Non News From TransLink – Canada Line to Operate Two More Trains
What would not be considered a news story elsewhere, the Vancouver Sun makes much hoopla that the Canada Line will operate two extra trains during peak hours as per the operating contract.
Adding two more trains will slightly ease congestion but unless Translink operates the bus services to feed the Canada line, the $2.5 million metro will never be an attractive alternative to the car.
I would like the Vancouver Sun report that the Canada line metro, because of the reduced scope of construction to address cost overruns, means that the metro has less capacity than even the simplest of streetcar or tram operations, costing up to one tenth as much to build.. Now that would be a story worthy of being printed.
TransLink to expand Canada Line service
Vancouver SunTrain service from downtown Vancouver to Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport is about to increase.
Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver Sun files
Train service from downtown Vancouver to Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport is about to increase.
Starting Wednesday, the popular Canada Line will run 16 trains during weekday peak hours, up from 14, and will extend peak service by half an hour in the morning (to start at 6:30 a.m.) and one hour in the evening (until 7 p.m.).
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, peak service will continue to start at 9 a.m. but will run an hour later each day until 7 p.m., TransLink says in a news release.
All Canada Line train departures and arrival times during peak periods will change as of Wednesday and, for the rest of the month, the times shown on TransLink's trip planner may not correspond exactly with the new schedule, the release says.
"Everyone with time-sensitive connections should plan to arrive at their Canada Line station a bit earlier than usual beginning Aug. 10," TransLink advises, adding that transit schedules will be updated on Labour Day.
The expanded service was part of the operating contract between TransLink and the company that built the Canada Line. The average daily ridership on the Canada Line is approximately 107,000, the release says.
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