MAX Orange, also known as Route 303 or the North Crosstown BRT, is a
bus rapid transit line in
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
,
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
. Part of
Calgary Transit's MAX network, it largely travels east-west along
16 Avenue N
16 Avenue N is a major road in Calgary, Alberta, that forms a segment of Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and connects Calgary to Banff and Medicine Hat. It is a four to six-lane principal arterial expressway at its extremi ...
and north-south along 52 Street NE. It connects
CTrain
CTrain (previously branded C-Train) is a light rail system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Much of the system functions as a high-capacity light metro, while in the downtown free-fare zone, trains run like a modern tram with a dedicated right-of ...
stations on the Red and Blue lines to the northwest and northeast quadrants of Calgary.
Stations and route
MAX Orange begins in the northwest at
Brentwood station on the
Red Line, travelling west to the
Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) is a children's hospital located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and operated by the Calgary Health Region of Alberta Health Services.
It originally opened on May 19, 1922 as the Junior Red Cross Children's Hospital ...
and
Foothills Medical Centre
Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) is the largest hospital in the province of Alberta and is located in the city of Calgary. Foothills Medical Centre provides healthcare services to over two million people from Calgary, and surrounding regions includ ...
. From Foothills Medical Centre, MAX Orange travels east along
16 Avenue N
16 Avenue N is a major road in Calgary, Alberta, that forms a segment of Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and connects Calgary to Banff and Medicine Hat. It is a four to six-lane principal arterial expressway at its extremi ...
before turning north along 36 Street NE to
Rundle station
Rundle Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in the Northeast community of Rundle. It is the sixth station northeast of City Hall on the Blue Line, with Marlborough Station sitting in the southbound direction, and Whitehorn Station ...
on the
Blue Line. MAX Orange then travels east along 32 Avenue NE and north along 52 Street NE to
Saddletowne station
Saddletowne Station is a CTrain light rail station on the Northeast leg of the Blue Line located in Saddle Ridge, Calgary, Alberta. Opened on August 27, 2012, as part of a 2.9-km extension.
It is the current terminus of the N.E. line and is loc ...
, the terminus of the
Blue Line and MAX Orange.
See also
*
MAX Yellow
*
MAX Teal
MAX Teal, also known as Route 306 and the South Crosstown BRT, is a bus rapid transit line in Calgary, Alberta. Part of Calgary Transit's MAX network, it connects CTrain stations on the Red and Blue lines to the southwest and southeast quadrant ...
*
MAX Purple
MAX Purple, also known as Route 307 or the 17 Avenue SE BRT, is a bus rapid transit line in Calgary, Alberta. Part of Calgary Transit's MAX network, it largely travels east along 17 Avenue SE (International Avenue) from downtown Calgary.
MAX P ...
*
MAX
Max or MAX may refer to:
Animals
* Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE)
* Max (gorilla) ...
*
Calgary Transit
Calgary Transit is the public transit agency which is owned and operated by the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2019, an estimated 106.5 million passengers boarded approximately 1,155 Calgary Transit vehicles. It operates light metro (LRT), ...
References
Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
** Orange juice
*Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the vi ...
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