[Operater]

Hi,
Bldg Under the C P Rail & 9th Ave, Won't B easy. There are 4 Tracks plus the Connections B 4 9th Ave. Honestly I will B interested to see how 2hd Street plus the
LRT on 7th Ave Progresses, No Easy JOBS by Any Means.

Tnx,
Operater.

 

[October]

Hi,
Bldg Under the C P Rail & 9th Ave, Won't B easy. There are 4 Tracks plus the Connections B 4 9th Ave. Honestly I will B interested to see how 2hd Street plus the
LRT on 7th Ave Progresses, No Easy JOBS by Any Means.

Tnx,
Operater.

You do realize that they will be tunnelling deep enough through downtown to be hardly disturbing the streets above, not only that but the will be deep enough so that they are still able move the Red Line into a subway tunnel under 8th street, If you Google "how subways tunnels are dug" you can see that they usually use a boring machine.

 

[hollahollaholla]

You do realize that they will be tunnelling deep enough through downtown to be hardly disturbing the streets above, not only that but the will be deep enough so that they are still able move the Red Line into a subway tunnel under 8th street, If you Google "how subways tunnels are dug" you can see that they usually use a boring machine.

I don't really see how this would be any different than tunneling anywhere else. People brought up things about water tables with the river but humans have been tunneling underwater for centuries.

 

[Cowtown]

Not necessarily Green Line related, but found these pics while Googling LRT tunnels for Calgary. It's the roughed in Station under city hall.

From Barp.ca

 

[darwink]

It isn't a roughed in station, it is a roughed in space for a 4 track LRT crossover/junction which is why it is so wide.

There used to be a map on the internet from the plan that led to the Arts Commons, Olympic Plaza and the Civic complex in the 80s which showed something like this, but couldn't find it:

 

[Surrealplaces]

Does anyone remember hearing about a roughed in station at Bankers Hall? Not so much a roughed in station but a roughed in space...supposedly they have been using it as an amphitheater, but was designed to either be a station or potentially tie into one.

 

[October]

Does anyone remember hearing about a roughed in station at Bankers Hall? Not so much a roughed in station but a roughed in space...supposedly they have been using it as an amphitheater, but was designed to either be a station or potentially tie into one.

Yes, there is the one under Bankers Hall thats been sort of repurposed into the ampitheatre thats accessible via the ground floor of the shopping centre, then theres also that one thats under city hall too but i could be wrong.

 

[October]

It isn't a roughed in station, it is a roughed in space for a 4 track LRT crossover/junction which is why it is so wide.

There used to be a map on the internet from the plan that led to the Arts Commons, Olympic Plaza and the Civic complex in the 80s which showed something like this, but couldn't find it:
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Saying that the Red Line does get moved underground in the foreseeable future, what are they going to do with the tunnel part of the NCL? seems like a bit of a hole in the planning, maybe they could shove a McDonalds in there who knows.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

You do realize that they will be tunnelling deep enough through downtown to be hardly disturbing the streets above, not only that but the will be deep enough so that they are still able move the Red Line into a subway tunnel under 8th street, If you Google "how subways tunnels are dug" you can see that they usually use a boring machine.

Yes, of course I realize that, that's basically what I said

 

[MichaelS]

Saying that the Red Line does get moved underground in the foreseeable future, what are they going to do with the tunnel part of the NCL? seems like a bit of a hole in the planning, maybe they could shove a McDonalds in there who knows.

I think it will need to be retained to allow a transfer of cars between the lines.

 

[You Need A Thneed]

I think it will need to be retained to allow a transfer of cars between the lines.

Yes, that tunnel would be still required and will be used regularly (multiple times daily), to transfer trains between lines.

Different types of maintenance happen at different maintenance facilities, and the storage in the NE can handle more trains than what is required solely for the Blue line. Red line trains are stored up in the NE every day.

 

[Operater]

Hi,
I Have Heard Stories over the Years about the Now Red Line going Under 8th Ave. S.W. If I am Correct the is a Provision for a Station at the Husky Towers as Well.
I have No Ideas of How far West this Line Would Go.









+nder

 

[MichaelS]

The line would likely have to start turning to go north at 9th street, eventually exiting the tunnel to utlize the existing bridge across the Bow and connect with the remaining portion of the red line. If there is a station roughed in under the husky towers (Western Canadian Place), I would guess that would be the western most station for the red line downtown.

 

[darwink]

From 2006:

 

[AJX]

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/city-looking-at-massive-single-bore-tunnel-for-green-line
City looking at massive 'single-bore' tunnel for Green Line