TransLink expands SkyTrain service as part of 10-year plan
Posted January 17, 2017 12:56 pm.
Last Updated February 23, 2018 8:13 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Service is set to become more frequent if you ever take the SkyTrain or SeaBus. TransLink has released details as it rolls out Phase 1 of the mayors’ 10-year transit plan.
“Metro Vancouver Mayors are ready to roll up our sleeves in partnership with the BC and federal governments to secure long-term funding so we can implement the full 10-year vision and keep people moving across our growing region,” says co-chair of the Mayors’ Council and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.
What this means is over the coming weeks and months, TransLink will also take steps to improve bus and HandyDART service and it promises to work with local leaders to prioritize the region’s bottlenecks in hopes of finding a fix.
“With completion of the Evergreen Extension in December, and the launch of the first transit enhancements, Metro Vancouver is starting to see the long-overdue transportation improvements that will get our region moving again,” says TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond. “The service improvements we’re launching today make space for 185,000 more people on our transit system each week.”
Later this month, planning for Phase 2 of the plan will begin with public consultations for the Broadway subway and LRT in Surrey. “We need to build on the momentum created with Phase 1, and continue the partnership between our regional, provincial, and federal governments that has resulted in the $2 billion investment,” says Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner.
Improvements are also said to include an 11 per cent increase in passenger capacity during peak periods on the Canada Line. Extended weekday service on the Expo and Millennium Lines, and increasing midday and early evening service on weekends.
SeaBus service on Sundays and holidays will sail every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
