Delayed Evergreen Line to open Dec. 2
$1.43B SkyTrain extension linking Burnaby, Coquitlam and Port Moody was originally slated to open this summer
The long anticipated Evergreen Line will open Friday, Dec. 2, giving commuters in the Tri-Cities area a new option for getting where they need to go.
The $1.43 billion, 11-kilometre SkyTrain extension will provide a link between Burnaby, Port Moody and Coquitlam.
Evergreen means GO! That's right, the Millennium Line Evergreen Extension and its six new stations opens on Dec 2! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SkyTrain?src=hash">#SkyTrain</a> ^ CK <a href="https://t.co/9AbNLogs5l">pic.twitter.com/9AbNLogs5l</a>
—@TransLinkTransLink estimates that by 2021, about 70,000 passengers will travel each day between Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby and the terminus at Larfarge Lake-Douglas in Coquitlam.
The project had a number of delays and problems during its construction period, including the appearance of four sinkholes during tunnel boring, and the shifting of a large segment of the elevated concrete track bed.
The line includes six new stations and a new, third platform at Lougheed Town Centre.