Evolution of the Edmonton Light Rail | 1978 - 2028

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History of the Edmonton Light Rail system, from its opening in 1978 to the future opening of Blatchford Market station, as operated by the Edmonton Transit Service.
Thumbnail image credit: "Edmonton Light Rail Transit" by Zeitlupe (talk) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

[@naussica05]

Very Nice! ♥

[@Direction-North]

Thank you!

[@chikeh1]

I hope you do a hypothetical for Edmonton. So much potential was wasted by not extending it sooner

[@stickynorth]

Great video! I'd love an addendum video that shows where the old Edmonton Radial Railway used to run. At its height in 1920 it had 92 km of track in a city with only 40,000 people or so at the time... Mind-blowing to think but then again there weren't the alternatives we have today... It was basically take the streetcar or walk! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Radial_Railway

[@stickynorth]

There's also a South LRT line extension that's now under way to Deroshiers which was to the be the site of a new South Edmonton Hospital and Trauma Centre but the UCP government has scrapped it... Sorry "paused" it while ignoring the needs of the fastest growing and youngest part of the city. And you wonder why their shut out politically in the city.. Yikes! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_LRT#Expansion

[@Direction-North]

Looks like there’s movement on this front.
globalnews.ca/news/10397541/edmonton-capital-line-lrt-extension-preferred-bidder/amp/