• For the 2005 ETS Community Conference, one of the several groups got a chance to tour the south LRT extension, including going into the construction site and into the northbound tunnel. Construction of section 1A (up to Health Sciences Station) is scheduled to be completed by December 2005.
 

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The SLRT construction site is seen here. Looking north, our charter bus 4385 is barely visible.

Our tour guide, on the left, is explaining what happened during the SLRT construction before we entered the tunnel.

The SLRT construction site, looking south from the portal.

Looking north towards the portal. This is where the light rail vehicles will come out from underground and onto surface level.

A few of the group participants are seen nearing the portal. We entered the northbound tunnel.

Looking further down into the tunnel, the first group that entered the tunnel is visible.

The lights seen in this photo are used to help the motormen's eyes adjust to the outside light from the darker underground lighting.

This shot shows the outside, looking back south towards the entrance.

Looking northbound again, a curve in the northbound tunnel is seen.

The section where the tunnel boring machine started its work is seen here. You can see where the circular tunnel joins with the horseshoe shaped tunnel.

This shot shows a view looking south towards the entrance.

A bunch of equipment is seen inside the tunnel in this view of the northbound tunnel.

This view shows where the tunnel meets the northbound track at University Station.

This view shows where the tunnel meets the northbound track at University Station.

Looking south from University Station.

Looking north at University Station on track level.

The southbound tunnel is seen here with construction workers on site.

ETS 4385 transported all the participants from Grant MacEwan to the SLRT construction site by the University of Alberta.