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Sneak peek of the tunnel boring machines for the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
: the TBMs are on track to arrive later this spring, stay tuned to learn more!
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Last night around 8 pm, Elsie the
#TunnelBoringMachine
had her first breakthrough at the future Mount Pleasant Station! 🎉🎉
The machine will now undergo maintenance and be propelled through the pre-excavated station before continuing to Broadway-City Hall Station.
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#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis has reached Broadway-City Hall Station!
Phyllis broke through the east wall of the station box at 10:30 am today. She has been traveling beneath the city streets since departing Mount Pleasant on April 18th!
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Yesterday,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis broke through at the future Arbutus Station 🎉
Check out the route Phyllis took to get to Cypress Street in this video.
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The installation of SkyTrain tracks is beginning at the elevated guideway!
In this shot, the crew use a mobile crane to unload a shipment of rails for the SkyTrain tracks. The first sections of track were lifted on top of the elevated guideway last week.
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Welcome to South Granville, TBM Phyllis 🎉 🎉 🎉
Phyllis broke through the east wall of the future station yesterday just before 7:30 pm.
Following maintenance, she will embark on the last leg of her journey to the future Arbutus Station!
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#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie has arrived at Arbutus Station!
Elsie’s breakthrough today looked very similar to TBM Phyllis’ arrival in late March, pictured here.
In this shot, you can see Phyllis’ cutterhead poking through and rubble collected inside the pressure chamber.
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This past Friday afternoon, TBM Phyllis launched from South Granville Station! She is now on the final leg of her journey to Cypress St, where she will be dismantled and removed.
Here’s a shot of Phyllis during her pit stop at South Granville Station.
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At South Granville Station, stairs are being constructed in the station entrance. Two escalators will be installed later, one on either side of the stairs.
Glass windows have already been installed at ground level - can you see how the light pours into the station entrance?
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Our first
#TunnelBoringMachine
broke through into the future Mount Pleasant Station box last night!
TBM Elsie bored a 6m-wide hole in the east wall of the station. Once the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
is complete, eastbound trains will exit the station via Elsie’s tunnel!
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Take a sneak peek at Arbutus Station’s platform level. 👀
This level is where passengers will board the SkyTrain. The platform will be constructed in the middle, where the columns are, with the tracks on either side.
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There is no SkyTrain in the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
tunnels yet, but there is a different kind of transit! 🚌
The multi-service vehicle gets crews and equipment where they need to go. Here it is at the future Mount Pleasant Station, with Broadway & Main Street about 17 m above.
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This section of tunnel is where the SkyTrain transitions from the elevated guideway to the underground station.
Crews have completed the concrete base to allow for the track installation. This final layer, called the track slab, will have tracks installed on top of it.
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Welcome to South Granville,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie!
Here’s an action shot of Elsie breaking through the east wall of the future station yesterday around 2:30pm.
Following scheduled maintenance, she’ll join already-departed TBM Phyllis as they make their way to Cypress St.
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Overnight around midnight,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis launched from Broadway-City Hall! She is now en route to the future Oak-VGH Station.
Once complete, Phyllis' tunnel will be used for trains travelling westbound towards Arbutus Station.
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Did you know that each new Broadway Subway station will feature up and down escalators?
The first escalator trusses, which house the electrical and mechanical equipment, were installed at South Granville Station in July. An elevator will later be constructed to the left.
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#TunneBoringMachine
Phyllis broke through at Oak-VGH Station last night just after 9:30 pm! 🎉🎉🎉
Phyllis will now undergo maintenance & move through the pre-excavated station before continuing on to the future South Granville Station.
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Near VCC-Clark Station, a new section of elevated guideway for the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
widens in the middle. Can you see where there are 6 concrete beams visible instead of 4?
The 2 extra beams will support a 3rd track, where SkyTrains can change direction or be stored.
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Take a peek inside this newly completed section of the outbound
#BroadwaySubwayProject
tunnel leading away from the Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station site.
TBM Elsie is more than halfway to her first stop at the future Mount Pleasant Station and is set to arrive in January.
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This mined tunnel under Cambie St will connect the Canada Line and future Millennium Line platforms at Broadway-City Hall Station.
The excavator seen here is on the west side of Cambie St, clearing debris after tunnel excavation was completed in February.
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Excavation at the future South Granville Station is now complete! 🎉
The final depth of this station is about 18 metres. Now, crews continue work on the station foundation to prepare for the arrival of the TBMs.
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Underground between GNW-Emily Carr and Mount Pleasant Stations, crews have started pouring concrete inside the tunnels.
In this photo, the tunnel is prepped for the 2 concrete pours needed to create a platform for SkyTrain tracks.
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Rebar is being installed on top of the orange waterproofing membrane at the future South Granville Station!
