Trams or streetcars are not mentioned at all in the 2009 Transportation Plan nor in the Municipal Development Plan. In fact, the only place in any City of Calgary or Calgary Transit documentation I can find that references a tram is one that traverses 96th Ave. NW from Centre St. to the airport. Here is the link to the plan: Transit Service to (YYC)
The extent of Calgary's original tram line was drawn from a map published online: Calgary's Tram System in 1950 I think this online version is copied from the rare book "Stampede City Streetcars" The story of the Calgary Municipal Railway by Colin K. Hatcher. I have searched for a copy of this book but the only one I can find sells used on Amazon.ca for more than $100.
After doing another online search I found a new book I had no idea about. "Calgary's Electric Transit: An illustrated history of electrified public transportation in Canada's oil capital." Colin Hatcher and Tom Schwarzkopf, Railfare/DC Books, Pickering ON (2009). I ordered my copy from Amazon.ca
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| Tram street in residential suburb Stockholm, Sweden |
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