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

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Get people out of their cars and into trains! That’s the message from Rail for the Valley, a group hoping for the return of commuter rail service to Chilliwack.

Rail for the Valley says this study shows that the region can build a large rail network cheaply from Scott Road in Surrey to Chilliwack – with affordable future extensions. They say the so-called Tramtrain would cost less than 10 per cent per kilometre than Skytrain technology with 98 kilometres of light rail service for 500 million dollars.

Phase one would involve diesel cars, phase two would be electric – with the rail service sharing track with CN, CP and Southern Rail.

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