Calgary Transit is the public transit agency which is owned and operated by the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2019, an estimated 106.5 million passengers boarded approximately 1,155 Calgary Transit vehicles. It operates light metro (LRT), urban tramway, bus rapid transit (BRT), para-transit, and regular bus services. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 144,385,200, or about 463,000 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
This 1947 image shows an older streetcar vehicle passing one of the new electric trolleybuses that replaced all the streetcars.
Archaic signs. Left: White sign, for regular routes. Right: Red sign, for express routes
The current styles of bus stop signs in Calgary. Clockwise from top right: CTrain replacement shuttle, MAX BRT, non-MAX BRT, and a regular route sign.
A CTrain at Crowfoot station
Calgary municipal railway
The Calgary municipal railway operated a system of streetcar routes in Calgary, Alberta, from 1909, until 1950.
From 1909 to 1910 the system was named the "Calgary Electric Railway".
In 1909, and early 1910, the system was known as the "Calgary electric railway".
In 1946, the system was renamed the "Calgary Transit System", to reflect the decision that all the streetcars routes were to be replaced with electric trolley buses.
The Calgary municipal railway, in 1946, when streetcars fell from favour.
This 1947 photo shows a soon to be retired streetcar passing a new electric trolley bus, the kind of vehicle that would replace it.
Looking east, at a streetcar, on 8th Avenue W, at Centre Street, Calgary, 1912.
