Edmonton LRT

Edmonton LRT
A Siemens SD-160 LRV at South Campus station on the Capital Line
A Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV at the Churchill Connector on the Valley Line
Overview
LocaleEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Transit typeLight rail (semi-metro)
Number of lines3
Number of stations29
Daily ridership106,500 (weekdays, Q1 2025)
Annual ridership29,145,000 (2024)
WebsiteEdmonton Transit Service
Operation
Began operationApril 22, 1978 (1978-04-22)
Operator(s)Edmonton Transit Service
Technical
System length37.4 km (23.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification
System map
CN lines
Clareview
137 Avenue
Belvedere
CN lines
Blatchford Gate
Coliseum
NAIT/Blatchford Market
Kingsway/Royal Alex
CN Spur End
MacEwan
Stadium
Churchill
Quarters
Central
Bay/Enterprise Square
Corona
Muttart
Government Centre
Strathearn
Holyrood
University
Bonnie Doon
Health Sciences/Jubilee
Avonmore
McKernan/Belgravia
Davies
South Campus/
Fort Edmonton Park
Southgate
Millbourne/Woodvale
Century Park
Grey Nuns
Mill Woods
Key
Capital Line
Valley Line
Metro Line
CN tracks

All stations are accessible

Edmonton Light Rail Transit, commonly referred to as the LRT, is a light rail system in Edmonton, Alberta. Part of the Edmonton Transit Service (ETS), the system has 29 stations on three lines and 37.4 km (23.2 mi) of track. Much of the system has a dedicated right-of-way, while in the downtown area, vehicles run underground. This subway-surface alignment is known as semi-metro.:77 As of 2018, it was number seven on a list of the busiest light rail transit systems in North America, with over 113,000 daily weekday riders.

The ETS started operation of the original LRT line in 1978, expanded by 2010 into the Capital Line, running between Clareview in Edmonton's northeast and Century Park in Edmonton's south end. The first phase of the newer Metro Line started service between the University of Alberta campus and hospital in Edmonton's south-central and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology northwest of downtown Edmonton in 2015, with further expansion to north Edmonton and neighbouring city of St. Albert planned into the future. Construction of the first phase of the 27-kilometre (17 mi) Valley Line, from downtown Edmonton to Mill Woods in southeast Edmonton, began in spring 2016, and opened November 4, 2023. Construction on the second phase of the Valley Line, connecting downtown to west Edmonton, began in fall 2021 and is scheduled for completion by 2028.