Edmonton LRT 1992

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8 жыл бұрын

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@BestEdmontonMall Жыл бұрын

Wow. Just incredible. Look how nice everything looked. This is just an absolute trip back in time for me. I would have been 8 years old, riding these very same trains with my parents. It's incredible that this reflects exactly how I remember it being, not all that different from today and yet it seems like a whole other world. Thanks to those who took the time to film this and to share it. Simply amazing.

@clarkesuperman Жыл бұрын

This was so great to see. So nice to see everything before the vandalism and drug use has taken over. Really cool to see that 75st/Fort Road (now Wayne Gretzky Drive) was still at-grade with the LRT tracks. This was before the Grant Moellmann Bridge was constructed. Also really cool to see the remnants of the CN rail tracks that ran along side even west of 95st into downtown. This was before they were ripped up and replaced with the multi-use bike trail which we still have today, unfortunately riddled with the above mentioned issues. Your channel is spectacular by the way. Nice to see you here sharing these memories as well. My parents raised me in Clareview, so the LRT was a huge part of my life. Once I got old enough to explore on my own, West Edmonton Mall became my second life. Thanks for your documentation!

@kila11 6 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. What a blast from the past!!

@keithtroughton6823 4 жыл бұрын

think l skipped school more then a few times...

@chrlzislime 3 жыл бұрын

0:59 I love the old door chime sound

@skanthavelu 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I like riding the LRT across the city just for the fun of it! 😊

@jiggyjohn6949 2 жыл бұрын

me frein me to

@yegmtb8377 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact here we still use afew of those old trains they have just renovated the interiors because Edmontians wanted to keep abit of our history alive

@afihavok605 2 жыл бұрын

Here's an absolutely useless bit of trivia for you... Four days before this was filmed, Metallica performed in Edmonton at the Coliseum. Their self-titled "black album" was making waves at the time. Must have been a great time to be a fan; they're one of my all time faves! 🤘

@okjeffy6581 9 ай бұрын

Sucks I wasn’t born to see that. 😤

@minion986 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else miss the old door closing/ depature time tone before the changed it? I do in a way

@stfu699 2 жыл бұрын

Idk why they play that tone on and off when the train arrives in calgary we only hear it once when it’s announcing the next stop and then once more when you arrive

@scottdelinger8169 Жыл бұрын

and "Grandin Station, Government Centre: proof of payment is required beyond this station." (same going north of Churchill station).

@highway2heaven91 8 ай бұрын

I think they changed it sometime in the early 2000s, around 2004.

@yegmtb8377 4 жыл бұрын

I remember take the lrt with my mom when i was 2 or 3 is was amazing experience she kept pointing out the window say look baby

@robt9043 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot not just the look but the sounds especially. Thanks for uploading the memory.

@dmbr111 Жыл бұрын

I'd HAPPILY live with the awful Muzak for something this clean and safe in Edmonton!

@zezemorgan 4 жыл бұрын

Churchill station looked really futuristic for 1992, in a way still does

@spyagent 7 жыл бұрын

Never knew the stations had music.

@Oilerator_ 5 жыл бұрын

Its cool to see the old CN tracks that aren't there anymore heading into downtown.

@UrbanRail 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. We rode it growing up in the 80s.

@doanster 6 жыл бұрын

This takes me way back to my childhood, riding the LRT across the city just for fun. Thank you very much for uploading this gem of a video! (We should go for coffee some time!)

@EdmTransitFan 8 жыл бұрын

LOL, the old door chimes on the U2s!

@skanthavelu 4 жыл бұрын

Yes that soft female voice announcing the stops was very beautiful! 😊😊

@PerAllwin1963 Жыл бұрын

I was 29 back then. Good memories.

@mariachrzski18 5 жыл бұрын

The doors open before the train stops! Now they don't!

@stfu699 2 жыл бұрын

Because people like to push others off

@ravenskyhalo 5 жыл бұрын

Funny to see the trains running with just 1 or 2 cars

@RatchetGames 5 жыл бұрын

Now today thay use 3 to 5 cars

@david0aloha 5 жыл бұрын

And yet, platforms were designed to accommodate at least 5! Whereas now we have the line to NAIT and NAIT's station can only accommodate 3. Meanwhile they can't arrive more frequently than 5 minutes on this line because they've designed too many street crossings into the southside extension, and stations like Century Park are too small to accommodate existing passenger loads anyway (so they get super crowded and jammed up at the escalators during rush hour).