The orange membrane will keep the station dry, and the rebar will reinforce the station’s base slab foundation. Next, crews will pour the concrete foundation.
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Take a look at this fresh concrete wall inside the future Mount Pleasant Station!
This completed section of wall is located on the south side of the platform level of the station.
Can you spot TBM Elsie’s tunnel towards GNW-Emily Carr in the background?
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This is the “transition box,” where SkyTrain tracks will transition from the elevated guideway to the underground station at GNW-Emily Carr.
Unlike the round tunnels under Broadway made by TBMs, these tunnels will be square-shaped.
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On October 28, Tunnel Boring Machine Elsie broke through at Oak-VGH Station!
With this milestone, both TBMs have now:
👷♀️Reached 4 out of 6 station sites
👷♀️ Bored 2km of parallel tunnels
👷♀️ Installed a total of 2,600 concrete-liner rings in the tunnels
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Did you know the tunnels between each of the six
#BroadwaySubwayProject
stations will be about 720 m long?
Learn more about the tunnels we’re boring under Broadway in this Tunnel Boring Machine explainer video!
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These track switches are the first sections of SkyTrain track to be installed on the Project.
They will allow trains to enter & exit a special third track in the middle of the elevated guideway, called a pocket track, which is used to store trains.
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@sqwabb
@CityofVancouver
Hi Stanley – thank you for flagging this and speaking with a crew member on site, we can confirm access has been restored to the water fountain.
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This morning the eastbound 99 B-Line bus stop returned to its original location at Broadway and Cambie St! 🎉
Transit users can once again easily hop on and off the express line down Broadway from right outside Broadway-City Hall Station.
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Check out this photo from December, 2021: a view of the future launch site for the tunnel boring machines at Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station.
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Welcome to Broadway-City Hall Station, Elsie! 🎉
TBM Elsie broke through @ Alberta St after 2:30pm today.
Elsie bored a 6m-wide hole in the east wall of the pre-excavated station box. Once the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
is complete, Elsie’s tunnel will be used by eastbound trains.
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Today shortly after 2:30 pm,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie broke through at Broadway-City Hall Station!
Now she will take some time to rest and receive maintenance before continuing on to her next stop at the future Oak-VGH Station.
Learn more:
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This photo was taken from inside the new service rooms for the Mount Pleasant Station.
In the future, a wall will separate these rooms from the public area of the platform level.
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The future Mount Pleasant Station continues to take shape at Broadway and Main Street.
Can you see where crews are installing temporary supports for the next level? This will be a section of roof for the underground portion of the station.
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Here at Oak-VGH, the concrete base for the SkyTrain tracks is being installed. On the left, you can see a completed segment, while crews construct the next segment on the right.
The train platform will be built in the middle of the station, with tracks running on either side.
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Crews are installing track switches on the elevated guideway. These switches will allow SkyTrains to change tracks and enter a third track, called a pocket track.
Switch machines will be installed later, which are needed to move the rails into different positions.
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Following scheduled maintenance,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie launched from South Granville Station yesterday afternoon.
Watch her arrival at South Granville here. She now joins already-departed TBM Phyllis en route to Cypress Street.
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Crews are laying out the welcome mat for the arrival of
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie at Broadway-City Hall!
This Saturday, around 140 trucks will pour concrete into the east part of the base slab foundation for the Broadway-City Hall Station between Alberta and Yukon streets.
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Crews are installing track switches on the elevated guideway.
Once the alignment of the track switches is perfected, there is a final concrete pour & the rails are fastened into place.
To learn more about track switches, check out this previous post:
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#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie arrived at Oak-VGH Station just after 10 am this past Saturday 🎉
Following maintenance, she will carry on to the future South Granville Station.
Once the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
is complete, eastbound trains will exit the station via Elsie’s tunnel!
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At Broadway-City Hall, crews are currently tunnelling the connections between the Canada Line platform and the future
#BroadwaySubwayProject
station.
This tunnel will pass underneath the entrance to the existing station!
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The roof is going up at GNW-Emily Carr Station. This is the first station roof to be constructed, out of the 6 stations.
This photo shows all 3 levels of the station: the platform level, the concourse level & preparations for the station roof underway in the background.
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This is where the SkyTrain transitions from above-ground elevated guideway to below-ground tunnel.
Notice that the concrete base for the SkyTrain tracks is slanted slightly to the left. This allows for a more comfortable ride as the SkyTrain rounds the corner.
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Here's a close-up shot of excavation for the new Mount Pleasant Station entrance.
#BroadwaySubwayProject
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Walls are going up at the future Arbutus Station!
Here, blue formwork is being used to pour concrete walls on both sides of the platform area. This temporary formwork is used to create a space to pour concrete into. It then supports the concrete while it hardens & strengthens.
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Here at the future South Granville Station, you can take an insider peek at what a freshly poured concrete base slab foundation looks like!
