Commuter rail connecting outlying towns and cities to both Calgary and Edmonton.
Intercity express connecting Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary.
Services
Journey times:
Airdrie to Calgary:- 30 mins
High River to Calgary:- 45 mins
Cochrane to Calgary:- 20 mins
Calgary to Banff:- 1 hr 30 mins
AADT Analysis
Airdrie area - In 2023 38,3000 vehicles per day traveled north and 78,260 traveled south of Airdrie, approximately 39,960 vehicles per day traveled from Airdrie to Calgary, an increase of 62.4% from 2005.
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Okotoks/High River area - In 2023 13,3200 vehicles per day traveled south of High River and 52,420 traveled north of Okotoks, approximately 39,100 vehicles per day traveled from Okotoks/High River to Calgary, an increase of 48.7% from 2005.
Banff/Lake Louise - In 2023 26,960 vehicles per day headed west, 24,790 entered the Banff National Park, 15,080 carried on past the exit to Sunshine Ski Hill, and 7,090 crossed from Alberta into British Columbia. Approximately 9,710 vehicles per day stopped in the Banff area, an increase of 37.3% from 2005.
Airdrie Transit Master Plan
According to the 2015 Municipal Census, 45.2% of workers commute to Calgary daily, the primary destination for commuters is the downtown core.
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Calgary Regional Transit Plan
Estimates of the potential demand for an express service to downtown have been generated by the City of Calgary for each of the surrounding regional communities. The estimates have been made assuming that 40% of the trips are going downtown and 5% are going elsewhere via public transit.
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"Commuter rail is not feasible until the towns are the size of Brampton (Ontario)"
In 1974 GO Transit established the Georgetown line through Brampton ON, in 1971 the population of Brampton was 41,211, by 1981 the population had exploded to 149,030. The population of Airdrie is 74,100 (2021), the population of the Okotoks region is 50,075 (2021).