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Originally Posted by mo
But it appears to be servicing the exact same route as skytrain if aligned like that.
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Yes, it is serving a similar route to the Millennium line but with fewer stations and faster trains. The existing route will also parallel the Millennium line once the Evergreen extension opens. The main difference a user would experience between the two alignments is the more useful connections on the Central Valley alignment. There is the loss of a commuter stop at Port Moody (which likely couldn't become a regional stop because it would conflict with freight), but that's about it. There are other advantages to the Central Valley alignment, which I've mentioned.
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Originally Posted by mo
The mission station is actually very important seeing how it is also the OMC for the WCE.
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The WCE only runs five trains/day. A new OMC would be needed anyway.
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Originally Posted by mo
Isn't regional rail splitting hairs with commuter rail?
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Not really. Commuter rail only runs inbound in the morning and outbound in the evening. It operates on track that is used by freight the rest of the time. Regional rail would run all day long in both directions. A typical schedule might see a train every thirty minutes. On the Central Valley alignment (with separate, parallel freight tracks to Willingdon to connect to North Van), trains from Langley and Maple Ridge would combine to run every fifteen minutes, for example.