@mpaulm 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up on the Edmonton transit system and was a kid when this was shot. Nice memories:-)

@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 Жыл бұрын

It's still pretty much the same today except for some very minor aesthetic and tech changes.

@levyan4718 Жыл бұрын

Human poops and urine

@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 Жыл бұрын

@@levyan4718 yep, all the LRT stations have now been allowed to be homeless shelters

@alexanderaulenbach7467 7 жыл бұрын

I didn't know central station used to be green not pink. I was just filming there the other day during a service delay.

@andrewmah2962 5 жыл бұрын

Central station was green?!

@joel_thecursed-49 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that

@joel_thecursed-49 2 жыл бұрын

Wait no I think it was just the camera, its old

@highway2heaven91 8 ай бұрын

That was Churchill

@strangenorth 7 ай бұрын

Cool video, thanks for sharing!

@Sbhinder301 4 жыл бұрын

There was only one line from Claireview to University, the University LRT station opened in September 1992

@stfu699 2 жыл бұрын

Pre CrackChill station

@nintony2994 Жыл бұрын

While I think the newer cars are more advanced and therefore obviously better. I always liked the older styled cars more. They kinda resemble the ETS Busses in a sense and its so unique :) I VERY VERY rarely ever see those types of cars anymore its always the newer cars that are used :/

@Tommybouchard2007 8 жыл бұрын

the lrt looked different back then this must have been when cn rail still occupied the old rail yard in down town and before belvedere and clareview was replaced

@GaryCameron780 6 жыл бұрын

And Edmonton still had trolley buses. :)

@skanthavelu 4 жыл бұрын

I miss the vintage LRT from almost 20 years ago with that soft female voice announcing the names of each station. 😌

@albertsinclair4908 3 жыл бұрын

Belvedere was my old station. I haven't been back there in like 20 years!

@fullanalysis93 6 жыл бұрын

Glorious Edmonton konstruction, carry on comrades

@illusionismm 2 жыл бұрын

What does this mean

@keithtroughton6823 4 жыл бұрын

so i aww of this as l could ride on all day

@KRIZMIX 7 жыл бұрын

That was great, it brought me back. Thanks

@LiberateAlberta1907 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this walk down Memory Lane however, it's pretty sad Edmonton has only built 9 stations since 1992 😑😑🙄🙄🙄lol

@visforvendetta1326 2 жыл бұрын

The good news, the city has built 12 more.

@ch1ckenphat514 2 жыл бұрын

The bad news, they're all half filled with piss n shit.

@mrhenderson9477 2 жыл бұрын

soon there will be 27 more

@andrewmah2962 5 жыл бұрын

I was 6 when this was recorded. :O

@EverydayJ1786 8 жыл бұрын

great flash back . too bad no shots of the old belvedeer station

@GaryCameron780 6 жыл бұрын

"Belvedere"

@vancegosselin 9 ай бұрын

It's like the London Underground. Very cool.

@gteckgames2078 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I rode on car 1032 today XD

@levyan4718 Жыл бұрын

Love that station musix

@highway2heaven91 8 ай бұрын

Wondering if anyone could upload a video of the old Clareview/Belvedere stations before their renovations. There aren’t any uploaded online.

@chrlzislime 4 жыл бұрын

1:11 soooooooooo smooth

@thestarlightalchemist7333 5 жыл бұрын

That 1990s scheme was so cool, I dunno why they removed it.

@mariachrzski18 4 жыл бұрын

How often would trains run on peak hours?

@aznguy876 6 жыл бұрын

So was the last stop on the line Grandin? When was university station built?

@ravenskyhalo 5 жыл бұрын

University station opened in August 1992, so this video was taken just a few months before.

@leajohnson8441 4 жыл бұрын

Were are Belvedere and Clareview stations?

@wolfaliceinchains 2 жыл бұрын

I mostly take the train from Churchill to NAIT or NAIT to Central but I have ridden both lines for fun and will hopefully be one of the first passengers on the new line opening early next year. Churchill doesn't look too much different now than it did back then.

