Edmonton Transit LRT System 

Thanks, I hope the city can get moving on the north leg of the Metro line, sooner rather than later.

​@@TonyVRailfanning I will also get the LRT drivers to honk at me when they arrive.

In America we call them motorman ​

It’s a good system not everybody likes it, but you can’t please everybody all of the time

Yes, the U2s are sort of rare now, Calgary has a few still in service but they are soon to be scrapped. The U2s are a bit rough for a ride but they are nostalgic and fun to be on. Thanks for commenting

Thanks, thought I would do something different

Thanks, I’m sure we are not the only city that has clean trains but certainly given the age of the older U2 cars they held up well

Thanks

Yes, this old U2 cars are quite unique

Many thanks

Thank you!

Your so welcome, glad you enjoyed it

Thanks, check out the other videos I have many views of trains from the air

@@TonyVRailfanning Fo sho!

Thanks, Born and still living here after 50 years myself

Your welcome

Your very welcome, thanks for watching

Thanks for the compliment and the comment about the date being wrong.

Low floor seems to be the new normal for most cities

Yes prior to Covid ridership was quite high at 120,000 people per day. It will be interesting to see how the newer lines develop. The city seems to like the idea of the low floor trains.

At 125 metres long (410 feet), the Edmonton LRT trains are already in metro territory. I believe they are the longest LRT consists in North America.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the comment, Not really sure why the slight name change but maybe just to align with what other cities call them.

@Karl von Bahnhof I think you're talking about yourself by accident.

​@@TonyVRailfanning What is the second music for this video?

Ya, these SD160s have an electronic old fashioned whistle.

No

@@ohhi2002 Yes.

That would take some time but I can look into it this summer

Yes, the same modes however Edmonton was first to get there’s by 4 years (the U2 model)

lol yup, it’s been a crazy construction schedule for this line. A lot of errors and setbacks. When it’s open (by this fall) I’ll get video of it. My in-laws live in Oshawa so once this pandemic is over I plan a trip there

I do hope that once the valley line is fully operational to the west that the system will integrate with the bus system better

Ya, grandin is certainly a nice station.

The Capital Line runs every 5, but the Metro Line shares the same tunnel every 15 minutes: that's 16 trains per hour, one every 3.75 minutes.

Everything is expensive, new Busses cost 150k (battery powered busses more than double that) and hold far less passengers plus you need a driver for each bus. Trains carry hundreds of passengers each and last way longer

Yeah, and the best weather.

​@MultiCappie Actually, Edmonton and Moscow are on the exact same parallel of latitude, both are far from the ocean, and as such have very similar climates.

​@@MultiCappieCough,cough, cough and cough! C'MON MAN! 😊

@@gavinmclaren9416 The point is, Moscow has neither the best weather nor the best metro transit.

1977.

April 22nd 1978

Nope, they have almost all been retired and in storage. Edmonton is possibly going to purchase some for parts

Railfanning with Tony V there's still 39 in service.

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Thanks for that detailed information MultiCappie.

Nope, Calgary has sold some to edmonton for parts and many of them are now out of service

Currently Calgary has 39 u2s in service as of 2021 and Edmonton has 37 cars and 39 is greater then 37

@@rezakarim8774 I would like to know where you get that info from because my contact says otherwise.

@@TonyVRailfanning According to Wikipedia, as of March 2020, Calgary had 39 U2 LRV's still in service. If you have a different number, we'd love to hear it.

@@coreymcdonald7745 Calgary sold 5 to Edmonton for a parts source and 20 have been retired. They only keep a handful ready just as a backup.

Although I understand your thoughts the city is far too large to not have a system to move people downtown and back, the pandemic is the cause to this issue and more security at stations is going to be necessary till things get better