Vancouver Evergreen Line

[officedweller]

From Evergreen Facebook:

Lafarge Lake - Douglas Station

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline

Lincoln Station

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline

 

[officedweller]

From SSP:

Lincoln Station on June 12

There's a lot of paving going on around the east side of Coquitlam Centre's parking lot. It looks like they have removed the previously uncontrolled entrance close to Lougheed Highway in favor of making Pinetree & Amson a four way signalized intersection where it was previously three way.

A fresh look at Lougheed.

Image courtesy of MIPS

Image courtesy of MIPS

Image courtesy of MIPS

Image courtesy of MIPS

 

[officedweller]

Test train on the elevated segment from Lougheed Town Centre Station to Burquitlam Station (past that is the incomplete tunnel).

Indeed you have... from the Facebook page:

 

[WislaHD]

Man those trains look rather tiny.

 

[Markster]

They run those vehicles in pairs for revenue service. Each vehicle is an articulated 2-pack.

 

[officedweller]

From Evergreen Facebook:

Inlet Centre Station

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline/photos_stream?ref=page_internal

 

[junctionist]

I like the entrance pavilion. I hope the Crosstown has similar quality in terms of exterior architecture.

 

[officedweller]

Don't think these were posted - from TransBC Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/

 

[officedweller]

From Yellow Fever at SSC posted July 29:

Coquitlam Centre section..

IMG_7290 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7291 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7292 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7293 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7294 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7295 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7296 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7297 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7298 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_7299 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

 

[officedweller]

Evergreen sinkhole problems impacting SNC Lavalin's bottom line:
http://www.news1130.com/2015/08/06/...truction-takes-a-toll-on-snc-lavalin-profits/

 

[officedweller]

Still no timeline on when the TBM will start up again:

BTW - the Minister's comment about opening on time is likely posturing to continue pressure on the contractor.
You can't be seen to acquiesce in a delay (or it might jeopardize your ability to claim damages later) - so they have to continue saying they expect it to be finished "on time" (as adjusted).

No timeline for tunnel boring to resume for the Evergreen Line
by Sonia Aslam
Posted Sep 11, 2015 1:04 pm PDT

PORT MOODY (NEWS 1130) – After promising for months the tunnel boring machine working on the Evergreen Line would be working by the fall, the provincial government now says it doesn’t have a timeline.

The machine has been sitting idle for months; you can blame several sinkholes during construction for that.

Crews have said they were surprised at the conditions of the sandy soil that kept getting stuck in the machine. Repairs have been completed, but the province still doesn’t know when tunnel boring will resume again in the Port Moody area.

Despite all this, Transportation Minister Todd Stone is confident it will finish on time.

“I’m still doing everything that I can to make sure that the Evergreen project team — and through them, the contractors — understand that we still very much expect this project to be up and running within the timeframes that are understood by everyone at this point.”

“There is no question we have lost some time — that’s frustating, but we’re going to continue to do everything we possibly can to get this tunnel work done so that we can proceed with opening this critical addition to the Lower Mainland’s transit network,” he adds.

But in a statement from the ministry, it now says the end goal of the fall of 2016 could potentially be in jeopardy unless everything goes as planned in the coming months, but there are no guarantees.

“We will let people know if there are any further schedule implications. Despite the delay, the contract language is clear: EGRT is on the hook to address any challenges that may arise and will cover all the costs connected to this work. Government will continue to hold EGRT to their agreement.”

“This was a key part of the contract we signed in order to protect British Columbia taxpayers from the costs of any potential challenges. This includes all delays associated with the project and any extra costs related to the tunnel boring machine.”
...

http://www.news1130.com/2015/09/11/no-timeline-tunnel-boring-evergreen-line/

 

[officedweller]

The provincial government confirmed tunnel boring work has resumed.
Source: Vancitybuzz

 

[officedweller]

Inlet Centre Station pics from Evergreen Facebook:

Photo from inside the west station house looking North
https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline

Photo from inside the west station house looking West.
https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline

The station platform is under the Barnet Highway and can be accessed by entrances on both sides of Barnet
https://www.facebook.com/evergreenline

 

[officedweller]

From the SSP: Vancouver general transit thread - MKIIIs on the road in Ontario!!

TransLink Instagram:

https://instagram.com/p/83eDBEQn-8/

By DEATHTobaggan on imgur:

Here's an "A" or a "B" car with a cab at one end.

Here's the middle "C" car - with no cab at either end.

This one's on Twitter...

 

[44 North]

Thanks for keeping us up to date with this project, officedweller. I feel TO and Metrolinx could learn a lot from Vancouver's Skytrain - which IMO is a system perfect for much of the outer 416 and inner 905 (just as it was once planned to be +30 yrs ago).

As well, I couldn't help noticing that the cables strung on the train in the first image looked like a smile. All it needed was a couple of eyes to complete the anthropomorphism.