Some photos of the new Canada Line on Sunday August 23rd, on the first weekend after its opening:
1. The City Hall Station at Cambie and Broadway 2. New multi-use building across from the station.
3. Airport check-in terminal 4. One of the new trains 5. Very crowded on this first weekend
6. The train nearing Marine Drive Station 7. Marine Drive Station
8 and 9. Walking across the bridge from Marine Drive to Bridgeport. 10. Looking back at Marine Drive Station
11 ad 12. The bike/pedestrian bridge running across Fraser River between Marine Drive and Bridgeport.
13. Bridgeport Station platform 14. Bridge support
It will be really interesting how the land use changes over time. Cambie/Broadway corner (top left) has changed remarkably over the last two years with construction of the Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Whole Foods and Crossroads Centre mixed-use development. But a lot of the line goes through industrial/warehousing land like around Marine Drive and Bridgeport Stations. Their waterfront locations probably mean luxury condo development is on the way, while industrial and agricultural land uses will fall by the wayside. The train is remarkably well integrated with commercial interests, such as the seamless integration of the Bridgeport station platform into River Rock Casino.
