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Originally Posted by Dave2
VCC-Clark is the obvious choice for starting the Millennium Line Extension.. or should it now be called the Evergreen Line Extension.
Come to think of it, the name "Evergreen" was the name chosen when the line was going to be LRT (my entry, "Tragic Mistake", didn't make the cut)... If the service pattern is going to be Douglas Collage to VCC Clark, with trains from Waterfront terminating at King George or Lougheed Town Centre, the name "Evergreen" should be dropped.
Millennium Line runs from Douglas Collage to VCC-Clark, and trains from Waterfront would all be "Expo Line", to either King George or Lougheed Town Centre.. Many cities have lines with the same name/number that split to serve different destinations at their extremities. The 5 in NYC, the Picadilly in London.. and the Canada Line in Vancouver.. Then only Braid and Sapparton need to be rebranded. just mho
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I think you got it. The issue is being complexified here.. Your suggestion would eliminate the name "Evergreen Line," but is that a problem? Some will squawk "yes," but I do'nt think it matters one bit if Douglas College Coquitlam >> UBC is
all Millenium Line.
All trains from Waterfront following current Millenium/Expo Line become Expo Line and simply for and split (as they do in many citiies, as you say. (Stockholm is another very overt example of this). Then the Braid-Sapperton portion gets renamed; sort of forming a loop-link type of line to connect New West and Lougheed Town Centre............. ?
Did I get it right? I think it's a great and schematically simplified idea.
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