Capital Line

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Capital Line
Capital Line crossing the North Saskatchewan River
Overview
Locale	Edmonton
Termini	Clareview Century Park
Stations	15
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Edmonton LRT
Operator(s)	Edmonton Transit Service
Depot(s)	D.L. MacDonald Yard
Rolling stock	Siemens-Duewag U2 Siemens SD-160
History
Opened	April 22, 1978
Technical
Line length	21 km (13.0 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Surface line outside of city centre, subway style line under downtown and the UofA.
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) maximum[1]
Route map Capital Line highlighted in blue Show interactive map Show static map Legend CN Lines Clareview Highway 15 50 Street 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard Belvedere CN Lines Highway 16 Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive Coliseum 118 Avenue CN Spur End Stadium Metro Line to NAIT/Blatchford Market Churchill Valley Line to 102 Street and Mill Woods Central Bay/Enterprise Square Corona Government Centre Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River University Health Sciences/Jubilee McKernan/​Belgravia Belgravia Road South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park 111 Street southbound lane Southgate Highway 2 Whitemud Drive Century Park All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Capital Line is a light rail line on the Edmonton LRT system. The line operates from northeast Edmonton to the south. Operated by the Edmonton Transit Service, the line provides access to Downtown Edmonton and the University of Alberta. The Capital Line currently consists of fifteen stations, six of which are underground. Seven stations are shared with the Metro Line.