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Jim Millar, executive director of Port Moody Station Museum, and Dave Ritcey, president of the PoMo Heritage Society, check out the 1920 Fordson tractor on display in a field adjacent to Anmore village hall. The piece could join an old log roller on display on the museum site under the Moody Street overpass. See story, page 6.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Evergreen Extension leads to big increase in ridership TransLink data shows a 44% rise in boardings Gary McKEnna
The Tri-CiTy News
They built it and the passengers came. The opening of the Evergreen Extension in December 2016 is being credited with a dramatic
uptick in public transit ridership in the Tri-Cities, according to TransLInk’s 2017 figures, which encapsulate the line’s first full year in operation. The total number of boardings on rail and train in the northeast sector increased 4.8 million — a 44% jump from 2016, when the Tri-Cities’ rapid transit line was still under construction. “The growth in transit ridership in the Tri-Cities has been
nothing short of extraordinary since the launch of the Evergreen Extension,” said Chris Bryan, TransLink’s senior media relations advisor. The rise in ridership in the Tri-Cities has helped boost system-wide numbers, which show a 5.7% increase across the TransLink service area for a record 407 million boardings. Bus boardings rose 3.2% last year, while SkyTrain boardings increased 12%.
Coquitlam Central Station has been the busiest stop on the Evergreen Extension, with 4,000 average weekday boardings, ranked 37th in the system, while Burquitlam is second with 3,800 boardings, ranked 41st. Lincoln Station had 3,600 average weekday boardings (42nd) while Moody Centre had 2,000 (50th) and Inlet Centre had 1,900 (51st).
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