August 25, 2009
Broadway Station upgrade progress from June-August 2009
The elevator has been completely removed at the platform level of Broadway Station in July! Here's the latest update on the Broadway Station upgrade…
August 24, 2009
New series: five spots to visit along the Canada Line
With lots of people so excited to ride the Canada Line, I thought it might be fun to do a little series spotlighting places to visit along the Line’s…
August 24, 2009
More public art debuts on Main Street
An articulated trolley on the 3 route, wrapped in a design by artist Germaine Koh for 88 BLOCKS, the Main Street public art program. Look for a new…
August 21, 2009
Friday fun post: favourite Canada Line station?
If you like, skip to the end of this post to take the Canada Line station poll! Answer to last week's post: what those SeaBus tokens are Back side…
August 21, 2009
Canada Line bus connections and September bus changes are now online
Bus connections to the Canada Line are coming on September 7, along with a few more bus service changes. As you may know, we'll be adjusting bus…
August 20, 2009
Canada Line roundup: even more pics and video, and passport stamp info!
A Canada Line train breezes by Oakridge-41st Avenue Station. Photo by Steve Chou. Some more tidbits about the Canada Line! Even more photos, video,…
August 19, 2009
Guest post: Vancouver Transit and Art
Ink illustration by Peter R. Bach. Here's a lovely change of pace from all the Canada Line stuff. This is a guest post by Jason Vanderhill, who is an…
August 19, 2009
Canada Line roundup: more pics + video, and Waterfront Station opening info
Sea Island Station at sunset on opening day. Photo by Rob Chew. There are many tidbits about Canada Line coming in today, so I thought I would put…
August 18, 2009
First official Canada Line service day numbers! Plus how to work the new ticket machines
It's Canada Line's first official service day! So far, we've had 9,000 trips between 5 to 9:30 a.m., then up to 23,000 by 12:40 p.m. and 33,000 by…
August 18, 2009
Photo and video of Canada Line opening day
A Canada Line train at Lansdowne Station on opening day. Photo by Dennis Tsang. Whoosh --- Canada Line's opening day is over! And several readers…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: Yaletown, Vancouver City Centre, Broadway-City Hall
So as the subject line indicates, the tail end of my evening was spent at 3 stations. I rode another busy train to Yaletown-Roundhouse, where I was…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: 7pm cutoff at selected stations
Our media team has just sent out the following announcement: As of 7pm, we will cap the lines at certain stations: anyone not in line at those…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: King Edward and Lansdowne
First: the bonus stamp for passports can be found at Lansdowne!!! There are two stamps at the station. People have been asking! All right, back to…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: lineups and wait times
Today's opening event has proved very popular (43,000 people so far!), and the crowds outside stations in downtown Vancouver, Richmond and YVR are…
August 17, 2009
Canada Line opening: Langara and Oakridge
I went down to visit Langara and Oakridge stations from about 3 to 4pm. Lineups are relatively short here: everyone seems to be getting on the…