@wolfaliceinchains Жыл бұрын

still waiting for that new line

@medlakey6969 8 ай бұрын

Very soon

@joel_thecursed-49 2 жыл бұрын

That baby crying is probably an adult now 2:58

@clarkesuperman Жыл бұрын

Baby crying was probably me I was 16 months old and my parents lived in clareview lol

@joel_thecursed-49 25 күн бұрын

@clarkesuperman oh cool lol

@cassidypresley3271 3 жыл бұрын

No!....social distancing here.....in 92. No such a thing....back then. O'my....how the world has changed in some 30 years of this filming.

@gerrybakker146 4 жыл бұрын

I was 3 years old

@Trackside_magpie_7535 2 жыл бұрын

What year did the series 8’s show up?

@eddychiu8855 8 ай бұрын

Woooo

@david0aloha 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing how they only used a couple cars, and yet, platforms were designed to accommodate at least 5! Future capacity planning in action. Whereas now we have the line to NAIT and NAIT's station can only accommodate 3. Meanwhile they can't arrive more frequently than 5 minutes because they've designed too many street crossings into the southside extension, and stations like Century Park are too small to accommodate existing passenger loads anyway (so they get super crowded and jammed up at the escalators during rush hour). What happened to capacity planning?

@hj-mh1ge 4 жыл бұрын

David Yup the original stations were so well built and planned. They definitely did plan for the future to accommodate 5 cars for a bigger population.

@one42chrisp 4 жыл бұрын

Both Belevedere and Clareview could only take 3 cars when they were first built, but they were built with the expectation of expansion to 5 car capacity.

@rwrynerson 3 жыл бұрын

Somewhat coincidentally the U2 cars were designed to run in multiples up to 5 cars. Fire marshals therefore required that subway stations be built to handle evacuation of two crush loaded 5x car trains.

@firthbythesea 3 жыл бұрын

When they finally build the line northwest from NAIT, there will be a new station built.

@Kiwibirdman1701 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but by building underground and making bigger stations it used up more money and therefore Calgary has a bigger network.

@user-wg5wr5gi1z 10 ай бұрын

Was 24 in 1992

@chrlzislime 2 жыл бұрын

0:28 Wait wait, Is it just me or is there music playing in the station?

@GstarEdmsTrainProductions 2 жыл бұрын

There is

@chrlzislime 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I wish it could still be there

@GstarEdmsTrainProductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrlzislime yeah me too so much has changed

@jamesmorrisworldtraveller 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh boy do I miss these days when you could walk into a nice clean and fresh LRT station whether it was a downtown one or even coliseum and not have to see homeless, screaming and acting stupid or trash sprewn about and when you see a cleaner doing a station it's far and few between and it always seems to be an Immigrant that walks slower that a slug and can't even pull their heads out of their butts if their life depended on it much less clean anything....I could do a 100 laps before these people could even pull a broom out of the cleaning cart once. Those were the days of care and concern of these iconic times and stations and I MISS THEM DEARLY.

@jimpaulsjimpauls1216 6 жыл бұрын

@shannawade_ 6 жыл бұрын

Why is this funny to me. Who’s watching this in 2018

@leajohnson8441 4 жыл бұрын

Shanna may 30/2020

@Halgame99 11 ай бұрын

Shanna Aug 04, 2023

@jimpaulsjimpauls1216 6 жыл бұрын

Isok

@maeganclemo5201 7 жыл бұрын

they actually played music?! I'm going to ask my husband uh NOW

@MaxvonHapsburg Жыл бұрын

I like how the stations don't have human feces and aren't littered with overdosing junkies.

@keithbouchard2007 6 жыл бұрын

why'd they stop playing music in the first place

@stfu699 2 жыл бұрын

Crackheads

@georgemachtans130 2 ай бұрын

GEORGE MACHYANS

@trainluvr 4 жыл бұрын

This light metro is similar to one in Belgium which grew out of an older tram network kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kM2bdchivd7ecas.html

@wendiadele 2 жыл бұрын

Good times. No one was getting stabbed, beaten or robbed. Or tweakers living and doing drugs in the stations. It's 2022 now. Damn !! 30 yrs ago 🤣🤣

@trainrover 4 жыл бұрын

Hilarious!! Piping muzak underground might be okay, but o u t d o o r s ? Boy! Canadia/ens were even *fucking* weirder than nowadays..oh well.

@durnno Жыл бұрын

People are stabbed and beaten almost daily on those trains today. What a difference 30 years makes.

@wm1pyro604 Жыл бұрын

now it's a mobile homeless shelter