Budget
$1.8 billion
Completed work (July–December 2023)
Valley Line Southeast opened to the public on November 4. This new 13-kilometre LRT line from downtown to Mill Woods is a transformational addition to the City’s integrated transit network. Valley Line Southeast is the first low-floor LRT system in Edmonton.
Prior to opening day, TransEd received its Certificate from the Independent Certifier, indicating the infrastructure was complete and met the requirements in the project agreement. The entirety of Valley Line Southeast is required to be certified by a number of professionals, including independent certified safety professionals, engineers and an independent, professionally qualified, certifier. Final testing and commissioning before opening day included operational exercises along the alignment to ensure train operators and Control Centre staff were prepared to handle standard operational challenges encountered by all transit agencies. Once these requirements were met, the line was able to open for safe, reliable service for Edmontonians.
Current/upcoming Work
Over the coming months, there will be system fine-tuning, construction clean-up and warranty work occurring along the line. This includes items like curbs, landscaping and maintenance - this work does not affect the safe operation of the system.
We ask Edmontonians to be patient as we all adapt to this new system. Like other transit systems across the country, operational challenges occasionally happen and are part of operating a transit service.