Mike F

The lac des roches segment is interestingly different than BC Rail

Quite the hill coming up from the Thompson though

Elevation profile, showing this line is very steep

The proposed Burrard Western Boundary Railway in purple and a nearby crayon in red on map showing elevation in various colours.

Not really

But with a few refinements, it could be close to rail grade (except near the dam)

A Hello Kitty shinkansen train at Okayama

A One Piece shinkansen at Hiroshima

It's tough because you might have to choose between Hello Kitty and One Piece

Gotta put all the new apartments where there are apartments or something that smells bad

Planning

At least the parts of the city with spare school capacity and good transit didn't have to change, though

Is there no real-time SkyTrain or SeaBus?

Senakw construction

Balcony railings are starting

It looks like the West End from Kits to me

The ambition is less than a mundane small city station like Okayama or a deep suburban transfer station like Kashiwa

There's nothing flashy about these stations, just frequent EMUs stopping at normal platforms and flyovers to avoid conflicts with other services

They even run locals and rapids

A woman rides a bike on the sidewalk of a wide street towards a double deck elevated railway

A river, a bunch of buildings, and a small road taken from on a bridge

People fishing in the river

A shop covered in greenery, a seven eleven and some other buildings along a street

On a sunny morning bike ride

A vending machine on a street selling dead tarantulas and similar items

More trick than treat

Not a cheap vending machine

Two people waiting for meat skewers from a shop selling them facing a street with various organs on display

A bunch of skylines in the background along a bike path covered in netting to prevent golf balls from hitting people

Houses accessed over little bridges over a creek from a street

A walk your bike sign, a woman feeding pigeons, and a bunch of restaurants shown on a sign all under a rail station viaduct

On a rainy day bike ride

I don't see it spelled out here, but it's going that way searcharchives.vancouver.ca/route-map-no...

A map showing proposed rail lines on the North Shore and across to Belcarra/Ioco

Would part of this have been another interurban or something more like the VV&E/Great Northern?

There's an overview map showing some of this in the archives
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/pacific-coas...

A small square with three food trucks

Food trucks

A family mart with a parking lot from the train window

Shin Yokohama Station from the train

Not exactly the TOD you might expect

A view of the lower platform level

Platform 4 branches to Haneda and Kawasaki and trains go both directions

Platform 5 is south of platform 6

The other platforms are upstairs

Platform 6 at left and 4 at right

Platform 6 at left and 4 at right, facing north

Platform 6 looking south at platform 5. A train is stopped at platform 5 while another train passes to stop at platform 6.

Looking up at the branch to Haneda with bike parking under the double level viaduct

A view of the lower platform level

Platform 4 branches to Haneda and Kawasaki and trains go both directions

Platform 5 is south of platform 6

The other platforms are upstairs

A wooden model of Keikyu Kamata and the area around it

(The million daily riders and frequent grade crossings are typical features of private radial lines, though)

If you're in the station, they have a cool model of it in the concourse

This is compensation for the frequent grade crossings, which are an amazing feature for a line with more than a million daily riders

They're apparently going to extend the Fukotoshin line via the Tamagawa line to this station, so there'll be another (perpendicular) level somewhere deep underground

Ad for the development. A Pedestrian -only Community

This is this development, right?

After coming down that steep trail, a gondola seems like a good idea

I think there's a case for stops at a few recreational areas but I'm not sure Petgill or Murin would make the cut

I think sea to sky and a future brohm ridge would make it

A lake in the mountains

There's also a lake to swim in

A photo of Squamish with Black Tusk, Garibaldi, and the Chief with Howe Sound in the foreground

Squamish

Howe Sound - Burrard Inlet / ǂc [by] Survey Branch, Department of Lands and Greater Vancouver Water District.

The thesis references this 1929 map, which shows the Capilano rail network in much more detail (but doesn't extend quite to its northern extent)

Maybe there are other maps like this that cover Coquitlam, etc., but I haven't found them

digital.library.yale.edu/catalog/1553...

The Capilano Timber Company's rail network was a lot more extensive than I had thought, extending to about as far north as Brunswick Mountain and on both sides of the river

That's half way to Squamish

Map from this 1988 master's thesis
open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/c...

An aerial photo showing the Cordova Viaduct being built between Thurlow and Burrard with columns placed close together on both sides of the SkyTrain guideway. The adjacent parking lot is now the site of the Fairmont Pacific Rim.

Here's the 2002 aerial from VanMap showing columns going up that don't leave any room at ground level for another set of tracks

The columns are closely spaced and right next to the SkyTrain guideway

I think we're looking either for a path to under Cordova or enough length to dig deep enough to get under anything that might be in the way before turning under the harbour

An aerial image of Waterfront Station, Granville Square, Waterfront Centre, and Canada Place showing at least a couple tracks continuing under Waterfront Centre to the west of Burrard

A photo looking northeast at the new Burrard Viaduct from https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/pan-pacific-hotel-and-canada-place-at-dusk

A couple tracks went through Waterfront Centre as seen in this 1994 aerial from VanMap

There were more tracks under the new Burrard Viaduct in this 1986 photo before Waterfront Centre was built