[mr.x]

Originally Posted by raisethehammer

you DO realize how INCREDIBLY jealous you're making us all right?? Lol. Very impressive to see this amount of money, planning and great design going into transit.
Here in Hamilton that type of effort is strictly reserved for roads and highways.
Keep rocking Vancouver! Someday, cities like mine will start to play some catch-up.

lol, well it's not that perfect. The Canada Line has short 40 to 50-metre platforms and the final 650-metre terminus sections at Richmond and at the airport are single-tracked....due to poor planning, lack of funding, and privatization. The 40-metre platforms are extendable to 50-metres, and 50-metre platforms are being built for the busiest stations.

That said, the ridership demand for the new line won't be nearly as high but still, it's poor planning for the long-term. Estimated ridership when the line opens next year is 100,000/day.