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Originally Posted by Nutterbug
How's it going to handle the grade?
How about instead building a tram on the east side of Burnaby Mountain to a transfer station?
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Doesn't have to necessarly go literally up the mountain - could go underground and the SFU - Campus as well as the UniverCity stations be deep underground requiring elevator access or long escalators. There are a few stations in the world that are like this.
Beacon Hill Station of the Seattle Link Rail Project:
http://hatch.ca/Infrastructure/Desig...eacon_Hill.pdf [see page 3 for diagram]