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Originally Posted by Sheba
An idea I had for a Skytrain route that would be a 'Hastings Line' starting at Waterfront, following the rail tracks with a stop at Main and then Glen Drive, and then drop down to Hastings with stops at Victoria, Renfrew*, Kootenay, Willingdon, Holdom, and Cliff Ave. After that I'm sure it would have to switch to bus or gondola to make it up Burnaby Mountain to SFU.
I marked Renfrew as I would have a spur come off there and follow the bridge to Phibbs Exchange. I don't know North Van well enough to plan a route beyond that.
My ideal would be to have stops about every 1.5k. Putting them closer together doesn't give the train much time to get up to speed and slows down the whole route. People can always step off at the stop closest to them and transfer to a bus for the last bit of their trip - it doesn't need to be door to door Skytrain service.  |
I've always wished for a Hastings Line (long as it's bored most of the way through East Van)
and always dreamed of it connecting in at Waterfront, then heading down Robson or Georgia, down Denman (....and here it's just a dream, sorry, but let me share it) ....
.....under False Creek to link up to become an Arbutus Line, going to 41st or 49th, wherever the major crosstown bus stop is.
The problem is getting it through to Kerrisdale and up the escarpment; some tunnelling would surely be vital in that district.
But a real Hastings Line, crosstown, yes!
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