After each pour, the concrete is covered & allowed to set. Once the required strength is achieved, the finished concrete can be revealed.
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Ever wonder what happens to material as it’s excavated by the
#TunnelBoringMachines
?
The material, called "muck" all lands here in the "muck pit" at Great Northern Way before being trucked away. If you see muck moving along the conveyor system, the TBMs are boring!
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Just before 2am on Saturday,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis had her 1st breakthrough @ the future Mount Pleasant Station! 🎉
Now Phyllis, just like Elsie before her, will receive maintenance & move through the pre-excavated station before continuing to Broadway-City Hall Station.
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Crews have almost completed the concrete deck of the elevated guideway, which connects VCC-Clark to the future GNW-Emily Carr Station.
This photo from September shows a concrete deck with rebar work in the background in preparation for further concrete pours.
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Assembly of the first
#TunnelBoringMachine
is under way at the future GNW-Emily Carr Station site!
Yesterday, the bottom of the TBM's front shield, which will sit behind the cutterhead, was placed into a concrete cradle as the machine begins to take shape.
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Does this look familiar? 👀
The track that will connect VCC-Clark to GNW-Emily Carr Station is taking shape, reflecting the look of existing Millennium Line elevated guideway near VCC-Clark!
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A noteworthy moment at Arbutus station! The first concrete pour for the base slab took place on September 22.
In this photo crews were installing rebar and conduits prior to the pour.
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See the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
from a different perspective!
Have a look at this bird’s eye view showing all the great progress crews have made.
Learn more about the project:
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Welcome to the neighborhood, Phyllis!
TBM Phyllis broke through @ Alberta St at 10:30 am today! Now it’s time for another maintenance pit stop before she carries on to the future Oak-VGH Station 🔧
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Crews are building the train platform at the future South Granville Station.
This is where passengers will wait for their next SkyTrain. The tracks will be built along each side, with the platform in the middle.
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This tunnel, underneath the Canada Line tracks, will connect passengers who are transferring from the future Millennium Line platform to the Canada Line platform at Broadway City-Hall.
Here, crews had completed the first out of four concrete rings for the tunnel structure.
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The elevated guideway is taking shape!
Crews have installed more than half of the 106 girders needed to connect the 21 columns between VCC-Clark and the future Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station.
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Check out this “umbrella” at the future Mount Pleasant Station. Not your usual umbrella! ☂️
This umbrella is a system of steel pipes drilled above where the TBM will break through. They redistribute the weight of the ground above the tunnel to either side of its entrance.
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Crews are constructing the concrete base to allow for track installation. The tracks will be installed on top of this final concrete layer.
Notice how the tracks will be slightly slanted to the left? This allows for a more comfortable ride as the SkyTrain rounds the corner.
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Here’s the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
from a different perspective!
This flyover takes us west from the elevated guideway to the future Arbutus Station.
Learn more about the project:
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The TBMs are currently being disassembled at Arbutus Station. Here you can see Phyllis’ cutterhead being lifted onto the site for removal.
Want to see more of the disassembly work? Check out the mural with viewing windows on the north side of W. Broadway at Cypress St.
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The
#BroadwaySubwayProject
elevated guideway has connected to VCC-Clark! Check out this video to see some of the final girders being lifted into place.
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Did you know that
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie’s tunnel between GNW and MP has 3,102 tunnel liner segments forming 517 rings and is 734.821 m long?
Each tunnel liner ring is made up of 6 segments, all manufactured in Nanaimo, BC!
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Station wall reveal! 👀
These large pieces of blue & yellow formwork @ Mount Pleasant Station are used to shape walls while concrete is poured inside.
Once the concrete is strong enough, the formwork is removed to reveal the finished walls.
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Overnight from February 26-27, crews at Broadway-City Hall Station completed excavation for this mined pedestrian tunnel.
The tunnel passes under the Canada Line tracks & will connect the existing Canada Line southbound platform to the future Millenium Line platform!
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Can you spot the newly poured concrete columns at the future Arbutus Station? These columns were kept warm under protective covers during winter weather in January. ❄
Warm air was pumped under the covers to maintain the correct temperature while the concrete strengthened.
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#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis arrived at Cypress Street in late March, and crews are now removing the TBM support equipment.
Here is what Phyllis' conveyor belt looks like all spooled up at Great Northern Way-Emily Carr!
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What’s happening below deck? ⬇🚧
People move freely on the traffic deck above the Mount Pleasant station site, while crews apply a fully waterproof membrane to keep the future station dry.
The orange layer is waterproofing & the white layer is protection fabric.
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Escalator installation has begun at South Granville Station.
The first escalator trusses were craned into the excavated station site on July 11. These trusses form the bottom half of the escalator and have now been installed.
