officedweller
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Most (all?) of the Skytrain tunnels are new. I'm scratching my head where any existing rail corridors were used in Vancouver on most of the lines, except perhaps around False Creek and the two stops to Commerical-Broadway. Yeah, 2 or 3 stops on the Millennium line in Vancouver use rail corridors. Yeah, they used some (but not a heck of a lot) of rail lines in New Westminster. Barely more than a few metres in Burnaby. Nothing in Richmond, other than the elevated track over a rail yard.
In addition to the repurposed Dunsmuir Tunnel downtown, most of the Expo Line east of Broadway & Commercial uses the former Central Park Line right-of-way from the BC Electric interurban streetcar/tramway that used to run to New Westminster and beyond into the Fraser Valley. Those lines also carried freight as well.
BC Electric Railway Map | rbrtwhite
Did you know from 1890 to 1958 the BC Electric Railway Co. Ltd. installed and operated interurban and streetcar lines throughout Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley? Check out this interactive map to learn more!
maps.nicholsonroad.com
You can see the railway corridor (where the Expo Line is now) on the left of this Metrotown pic from 1980:
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