Evergreen Line (Trans Link)
The Evergreen Line is an under construction 10.9 kilometre (6.8 mi) long SkyTrain rapid transit line of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which is expected to begin construction around the middle of 2012. This will extend the SkyTrain network from Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby to Douglas College in Coquitlam, with the addition of six new SkyTrain stations and major upgrades to two existing stations (Commercial–Broadway Station and Lougheed Town Centre).
Upon opening of this extension, SkyTrain route operations are planned to change to best serve passenger demand, with the Millennium Line being shortened to operate from Waterfront to Lougheed Town Centre, and the Evergreen Line operating between VCC–Clark and Douglas College. Service is planned to begin by middle of 2016 and to serve 70,000 passengers per day in 2021. Current plans for the line call for the use of tunnels and elevated guideways, using the same automated technology as the existing SkyTrain rapid transit lines currently operated by TransLink elsewhere in Metro Vancouver. On January 25, 2012, the provincial government announced that pre-construction work would proceed on the line, including the removal of some buildings and the construction of underground utility tunnels.
At 79.6 km, Vancouver's SkyTrain system will become the longest rapid transit system in Canada after the completion of the Evergreen Line, compared to the Toronto subway and RT (76 km after the York University/Vaughan extension in 2014) and Montreal Metro (69.2 km).
Evergreen Line uses the colour green on route maps, wayfinding and station signage.
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