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3/1/2017
Rail News: Passenger Rail
TransLink's new SkyTrain extension logged 30,000 trips in January
In January, TransLink's recently opened Evergreen SkyTrain extension provided 30,000 trips on an average weekday.
By comparison, the former 97 B-Line express bus line that largely covered the same route served 10,000 riders per weekday, according to a TransLink press release.
The Evergreen extension opened Dec. 2, 2016. During the line's first eight weeks of operation, it logged 150,000 riders.
The figures suggest that ridership is "off to a good start," TransLink officials said.
Development around stations is expected to have a ridership impact on the Evergreen extension and throughout the SkyTrain network. For example, the opening of a single major development at the Marine Gateway Station boosted Canada Line ridership by 35 percent, according to the agency.
The Evergreen route is a 6.8-mile extension of the Millennium Line.
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