YVR Connections » Canada line http://yvrconnections.com Beyond, Every Day Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:38:08 +0000 en hourly 1 Greening up our walls at YVR – New Photos http://yvrconnections.com/2009/06/greening-up-our-walls-at-yvr/ http://yvrconnections.com/2009/06/greening-up-our-walls-at-yvr/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:17:47 +0000 Alisa http://yvrconnections.com/?p=324

Further to this story, check out the completed green wall photos. We also just found out it’s the largest living wall in North America. Very cool. Special thanks to our landscape architect company Sharp and Diamond as well as our Engineering team.

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You may have already heard that the Canada Line will open up at the end of the summer, and we have three stations that are gearing up for opening day.

I was checking out the YVR-Airport station yesterday and saw that installation has begun on a cool new green wall that lines the station’s north side. I talked to our Engineering department and learned that YVR is the first Canadian airport to install a green wall.

The green wall is big: 18 metres high and 12 metres wide. When all is said and done, the green wall will house 28,249 individual plants on 2,173 panels along with a built in irrigation and feeding system. Next time you’re at YVR, check out the new green wall at YVR-Airport station. The best views are from the parkade bridge connecting the International Terminal at departures level 3, or from Chester Johnson park, International Terminal arrivals level 2.

YVR green wall yvr-canada-line-green-wall yvr-canada-line-green-wall-trees ]]> http://yvrconnections.com/2009/06/greening-up-our-walls-at-yvr/feed/ 10 Canada Line Coming in 2009! From the Airport to Downtown Vancouver in 25 minutes! http://yvrconnections.com/2009/03/canada-line-coming-in-2009-from-the-airport-to-downtown-vancouver-in-25-minutes/ http://yvrconnections.com/2009/03/canada-line-coming-in-2009-from-the-airport-to-downtown-vancouver-in-25-minutes/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:51:21 +0000 Alisa http://yvrconnections.blogm2o.com/?p=73

Believe it! The new Canada Line SkyTrain is rolling into YVR Station.

After months of testing, passengers including British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, the Airport Authority’s President and CEO Larry Berg, and members of the media, enjoyed the ten-minute journey between Richmond’s Bridgeport Station and the YVR-Airport Station, connected to the terminals via the new Link Building.

With the beginning of Canada Line operations in 2009, YVR will join the ranks of major international airports with direct rapid transit links to downtown centres.

canadalineThe Canada Line will offer a fast, convenient and inexpensive travel option for YVR customers and employees, carrying riders from the airport or Richmond to downtown Vancouver in about 25 minutes – half the average time it takes to drive the same distance.

By 2010, it’s expected that the Canada Line SkyTrain will serve approximately 100,000 riders every day.

All aboard!

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