The Evergreen Line project

Backgrounder

The Evergreen Line Project is an 11-kilometre extension to the existing SkyTrain system in Metro Vancouver. It will be a fast, frequent and convenient SkyTrain service, connecting Coquitlam city centre through Port Moody to Lougheed Town Centre in approximately 15 minutes. When the line opens, Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain system will become the longest fully-automated rapid transit system in the world.

Evergreen will link Burnaby, Port Moody and Coquitlam to Vancouver and will be fully integrated into the existing SkyTrain system at Lougheed Town Centre Station. It will carry 50,000 passengers on opening day.

Funding for the Evergreen Line project is a partnership between the Government of Canada, the Government of B.C. and TransLink. The estimated project cost is $1.43 billion, with the Government of Canada contributing up to $424 million ($350 million from the Building Canada Fund, $67 million from the Public Transit Capital Trust Fund and $7 million from the P3 Canada Fund), the Government of B.C. contributing $586 million and other partners contributing $21 million. TransLink is contributing the remaining $400 million and will operate the system when it opens in early 2017.

Construction milestones:

The Evergreen Line Project is 85% complete. The elevated and at-grade guideways are complete and trackwork is complete on the guideways. Testing and commissioning is underway on the Evergreen alignment in the Port Moody and Coquitlam-Pinetree area.

Station buildings are mainly complete: Lougheed Town Centre Station, Burquitlam Station, Moody Centre Station, Inlet Station, Coquitlam Central Station, Lincoln Station and Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station.

Learn more:

For more information about train testing and commissioning, please visit: http://evergreenline.gov.bc.ca/Testing-and-Commissioning.htm

April 2016

Hon. Judy M. Foote Transport Canada Transport