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Originally Posted by mellowyellow
Genuine question out of my lack of knowledge, but would there be a good case for extending the skytrain line from Arbutus to UBC as one long extension with no other stops? And provision for stations to be added in the future as developments come through with higher density along the way (if ever)?
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Originally Posted by Mac Write
The cost to add the stations after would be double triple or more and take dacade each to build as you have live traffic in the tunnel. Alma, McDonald, and other stops are needed right away.
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I seem to recall seeing a graphic or study (for the life of me I can't find it anymore, so this might be wrong) that said ~47% of westbound 99 trips terminated west of Arbutus, but around ~40% terminated at UBC. Sasamat, Alma, and Macdonald picked up only ~7% of the entire route, with something like ~5% weighted on Macdonald. (These are all ballpark numbers but they were roughly what I remember)
On one hand, Translink seems perfectly content to pencil in future infill stations if they make sense. Capstan is going ahead, and there's two planned stations for the Evergreen Extension.
On the other hand, that's a lot of track to run for only one station that currently makes sense. Perhaps once the Jericho lands are online an Alma station might make sense.
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