BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Let's try to keep this thread for general discussion of current and past bus routes for Calgary Transit. Thanks! Thanks to member 'D40LF', for pointing this out, but bus stop #8111 on south bound 36th St. at Dover Ridge S.E. still has the route 90 on the sign. I forget when this route was discontinued but I seem to recall it was deleted within the past 5 years. Attached is a photo of the bus stop sign which didn't turn out as well as I thought it had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1604 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Route 90: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070713001000/http://www.calgarytransit.com/Routes/html/rte090.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Old Route 15 serving Bridlewood (before Route 14 existed): http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070404012521/http://www.calgarytransit.com/Routes/html/rte015.html Route 82 Southwood: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070203023443/http://www.calgarytransit.com/Routes/html/rte082.html And a photo of the old Route 82 sign remaining at Heritage station: I also have a whole system map from 1998. I could go on and on talking about what the system looked like back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Let's try to keep this thread for general discussion of current and past bus routes for Calgary Transit. Thanks! Thanks to member 'D40LF', for pointing this out, but bus stop #8111 on south bound 36th St. at Dover Ridge S.E. still has the route 90 on the sign. I forget when this route was discontinued but I seem to recall it was deleted within the past 5 years. Attached is a photo of the bus stop sign which didn't turn out as well as I thought it had. When heading back up 36th Street, after dropping you off, noticed that the other side of the sign had 90 on it too. Guess you should have jumped out and got a shot like I suggested, I wouldn't have closed the doors and driven off : Route 90: http://wayback.archi...tml/rte090.html Eh! That looks alot like the current 23. There are several places where old routes still appear on the signs. Down in Douglasdale the old 400 series route to MacKenzie is still shown on one sign, forget the number, and also in Whitehorn the 21 and 55 still appear on signs from when they used to run to Whitehorn station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatcoinz Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Route 71 , 428 and 436. Both served Whitehorn Station and were serving the communities , Martindale , Taradale and Saddleridge until 2007 when the McKnight Westwinds LRT expansion opened. Now Replaced by 60 , 61 and 85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Weird that Route 90 went up 52nd Street/Falconridge Blvd just like the current 23, and made a loop around Saddletowne Circle long before Saddletowne station opened. It almost seemed pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatcoinz Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Weird that Route 90 went up 52nd Street/Falconridge Blvd just like the current 23, and made a loop around Saddletowne Circle long before Saddletowne station opened. It almost seemed pointless. Not really. The 90 served several communities including Martindale where I used to live. So really it didn't seemed Pointless as it was used by several people that didn't want to wait to get to Whitehorn Station by using 71 , 428 or 436. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Not really. The 90 served several communities including Martindale where I used to live. So really it didn't seemed Pointless as it was used by several people that didn't want to wait to get to Whitehorn Station by using 71 , 428 or 436. Didn't serve a lot though, since it covered a very small portion of those neighborhoods. That's why said it almost did (but not quite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Looking through the link that Tallis posted it shows the 23 still running along the same route as today, except for the part in Saddletowne. Wonder did the 90 interline with something or was there a loop at the southern end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Looking through the link that Tallis posted it shows the 23 still running along the same route as today, except for the part in Saddletowne. Wonder did the 90 interline with something or was there a loop at the southern end? The 90 only did a few trips each rush hour. Southbound in AM and northbound in PM like the route 176. At most, It would've been interlined with various school runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick B Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Here is the 201 back in 2002, when it ran from Fish Creek-Lacombe to Brentwood: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20020805141609/http://www.calgarytransit.com/Routes/html/rte201.html Lots of interesting connection buses at Fish Creek-Lacombe. And here's the 202: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20021016040937/http://www.calgarytransit.com/Routes/html/rte202.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Here is the 201 back in 2002, when it ran from Fish Creek-Lacombe to Brentwood: http://wayback.archi...tml/rte201.html Lots of interesting connection buses at Fish Creek-Lacombe. And here's the 202: http://wayback.archi...tml/rte202.html Don't know if they are still there but last year there were some old bus signs at Anderson Garage with a 200 series route on it Think it was either the 214 or 215. Will have to find the photo. The 90 only did a few trips each rush hour. Southbound in AM and northbound in PM like the route 176. At most, It would've been interlined with various school runs. I was wondering if that was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Don't know if they are still there but last year there were some old bus signs at Anderson Garage with a 200 series route on it Think it was either the 214 or 215. Will have to find the photo. I seem to recall that the 214 and 215 were not around very long.