Vancouver's 2010 Streetcar

The Olympic Line

Bombardier Transportation, in partnership with the City of Vancouver, will provide free streetcar service for Vancouver residents, visitors and athletes during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Connecting Granville Island, a key entertainment centre for the 2010 Winter Games, and the Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver, the Olympic Line streetcar service will extend Vancouvers regional transit network along False Creek during 60 days of celebration before and during the 2010 Winter Games.

As part of Bombardiers sponsorship of the streetcar demonstration, it will provide two BOMBARDIER FLEXITY streetcars on loan from Belgiums Brussels Transport Company. Using the existing Downtown Historic Railway, these 100% low-floor modern streetcars will operate on the 1.8-km of upgraded rail infrastructure. The upgrade is the result of an $8.5 million investment by the City of Vancouver with a $500,000 contribution from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the administrator of Granville Island.

Bombardier will operate and maintain the demonstration streetcars 18 hours a day, 7 days a week from January 21 to March 21, 2010.

(http://www2.bombardier.com/vancouver/index.html)

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[kr192101]

Wishes that these trains stay forever. Year round with a help from the Downtown Historic Railway.