Millennium Line - Evergreen Extension | Completed

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Sheba

Is it possible to run a TBM 24/7 or does it need some downtime? Regardless I doubt they could afford to pay people to be working that much.

My thoughts exactly.

[Vantage]

Today I was walking from the bus loop at Coquitlam Central and walked past the new station. I took some time to look over the fence and from the overpass to see how it was coming along. From the overpass you can clearly see the signage on the platform. The official signage on the platform reads as

Millennium Line ─ Evergreen Extension

With the 'M-line' written over a yellow background and the 'Evergreen' over a green background.

[Kwik-E-Mart]

Originally Posted by Vantage

Today I was walking from the bus loop at Coquitlam Central and walked past the new station. I took some time to look over the fence and from the overpass to see how it was coming along. From the overpass you can clearly see the signage on the platform. The official signage on the platform reads as

Millennium Line ─ Evergreen Extension

With the 'M-line' written over a yellow background and the 'Evergreen' over a green background.

No more conspiracies? That's what makes Vancouver a no-fun city!!!

I really hope this is an interim measure to prevent folks intending to travel eastwards on the Millennium Line towards Columbia from ending up in Coquitlam Central.

Otherwise, the M-Line should only be the M-Line, period. What happens if the Broadway Subway officially becomes "Millennium Line-Broadway Extension"?

[officedweller]

Hopefully not, as Broadway wouldn't be a "branch".
... and it'll probably be in 2 phases:

Millennium Line - Arbutus Extension
Millennium Line - Arbutus Extension - UBC Extension

[Vantage]

Seems kinda odd that they wouldn't just sign it as the Millennium Line.


Anyways I think it would be well signed elsewhere that the Millennium Line goes between VCC-Clarke and Lafarge Lake-Douglas ONLY.
I don't see the need for temporary(?) signs at the platform level anyways. TransLink should've branded it as the Millennium Line to begin with.

[officedweller]

It was branded Evergreen Line when it was LRT - a wholly separate line that required a transfer.

[queetz@home]

Its funny seeing all this talk about the naming of the finished line. Why not just drop the whole "Millenium Line" name altogether and call it with the original name, which is believe it or not, "Broadway Line"?

After all, the original name of this LRT project, before Glen Clark changed it to Skytrain (with a possible conspiracy with Bombardier), was "Broadway Line". As a matter of fact, the "B-Line" buses that we see today was the acronym for the Broadway Line since this was the first route of those "enhanced bus service" way back when. Of course, if all went according to the original plan, the first phase was from Coquitlam Centre to Commercial, second phase was to UBC, and third phase (I think) was to branch to the airport.

[officedweller]

It was actually the "Burnaby Lake Line" in Millennium Line planning docs:

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by queetz@home

As a matter of fact, the "B-Line" buses that we see today was the acronym for the Broadway Line since this was the first route of those "enhanced bus service" way back when.

"B-Line" was a play on both "Broadway Line" and "Bee Line" - the idea that you'd go direct without any diversions (i.e., unnecessary stops). That was before the idea of a Broadway rapid transit line was conceived, if I recall correctly.

[alphapoodle]

Originally Posted by red-paladin

Ridgerunner will no longer be posting in this thread.

New to this thread. I have been reading the last ten pages of comments.

Why is it necessary for someone to state that someone else is no longer posting.

Who would care?

[adrianroam95]

Photos I took of Coquitlam Central Station (Oct 24, 2015):







Looks like they italicized the "Evergreen Extension" portion of the wayfinding designation:



The walkway beneath the guideway along Pinetree Way is largely completed south of Anson Ave. It looks really nice, with multi-coloured textured treatment and heritage-styled black fencing separating it from the Coquitlam Centre parking lot. The section of sidewalk between Anson Ave and Lincoln Station is still under construction, although there are unique oval-shaped concrete planters/benches starting to take shape.

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by alphapoodle

New to this thread. I have been reading the last ten pages of comments.

Why is it necessary for someone to state that someone else is no longer posting.

Who would care?

