Calgary gets 325 million for electric buses, transit facility upgrades LiveWire Calgary

Year Opened. 2009. Calgary Transit Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility or OBMF is an LRV repair shop, bus repair shop, and LRV storage facility. It holds about 120 LRVs, as well as some retired buses. Retiring LRVs are decommissioned and scrapped from OBMF. It was opened in 2009, and is located on the Blue Line before McKnight - Westwinds station.. capital cost. This Phase 2 extension provides approximately 5,330 square metres of additional building space on the east side of the existing building, and makes provision for construction of four additional rail tracks to provide storage and running repair maintenance for 48 light rail vehicles. With an estimated capital cost of $10 million.


Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339

Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a public transit announcement at the CT Oliver Bowen

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a public transit announcement at the CT Oliver Bowen


Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339

Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339


Calgary taps into federal, provincial transit relief cash LiveWire Calgary

Calgary taps into federal, provincial transit relief cash LiveWire Calgary


Great Canadian engineers Oliver Bowen oversaw construction of Calgary’s CTrain

Great Canadian engineers Oliver Bowen oversaw construction of Calgary’s CTrain


Calgary Transit Ctrain Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility

Calgary Transit Ctrain Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility


Calgary gets 325 million for electric buses, transit facility upgrades LiveWire Calgary

Calgary gets 325 million for electric buses, transit facility upgrades LiveWire Calgary


Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339

Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a public transit announcement at the CT Oliver Bowen

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a public transit announcement at the CT Oliver Bowen


Green Line Oliver Bowen Maintenance and Storage Facility YouTube

Green Line Oliver Bowen Maintenance and Storage Facility YouTube


Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility tour 09/29/2013 (Doors Open YYC) Flickr

Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility tour 09/29/2013 (Doors Open YYC) Flickr


Calgary Transit’s Backstage Tour Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility, 3910 54 Ave NE, Calgary

Calgary Transit’s Backstage Tour Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility, 3910 54 Ave NE, Calgary


Calgary Transit CTrain stations

Calgary Transit CTrain stations


Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339

Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339


Calgary Transit Ctrain Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility

Calgary Transit Ctrain Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility


Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339

Calgary Transit 2014 NFI Xcelsior XD40 83258339


Calgary gets 325 million for electric buses, transit facility upgrades LiveWire Calgary

Calgary gets 325 million for electric buses, transit facility upgrades LiveWire Calgary


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a public transit announcement at the CT Oliver Bowen

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a public transit announcement at the CT Oliver Bowen


Transit Design GCRTA Triskett Bus Maintenance Facility Cleveland, Ohio Bowen

Transit Design GCRTA Triskett Bus Maintenance Facility Cleveland, Ohio Bowen


EllisDon Oliver Bowen LRV Maintenance Facility

EllisDon Oliver Bowen LRV Maintenance Facility

Constructed along with the McKnight-Westwinds station, is the Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility, located just South of the station. This facility is not only used for the maintenance of the fleet, but also has storage space for another 65 LRVs (light rail vehicles). This helps in the storage of the 22 additional LRVs that are planned to be.. The Oliver Bowen LRV Maintenance Facility provides additional capacity for LRV maintenance and operations and satisfy current and future fleet requirements. We designed the site and building to initially provide capacity for 60 cars, with flexibility to expand to 108 cars in the future. The building consists of a vehicle maintenance run-through.