link between Calgary’s downtown and airport, the Calgary Herald reports.
The study will consider alternatives including a long-discussed extension of Calgary Transit’s light rail Blue Line and the proposed service that would link the airport, downtown, and Banff [see “Alberta government turns down Calgary-Banff rail proposal,” Trains News Wire, July 7, 2022].
The city’s general manager of infrastructure, Michael Thompson, said in a statement the city needed to “take a comprehensive look at all factors,” and that the study “will consider existing rail plans, past City of Calgary transit studies, and other opportunities to help guide future transit planning.”
The airport is about 6 miles north of downtown Calgary. Calgary’s CTrain light rail station currently operations two lines covering 59.9 kilomters (37.2 miles) and 45 stations, and is building a third, the 20 kilometer (12 mile) Green Line. But that expansion runs from downtown to the southeast, in the opposite direction from the airport.
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