Comment 76840

By highwater (registered) | Posted May 12, 2012 at 08:35:51 in reply to Comment 76825

From the Hamilton Light Rail website:

Myth: LRT is more expensive to operate.

Fact: On a per-passenger basis, LRT is actually cheaper to operate - and usually a lot cheaper - than buses. Drivers are the biggest operating cost, and each LRT driver can carry many more passengers than a bus driver. In addition, while LRT vehicles are more expensive to buy, the last about three times as long as buses and have lower maintenance costs.

Calgary's C-Train costs only $0.27 per passenger to operate, whereas Hamilton's HSR costs around $5.00 per passenger, of which fares cover about half. This is one of the facts that convinced Ancaster Councillor Lloyd Ferguson to support the idea of LRT in Hamilton.

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