Valley Line (Edmonton)

Valley Line
A Valley Line train heading east on 102 Avenue in Downtown Edmonton
Overview
LocaleEdmonton
Termini
Stations
  • 12 (Phase 1)
  • 16 (Phase 2)[1]
  • 28 (total)
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemEdmonton LRT
Operator(s)TransEd Partners OMGP
Depot(s)Gerry Wright Operations and Maintenance Facility[2]
Rolling stock
History
Planned opening
  • Phase 2: 2028[3]
Opened
  • Phase 1: November 4, 2023
Technical
Line length
  • 13.1 km (8.1 mi)
  • 27 km (17 mi) at full build-out
Number of tracks2
CharacterAt-grade, elevated, street running
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC Overhead line
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) maximum[4]
Route map
Map Valley Line highlighted in green
Legend
0Phase 2 (2028)
Lewis Farms
Alberta Highway 216.svg
Highway 216
Anthony Henday Dr.
 Aldergrove/Belmead
West Edmonton Mall
Misericordia
Meadowlark
Glenwood/Sherwood
(95 Avenue)
Jasper Place
(156 Street)
Stony Plain Rd/
149 Street
Grovenor/142 Street
Glenora
Groat Road
124 Street
Brewery/120 Street
The Yards/116 Street
MacEwan Arts/112 St.
NorQuest (107 St.)
Alex Decoteau
(106/105 Street)
 102 Street
Churchill
Capital Line Metro Line
Capital and
Metro lines
 Quarters
Tawatinâ Bridge over
North Saskatchewan River
 Muttart
Strathearn
Holyrood
Bonnie Doon
Avonmore
Mill Creek
 Davies
Parking Davies Transit Centre
75 Street
 Gerry Wright OMF
Alberta Highway 14.svg
Highway 14
Whitemud Drive
 Millbourne/Woodvale
Grey Nuns
Mill Woods
Mill Woods Transit Centre
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible
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The Valley Line is a low-floor urban light rail line in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The 13.1-kilometre (8.1 mi) line runs southeast from downtown at 102 Street stop to Mill Woods Town Centre at Mill Woods stop and connects to the Capital and Metro lines at Churchill station, downtown. The line is being constructed in phases, with phase 1 being the current open 12-station portion between 102 Street and Mill Woods that commenced operations on November 4, 2023. The second phase, consisting of the 14-kilometre (8.7 mi), 16-station portion between 102 Street and Lewis Farms, began construction in 2021 and is expected to be completed in 2028.[5][6][3][7] Upon completion, the entire Valley Line is expected to serve more than 100,000 commuters daily,[8] nearly matching the current Capital Line and Metro Line in terms of capacity and ridership.

Unlike the other trains in the system, the Valley Line operates low-floor Bombardier Flexity Freedom trains, which were first designed for Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto.[9] Forty other new low-floor light rail vehicles were ordered in 2021 from Hyundai Rotem for the Valley Line, to be put in service when phase 2 to Lewis Farms opens.[10]

  1. ^ "Valley Line – West". Edmonton.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Gerry Wright Biography" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Valley Line West LRT". majorprojects.alberta.ca. Government of Alberta. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "FLEXITY Freedom" (PDF). Bombardier Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Valley Line (SE to West LRT): Mill Woods to Lewis Farms". Edmonton Transit System. 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Valley Line LRT Animation". City of Edmonton. December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  7. ^ "Edmonton Valley Line West LRT celebrates first construction season". Mass Transit. May 22, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  8. ^ "EllisDon -Edmonton Valley Line LRT".
  9. ^ "Bombardier Wins Order to Supply Light Rail Transit System for City of Edmonton's Valley Line in Canada". Bombardier Transportation. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  10. ^ Cook, Dustin (November 10, 2021). "City of Edmonton selects Hyundai Rotem Company to provide 40 light-rail vehicles for Valley Line West LRT". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved November 10, 2021.