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Originally Posted by ronthecivil
Well you can always value engineer the stations and end up over capacity on the mainline expo line tracks within a generation or within a year in the case of the Canada line.
Heck, even if you don't build the whole station, at least make the track grade flat enough for a reasonable amount in either direction so you can at least make the station longer in the future.
What does Vancouver do once the expo line is at capacity? It's almost there, and there's not much that can be done in terms of longer trains or faster frequency, both are already very close to maxed out.
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The Canada Line can almost trip it's capacity with purchases of rolling stock and a 10m station extension. It will be fine for quite a while yet.
Regarding the Expo Line, it would be just about time for a parallel line to be built and for the existing Expo Line to be refurb'd anyways. We haven't got any 5 car Mk3 trains yet, and there's still plenty of opportunity for expansions left.
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