Gerry Wright Operations and Maintenance Facility

53°29′12″N 113°26′20″W

v t e Edmonton LRT
CN lines Clareview Highway 15 50 Street 137 Avenue D.L. MacDonald Yard Belvedere CN lines Highway 16 Yellowhead Trail Wayne Gretzky Drive Blatchford Gate Coliseum NAIT/Blatchford Market 118 Avenue Kingsway/​Royal Alex CN Spur End MacEwan Stadium 102 Street to Lewis Farms (2028) Churchill Quarters Central Bay/Enterprise Square Tawatinâ Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Corona Muttart Government Centre Strathearn Dudley B. Menzies Bridge over North Saskatchewan River Holyrood University Bonnie Doon Health Sciences/Jubilee Avonmore McKernan/​Belgravia Mill Creek Belgravia Road Davies South Campus/ Fort Edmonton Park 75 Street 111 Street southbound lane Gerry Wright OMF Southgate Highway 14 Whitemud Drive Highway 2 Whitemud Drive Millbourne/​Woodvale Century Park Grey Nuns Mill Woods
Key Capital Line Valley Line Metro Line CN tracks All stations are accessible

The Gerry Wright Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF)[1] is the maintenance facility, garage, and operations centre for the light rail transit Valley Line, in the city of Edmonton, Alberta.[2] Located in the Roper industrial area, on the north side of Whitemud Drive, it has housed the light rail vehicles for the Valley Line since 2018.[3]

The Gerry Wright Operations and Maintenance Facility

History

Gerald "Gerry" H. Wright was an associate professor of Community Development and Public Affairs at the University of Alberta from 1972 to 1992.[4] In this position, he became a major proponent for the development of a light rail transit (LRT) system in Edmonton, and played a key role in bringing such a system to the city.[4] He, and others who shared similar views, touted the LRT as an answer to Edmonton's car culture despite facing many opposing views, and he also worked towards the preservation of Edmonton's river valley.[4] Gerry Wright served on numerous city committees, he was a member of city council from 1980 to 1983, and he was named an "Edmontonian of the Century" in 2004, by the city during its centennial celebration.[4] Wright died on March 27, 1996.[4]

See also

• Valley Line
• D.L. MacDonald Yard
• Edmonton LRT
• Edmonton Transit Service

References

1. "Construction Areas – TransEd Valley Line LRT". www.transedlrt.ca. TransEd LRT. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
2. "Construction Project Update: Whitemud & 75th Street". Edmonton Commercial Real Estate. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
3. CBC News (27 July 2018). "The first Valley Line light rail vehicle arrives in Edmonton". CBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
4. Ferchoff, Danielle (1 November 2013). "Gerald "Gerry" H. Wright" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved 12 October 2020.