At a length of nearly 19 km, the Canada Line will be an automated rail-based rapid transit service connecting Vancouver with central Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport.
The Canada Line project will consist of:
- An underground tunnel from Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver going south under Granville Street, Davie Street, False Creek, and Cambie Street to south of 64th Avenue;
- An elevated guideway climbing from south of 64th Avenue across the Fraser River to Bridgeport Station in Richmond, and continuing west to Sea Island and Vancouver International Airport and south to central Richmond along No. 3 Road;
- A park-and-ride facility at the Bridgeport Station and bus exchanges at Bridgeport, Marine Drive and Richmond City Centre Stations; and
- A total of 16 stations along the route: four in Richmond, three on Sea Island and nine in Vancouver.
FUNDING:
Government of Canada: $420 million
Province of British Columbia: $450 million
Translink: $300 million
Vancouver International Airport: $250 million
City of Vancouver: $27 million
InTransitBC (private sector): $700+ million (all construction shortfalls)
TOTAL: approximately $2 billion
InTransitBC will design, build, partially finance, maintain and operate the Canada Line for 35 years. In addition, InTransitBC will assume most construction and operations risks.
New pics at the Canada Line site, originally posted by officedweller:
http://www.canadaline.ca/galleryFront.asp?GalleryID=0
Launching Girder @ Bridgeport Station area:
Pic into the bored tunnel with concrete tunnel liner segments being placed:
For more information, also visit the first Canada Line topic:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=60290
- November 16, 2004 to August 09, 2006; 20,000+ posts
OR visit the official project website:
http://www.canadaline.ca
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