page_title: Urban rail transit in Canada
section_title: Calgary
hierarchical_section_title: Urban rail transit in Canada / Existing systems / Calgary
caption_attribution_description: English: Calgary Transit S200 (#2407)
context_page_description: Urban rail transit in Canada encompasses a broad range of rail mass transit systems, including commuter rail, rapid transit, light rail, and streetcar systems.
context_section_description: Calgary Transit's CTrain network, which started operation in 1981, now has the second highest weekday ridership of any light rail transit system in North America, carrying over 312,000 passengers per weekday in the fourth quarter of 2018. There are 45 stations in operation in the 60-kilometre (37 mi) CTrain light rail system, After starting by running on one leg in 1981, the system has expanded and now has four legs radiating out into Calgary's suburbs in different directions. The legs have been organized into two routes (identified as the Red Line and the Blue Line) that connect the four legs via shared tracks in a downtown transit mall. The existing four legs of the system, as built in chronological order, are the South leg (1981), the Northeast leg (1985), the Northwest leg (1987), and the West leg (2012).
  The Downtown Transit Mall along 7th Avenue South is shared by the Red and Blue lines.
  The Red Line connects the South and Northwest legs via the downtown transit mall.
  The Blue Line connects the Northeast and West legs via the downtown transit mall.
  The Green Line is a planned line that would connect new Southeast and North legs via a downtown tunnel.
caption: Siemens S200 train at the CTrain's Saddletowne station
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