Valley light rail all go, twin groups claim

Valley light rail all go, twin groups claim By Brian Lewis, The Province September 21, 2010 Advocates for reintroducing light-rail transit to the Fraser Valley along the old Inter-Urban route were building up a fresh head of steam on two fronts Monday. On the first front, Rail for the Valley, a non-profit advocacy group working […]

Commuter rail service to the Valley is affordable – study – News1130

Commuter rail service to the Valley is affordable – study Ninety-eight kilometres of light rail service for 500 million dollars John Streit Sep 22, 2010 02:43:36 AM 7 Comment(s) 1 Recommendation(s) VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Get people out of their cars and into trains! That’s the message from Rail for the Valley, a group hoping for […]

Abbotsford News – More ammo for light rail service through Valley

More ammo for light rail service through Valley By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News Published: September 21, 2010 1:00 PM Updated: September 21, 2010 6:07 PM A new Chilliwack-to-Surrey light rail line could whisk passengers from deep in the Fraser Valley to the existing SkyTrain system in 90 minutes, according to a new study […]

Chilliwack Progress – Rail For The Valley puts squeeze on city

Rail For The Valley puts squeeze on city By Robert Freeman – Chilliwack Progress Published: July 07, 2010 8:00 AM Updated: July 07, 2010 9:20 AM Chilliwack is the only municipality in the Lower Mainland not on board a task force lobbying for a community rail system. A?ai??i??Ai??For the last three years, Rail For The […]

Train crashes into car in Nanaimo: Another example of a car driver ignoring the dangers of a railway level crossings

Here we have another sad example of a motorist ignoring railway signals and driving into the path of a passenger train, with tragic results. Rail For The Valley must deal with two issues before the reinstatement of the interurban. 1) Before any interurban or streetcar service is to begin in BC, a complete review and […]