Good question, I was curious what exactly ridgerunner had said to be banned.

[AMTDGT]

I see the TBM is back chewing away today.

My understanding is that there is at least one person on this list that is actually involved in TBM tunnelling. Watching the web cam pictures today, I note that spoil comes out of the tunnel for maybe 3/4 of an hour then nothing for maybe 2 hours. Am I right in assuming the machine digs a liner section length, then stops while the liner is placed, then starts again?

With respect to days with little or no apparent work. The working time between breaks is close enough to the maximum working hours permitted under labour code rules (granted I have been retired for 12 years and they may have changed). To go non stop 7x24 can be a shifting nightmare and often results in folks sitting on their hands and getting paid.

[Millennium2002]

I think the recent changes in this thread are for the better.

There is/was really no need for non-stop conspiracy talk about why the tunneling is or is not progressing. If there are major incidents regarding the TBM, I do not mind focusing on that part of the discussion. But people need to realize that:

a) this project is not just about the tunnel or the TBM, and
b) tunneling in itself is not always a continuous and constant operation.

[queetz@home]

Originally Posted by officedweller

It was actually the "Burnaby Lake Line" in Millennium Line planning docs:

That's for Skytrain, I'm talking about the LRT (i.e. before the spontaneous change by Glen Clark). Remember, the Broadway LRT pre-dates the Millenium Line though the route of it is the same from Coquitlam to UBC. I think if you need documents and such, some are probably hard to find via the internet unless it was posted in an article (even those are hard to find online since it was before news websites were common).

Originally Posted by aberdeen5698

"B-Line" was a play on both "Broadway Line" and "Bee Line" - the idea that you'd go direct without any diversions (i.e., unnecessary stops). That was before the idea of a Broadway rapid transit line was conceived, if I recall correctly.

I know this is all from memory but I vaguely remember Lougheed Highway was referred to as Broadway back in the day as well. I don't know if its official or a nickname for Highway 7 since the name of the highway changes only when it hits the Vancouver / Burnaby border.

[GeeCee]

There are a bunch of pictures of the LRT route concept here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=119946

[GlassCity]

Really disappointed about the "Evergreen Extension" signage. Why complicate things if you don't have to? The same line doesn't need more than one name. Just makes it all messy.

[alphapoodle]

Originally Posted by allan_kuan

I think the recent changes in this thread are for the better.

There is/was really no need for non-stop conspiracy talk about why the tunneling is or is not progressing. If there are major incidents regarding the TBM, I do not mind focusing on that part of the discussion. But people need to realize that:

a) this project is not just about the tunnel or the TBM, and
b) tunneling in itself is not always a continuous and constant operation.

I spent some time and went back a fair distance on this thread. By way of introduction, I am a psychologist with many years of clinical experience. So it was easy for me to piece this together.

Earlier this year, a piece of equipment failed to function. One contributor to this thread asked a series of questions which no one was able or willing to answer. So he asked the questions again.

All he got, seemingly, were answers that were not answers but purported to be just that. What he got were answers that normally are given to a pesky four year old .. "because I told you so". Normalcy bias, to say the least.

So he persisted. I have not read all the posts, some were deleted and are no longer available. Perhaps the deleted material was directly insulting to someone here.

The reaction of the group was censorship. This happens a lot, more than anyone would think. This exclusion of an irritating contributor does not, however, make the issue (if there is one) go away. It only removes the irritating contributor.

There is a joke about this sort of thing in the medical profession. A man has a pain in his side all day but he says "oh, it is nothing", Later on that evening, he dies of imaginary appendicitis.

I know nothing about this piece of equipment and, frankly, as long as it is moving, I am sure it will work out. But I do have an issue with flawed group dynamics.

Are you all sure that exclusion and censorship are the way to go?

[jlousa]

Congrats you just had both accounts banned.

[Bpruner]

Seriously? That is a pretty low threshold for banning ain't it. I get banning someone for being profane or disrespectful...but isn't he just voicing an opinion?

Have been following this thread for a long time...let's get it back on track (pun intended) and put aside the unnecessary banning.