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Fan Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I don't remember if I saw it here but I do remember seeing a map somewhere of the Marlborough area before the 202 line was built. Marlborough used to be quite a busy hub with routes that traveled downtown (110 or something like that) along Memorial and various feeder routes from all over the NE at that time. Marlborough is my closest LRT station and it's cool knowing things were like that back then. It's still pretty busy even today; quite a few busy routes stop there compared to some other stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I would LOVE to see a system map, or even route maps, from 1988 during the Olympics. Does anyone have them perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I would LOVE to see a system map, or even route maps, from 1988 during the Olympics. Does anyone have them perhaps? From before Brentwood opened? Yes, that would be interesting to see. I always find myself wondering where all the NW buses terminated (University station does not have a bus terminal that is directly accessible to the station), or if they even DID terminate at any of the NW train stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlo86 Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 From before Brentwood opened? Yes, that would be interesting to see. I always find myself wondering where all the NW buses terminated (University station does not have a bus terminal that is directly accessible to the station), or if they even DID terminate at any of the NW train stations. Prior to Brentwood opening, the majority of the current northwest communities currently serviced by Crowfoot and Dalhousie did not exist. So there really wouldn't been have many feeder routes at all. For example, in the early 80's Edgemont and Hawkwood were the furthest out communities in the northwest, and a fraction of their current sizes and they had very minimal transit service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Lorfing Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I found a pic of those 200'd Routes that where on a sign at anderson garage. They where 214 Somerset and 215 Bridlewood Busstop #9213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I found a pic of those 200'd Routes that where on a sign at anderson garage. They where 214 Somerset and 215 Bridlewood Busstop #9213 Interesting considering that Stop #9213 is now a Route 11 stop (NB James McKevitt Road @ Shannon Avenue SW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I found a pic of those 200'd Routes that where on a sign at anderson garage. They where 214 Somerset and 215 Bridlewood Busstop #9213 Thanks that was the one. There was another sign with it that was something to do with the Chinook Centre if my memory is accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highfive Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 If you are looking for old Calgary Transit maps, the perfect place to find them is at the SFU Geography Library. There are maps of Calgary Transit which go back to 1976. Its interesting to compare the old Blue Arrow routes and imagine how they may have worked. There was one Blue Arrow Route (think 110 or 112) which connected 52 Street and Whitehorn Drive through Marlborough then Memorial Drive and out to Richmond Road bus terminal. As with the old former routes, its also interesting to compare the routes which haven't changed much. The route 2 Glammorgan/Mount Pleasant (only addition north of Thorncliffe Road to/from 78 Avenue via Hunterview Drive), 3 Elbow Drive (south of Anderson Road to Fish Creek Park), 7 South Calgary (completely unchanged), 10 Home Road/Southcentre (Similar routing, except terminated where route 22 goes in Dalhousie neighbourhood and at Market Mall for north terminus, and south terminus was where the route 83 goes now, through the Parkland community.. continued south on Bonaventure to Canyon Meadows and then Parkland Drive(?)), 13 Mount Royal (minor City Centre changes and service to/from Westhills via MRU, 46 Beddington (minor routing changes but very similar to 1978 routing), 66 Blackfoot Express (extension north on 52 Street to Saddletown as developed areas expanded). Prior to opening the West LRT, there were more routes with minimal changes through the above mentioned routes have had very little aside from terminal ends dating back to the late 1970's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 As with the old former routes, its also interesting to compare the routes which haven't changed much. and south terminus was where the route 83 goes now, through the Parkland community.. continued south on Bonaventure to Canyon Meadows and then Parkland Drive(?)), The 83 also served Lake Bonvavista Drive west from southbound Bonaventure Drive to Acadia Drive. The south on Acadia to Canyon Meadows to Parkland. 3 Elbow Drive (south of Anderson Road to Fish Creek Park). Really! Where did the route 3 turn around if it didn't go south of Anderson Road ? The 56 Deer Run served Bonaventure Drive from Anderson road to Canyon Meadows. Not the 83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highfive Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Not sure the exact date but I remember seeing a map of the route 3 only going as far as Southhampton Drive, it would have been very, very long ago when the route 3 was still served by trolley buses. The route 3 also didn't serve Heritage Station during the trolley bus era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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