Design
The May 2009 Project Description Report and September 2009 Project Update provided previously unconfirmed details about the Evergreen Line, including the following:
- Travel time from Coquitlam City Centre to Lougheed Town Centre will be 15 minutes;
- Service will be every 3 minutes during peak hours;
- Operating hours will be approximately 20 hours/day on weekdays, less on weekends
- The line will provide direct connections, without transfers, to what is currently the Millennium Line;
- Projected ridership is 70,000 per day in 2021;
- Peak hour system capacity will be 10,400 passengers in 2021;
- Operations will be integrated with the existing SkyTrain facility near Edmonds Station on the Expo Line.
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