The Edmonton light rail (LRT) is only part of the ETS, the company that manages public transport in Edmonton, which also owns a network of metropolitan buses.

LRT is one of the fastest and safest ways to travel in Edmonton. Trains run at a maximum speed of 70 km/h. Trains are electric, making them less polluting and environmental friendlier.

Currently, Edmonton LRT can carry 10,560 passengers per hour per direction using 4 car trains, with a service every 5 minutes during rush hour. 95,000 passengers are traveling by day through its 15 stations.

LRT Edmonton Lines and Stations

Central Line

Edmonton Metro (LRT) currently comprises of one single route with 15 stations of which 6 are underground and 9 are ground level. LRT serves the city from Clareview Station in the northeast to Century Park Station in the south. 7 stations are shared with the Metro Line. The maximum speed on this line is 70 km/h. It’s 21 kms long and 4.4 kilometers are underground.
Stations: Clareview, Belvedere, Coliseum, Stadium, Churchill, Central, Bay / Enterprise Square, Corona, Grandin / Government Centre, University, Health Sciences / Jubilee, McKernan / Belgravia, South Campus / Fort Edmonton Park, Southgate and Century Park stations . These stations Churchill, Central, Bay / Enterprise Square, Corona, Grandin / Government Centre and University are underground.

Travel time from end to end on the Central Line from Clareview to South Campus is approximately 24 minutes during rush hour. Formerly known as Route 201, now in the maps is called LRT Route.

Metro Line

3 stations of the Metro Line should already be open (date JUL / 2015): MacEwan, Kingsway / Royal Alex and NAIT adding 3.3 kilometers of route to LRT network. The Metro line will be 8.8 kilometers long and will have 10 stations. The maximum speed on this line will be 70kms/h as in the Central line.
Stations: NAIT, Kingsway / Royal Alex, MacEwan, Churchill, Central, Bay / Enterprise Square, Corona, Grandin / Government, University, Health Sciences / Jubilee. 6 of wich are underground stations, shared with the Capital Line (Churchill, Central, Bay / Enterprise Square, Corona, Grandin / Government Centre, University)

LRT: Hours and schedule

Edmonton Metro operates from approx. 5:00 am to 1:00 am the next day on weekdays.
On Saturdays, the service begins at 5:00 am and runs until 1:30 am.
Sunday service begins at 5:00 am and ends at 1:00 am.

LRT: Frecuencia de servicio

• Peak time: 5 minutes.
• Afternoon and saturday: 10 minutes.
• Evenings and sundays: 15 minutes.

Fares and tickets

A single ticket for adults costs $3.20 and is valid for 90-minute travel in any direction. You can also buy packs of tickets.
For example, a batch of 10 tickets for adults would cost $24.00, 20 would cost $42.00. Packs of tickets can only be purchased at the online store of ETS.
There are reduced rates for ages 6 to 17 and seniors over 65. A pack of 10 one-way trips to any of the above two groups would cost $21.

There are also passes with which you can make unlimited travels during a specific period of time. A day pass costs $9.00 and allows unlimited travel on an adult for a whole day and it also may be accompanied by up to 4 children under 12 years. A monthly pass for adults costs $89.00. A monthly pass for high school students costs $81.00. A monthly pass for young people would cost $69.00. A monthly pass for seniors $ 14.00.
An annual pass for seniors would cost $ 125.00. The same for low-income retirees is $ 54.00.

Children up to 5 years, including, can travel free.

You can buy tickets at vending machines on platforms and halls of any station, in addition to more than 200 sites scattered around the city.

Proof of Payment

In the Edmonton LRT you dont need to validate your ticket, and there are no barriers preventing access to the trains. Random proof of payment checks are performed. The fine for traveling without a ticket is $250. There are signs in the stations indicating proof of payment areas. They are blue. As proof of payment you can show: a valid LRT or integrated service in ETS ticket.

More information about fares:

http://www.edmonton.ca/ets/fares-passes.aspx

Another Edmonton LRT map

Future Expansions

The capital line has an extension approved since 2008 that will add the following stations Gorman, Ellerslie,Provincial Lands, Heritage Valley and Desrochers to the network. It is anticipated that when this line is completed, Capital Line will have 20 stations in operation serving more than 100,000 passengers daily.

Future stations in Metro line: Campbell Road, 137 Street, 127 Street, Castle Downs, 145 Avenue, Griesbach, 132 Avenue, Blatchford, NAIT

Edmonton LRT expansion and development has become a priority for the municipal government, as it is predicted that the population of the city will double in the coming decades. The completion and construction of the Metro and Capital Line lines, and other routes still not approved by the government such as Valley Line, Energy line, Festival line is being encoraged.

Another 12 stations will be built in the first phase of the Valley Line, which should be open by 2020.

Edmonton Park and Ride

In many Edomonton LRT stations you can park for free. This service is called Park’n Ride. It is available in Clareview, Belvedere, Stadium and Century Park stations. In some stations there also are reserved parking spaces for the disabled.

¿What is Park and Ride?
The option to park your private transport (car or motorcycle) in areas designated for public transport to facilitate and encourage its use so that the journey from door to door would be more direct. Ie, you want to go to work but the nearest subway station is quite far from home and there is no combination available with other public transport to arrive to your destination. The last option is to move to the metro station and there take public transportation to your destination. The possibility of easy and free parking makes a big difference and encourages the use of public transport. Edmonton LRT has enabled areas with free parking spaces.

ETS is increasing the number of locations with Park and Ride. The new stations as Eaux Claires, Davies, Lewis Farms and Meadows have 200 parking spaces available to customers.

