Canada Line opened this week

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Some links to news about Vancouver's (Greater Vancouver Lower Mainland) new Canada Line Skytrain.

Canada Line craziness: An adventure on the rails
Article and photos by Leszek Apouchtine, re:place magazine

The first day of the Canada Line saw thousands of people line up at many stations, while other stations sat practically empty.

My journey started at Waterfront station at 1.30pm - a half hour after the first trains opened to the public. I disembarked the Expo Line to discover that it would not be any easy transfer to the Canada Line. I followed the crowd outside the station to the only entrance that was open, which was on the west side of the building. There crowds zig-zagged in the open plaza, went a block down Granville, then turned the corner and went at least another block. I would later discover, from a rider named Janine, that the wait was about two hours. http://regardingplace.com/?p=5293

Gallery: Canada Line opening day celebrations
The rapid transit line of the SkyTrain linking Vancouver International Airport and Richmond to downtown Vancouver opens with a ribbon cutting and free rides, coffee and cake and live music for an expected thousands on Metro Vancouver residents. http://www.vancouversun.com/Gallery+Canada+Line+opening+celebrations/1902037/story.html

Canada Line opening draws long lineups
The Canada Line's opening day – with a one-time offer of free rides for the public between downtown Vancouver and the airport – proved to be so popular Monday that at one point lineups to get on the new rapid transit trains were more than two hours long.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/08/17/bc-canada-line-opens-vancouver-richmond.html