Car Hire in Calgary - Getting to Calgary

Calgary International Airport is located 17km northeast of the city centre. Calgary International is the transport hub for southern Alberta. It handles over eight million passengers every year and features the largest civil aviation runway in Canada. It is served by some two dozen scheduled and charter airlines, providing service to over 80 Canadian and international destinations. The Calgary Transit runs every 30 minutes, connecting to the C-Train at Whitehorn station for the city centre. A variety of other shuttle services are also available. Taxis are available at metered rates, with journeys taking about 20 minutes to downtown.

Canada’s national rail service provider is VIA Rail, however, the nearest station to Calgary lies 299km to the north, in Edmonton. Edmonton’s rail station, located at 12360 121st Street, has free parking (long and short term), although this is not recommended. The only direct passenger service to Calgary is offered by the privately run Rocky Mountaineer, which terminates downtown, near the Calgary Tower (reservations are required).

The Province of Alberta is covered by an extensive network of primary and secondary highways. Primary highways are multi-lane thoroughfares that may or may not be divided by a median. They are indicated by shields that denote the one- or two-digit highway number. The maximum speed on primary highways is 110kph. Single-lane secondary highways exist outside highly populated areas and have a maximum speed of 90kph. Traffic drives on the right.