Accessibility

All LRT stations are adapted with automatic doors, ramps, lifts and escalators, accessible toilets for wheelchair, announcement of train arrivals, Kiss’ n Ride areas, free parking, parrking reserved for disabled people…

Airport service

There is no airport service.

Interesting links

• Google Maps Route Map: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.563333,-113.567337,11z
• Trip Planner: http://etstripplanner.edmonton.ca/
• LRT Status: http://yeglrt.ca/
• Offical site LRT Map http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/

L’article Edmonton Light Rail Transit est apparu en premier sur Transport Wiki.

It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, which is responsible for the service in Toronto city.
The system is composed of 4 metro lines, 11 trams and 140 buses.

Toronto Subway Lines

• Yonge-University-Spadina Line:
  This line is U-shaped, with a north-south route along Yonge Street, the University Ave and Allen
  Road. It has a length of 31 kms and 32 stations.
• Bloor-Danforth Line:
  founded in 1966, is a line that runs east-west along the Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue;
  begins at Kipling Station and ends at Kennedy Station. It has 27.5 km length and 31 stations.
• Sheppard Line:
  east-west line, founded in 2002. It extends along the Sheppard Avenue, from station
  Yonge Sheppard to station Don Mills. Length 6.4 km and 5 stations.
• Scarborough RT Line:
  founded in 1985, goes Kennedy Station to McCowan Station. It has 6.4 km and 6 stations.

Major stations

• Union Station
  where Yonge-University-Spadina subway, the commuter rail (GO Transit) and middle and long distance trains pass through.
• Kennedy
  where Bloor-Danforth lines with Scarborough RT pass though.
• Sheppard Yonge
  connects Sheppard line to Yonge-University-Spadina line.
• Through Spadina and Bloor Yonge pass Bloor-Danforth and Yonge-University lines.

Toronto subway schedule and time table

It operates from 6:00 am to 1:30am. Weekends from 9:00 am to 1:30 am.

Frequency

From Monday to Saturday trains run every 2-3 minutes during rush hour.
Rest of the time trains run every 5 minutes.

Airport: GO Transit

GO Transit are regional trains and buses lines covering an area of ​​100 kms from the city center,
with 7 lines:

• A. Lakeshore West (Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga,
• B. Lakeshore East (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa),
• C.  Milton,
• D.  Georgetown (Brampton, Bramalea),
• E.  Bradford, (Maple, Aurora, Newmarket, Bradford, Barrie),
• F.  Richmond Hill,
• G. Stouffville.

Go Transit lines provide service to the airport, from York Mills Subway station and Yorkdale
Go Bus Terminal station to Terminal 1 (ground level) from Pearson International Airport.
The service is hourly from 06.00 am to 01.00 am Monday to Saturday and from 09:00 am until 01:00 am
on Sundays. The journey from York Mills is 40-45 minutes from Yorkdale is 30-35 minutes.
In Http://www.gotransit.com/ you can find more options.

You can also get to the airport by 192 Airport Rocket bus and 58A Malton bus:

• 192 Airport Rocket :
  Departure from Kipling Station: with operational service from 05:30 am to 02:00 am seven days a week,
  and a journey time of 20-25 minutes. It stop at Terminal 1 and 3 of Pearson airport.
• 58A Malton:
  Departure from Lawrence West Station. Stops at Terminal 1 and 3. Service operating from 05:00 am until 01:00 am seven days a week and a journey time of 60 minutes.

Tickets and fares

• Single Ticket: Adult $3 – Senior/Student $2 – Child 75¢
• Tickets and Tokens: Adult 3 tokens for $7.80 – Senior/Student 5 for $ 8.75 – $6.00 Child 10 tokens
• Tickets and Tokens: Adult 3 tokens for $7.80 – Senior/Student 10 $17.50
• Monthly Metropass: Adult $126.00 – Senior/Student $104.00
• Weekly Pass: Adult $37.50 – Senior/Student $29.75
• Downtown Express: Adult $2.60 in cash, Express Sticker, token – Senior/Student $1.75 cash, Senior/Student ticket or Express Sticker – Child 60¢ cash or child ticket

Other tickets

• Day pass, $10.50. You can use it at any day of the week, including holidays,
  from the start of service until 05:30 am the next day. Valid for one person.
  For a family or group, the price is the same ($ 10.50), but is only valid on Saturdays, Sundays
  or public holidays, and is valid for two adults, or one adult and no more than 5 children younger
  than 19, or 2 adults and no more than 4 children. You have to pay extra if you use Express Downton
  lines and routes operated by the TTC outside the City of Toronto.
• GTA Weekly Pass, $54.00. Unlimited travels, valid from Monday to Sunday in a specific week
  for all transport of TT. The TTC Weekly Pass is transferable, ie can be used by different people,
  but never at the same time. This card is not valid for the Downtown Express trains, to do so you need to
  pay a fee. Weekly passes are purchased from last Thursday to Tuesday of the week that will be used.
• Metropass college students, $104.00
• PRESTO Fare System, $2.60

All children under 12 years old pay $0.75. Children under two years travel for free.
For Senior or student reduced rates is necessary to prove this condition by documentation.
Students Metropass cards are issued in the Sherbourne station ticket offices, at a cost
of $5.25. Pictures are required.

Token payment is cheaper than using cash.

Where to buy tickets: All TTC stations have at least an ATM, where you can buy
tickets, tokens and vouchers. Of course, you can also use cash as payment. The tickets, tokens
and money are deposited in a kind of box located in front of the cashier.

Toronto Metro Map

L’article Toronto Underground est apparu en premier sur Transport Wiki.