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Posted by Bill West on Mon Apr 15 04:33:04 2024, in response to Re: What’s the deal with U-shaped metro lines in Canada?, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Apr 14 21:30:20 2024. That downtown U-shape is because the Expo Line saved a lot of money by getting a hold of a disused CPR rail tunnel. It was actually a natural shape to loop through the core business district and around to the Waterfront Station where the SeaBus was already established and where the WestCoast Express commuter rail later came in. See WikipediaThe Expo line approached through Burnaby and east Vancouver on a disused interurban railway ROW, approached downtown through a BNSF/CN railway cut and then across their yards to the downtown tunnel. I think there was very little expropriation of private lands or buildings, it was hardly invasive on existing land users at all which probably saved a lot of money. Bill |
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