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Crews have nearly completed installing prefabricated deck panels for the 700 metres of elevated guideway connecting VCC-Clark Station to the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
!
Next, a concrete deck can be poured on top of the panels. The concrete deck will support the SkyTrain tracks.
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Concrete formwork has been removed, revealing completed walls for the platform level at Arbutus Station!
The rebar seen extending from the tops of the walls will connect them to the walls and floor of the next level up, called the concourse level.
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At the future Mount Pleasant Station, crews are getting ready to pour concrete for the station’s second floor.
Check out this view from underneath the working platform. This scaffolding is supporting the second level work platform as crews prep for the pour!
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Tunnel Boring Machines Phyllis and Elsie say goodbye to Vancouver. Watch as they are dismantled and removed at Cypress St. between March and July 2024.
To see more photos and videos of the project, visit:
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Crews are putting the finishing touches on the elevated guideway structure that will connect VCC-Clark and the future Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station!
Here, crews are preparing to pour concrete for the small walls, called parapets, that run alongside the SkyTrain tracks.
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Construction continues below 5 completed traffic decks on Broadway!
Seen here at the future South Granville Station site, 4 lanes of traffic flow on a deck on the left. On the right, open space allows crews to move materials in & out of the future station below.
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Since this photo was taken in November, concrete has been poured here to create a slanted floor.
This is where underground stairs and escalators will connect the Canada Line to the Millennium Line at Broadway-City Hall Station.
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Here at South Granville Station , crews are preparing for track installation. The concrete base for the SkyTrain tracks, called the track slab, is being installed.
In the foreground, you can see a completed segment, while crews install rebar for the next segment behind it.
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At Broadway-City Hall, crews are tunnelling two passenger connections to connect the future Millennium Line Station to the existing Canada Line platforms.
See this and more in our Bird’s Eye View video:
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Take an insider look at this section of tunnel completed by
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie!
In the future, eastbound trains will carry passengers through this tunnel towards VCC-Clark Station.
Check out this post to learn more about tunnel boring:
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In this aerial shot near the future GNW-Emily Carr Station looking west, you can see a completed section of tunnel called the “transition box.”
This is where the Millennium Line will transition from subway tunnel to elevated guideway once the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
is complete.
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Following each station breakthrough, each
#TunnelBoringMachine
undergoes maintenance before it launches again.
In this shot, you can see all the parts of the cutterhead that are replaced during each maintenance pit stop.
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#TrafficDeckCheck
: Under the completed traffic deck at the future Mount Pleasant Station site, crews continue to build the underground station.
In the top left of this picture, you can see the bottom of the deck where people are moving on Broadway above.
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Here's how tunnel liner rings are built as the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
tunnel is excavated!
A vehicle delivers tunnel segments to the tunnel boring machine. The TBM then lifts & moves the segments to the “segment erector,” which installs each segment to form a ring.
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Next stop – a new mural at the future Mount Pleasant Station. Come take a look and learn about the evolution of this important transit hub at Main St. & Broadway. 👀🚇
#BroadwaySubwayProject
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The Elevated Guideway is going down, down to the ground at Great Northern Way-Emily Carr. Here trains will transition to the underground section through a tunnel portal dug by the TBMs set to launch next summer. Don’t know what a TBM is? Check it out here:
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At Broadway-City Hall, crews are building concrete walls inside the underground connection between the Canada Line & future Millennium Line platforms.
Once completed, escalators, stairs & elevators here will transport people to a new tunnel below the Canada Line tracks.
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Down down down we go, here’s a look at the Mount Pleasant Station headhouse excavation. A "headhouse" is the above ground entrance to the station.
You can see the location of the entrance on our website:
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Here’s a shot of
#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis poised to begin the next leg of her journey.
Last night around 8pm, TBM Phyllis launched from Oak-VGH Station
See you at South Granville Station, Phyllis!
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#TunnelBoringMachine
Phyllis is on the move again!
Following a pit stop for maintenance at the future Mount Pleasant Station, she started excavating again on April 18 and is now on her way to Broadway-City Hall.
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Progress continues at the elevated guideway as crews build the concrete deck!
The deck is about 23 cm thick and will support the SkyTrain tracks.
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This special concrete truck makes deliveries inside the tunnels.
Fun fact: this truck is smaller than the average concrete truck, which helps it better navigate the tight spaces underground.
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In this shot, crews are installing track switches at the elevated guideway. This was the first section of SkyTrain track to be installed on the project.
Can you spot the SkyTrain tracks on the elevated guideway? (Hint: they’re brown.)
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In October 2022,
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie was launched. TBM Phyllis followed shortly after in November.
Both machines will travel 5km down Broadway, breaking through at 5
#BroadwaySubwayProject
stations along the way!
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At the start of 2022, shallow excavation was underway on Broadway at the future South Granville Station block.
Now, this traffic deck is complete, & excavation for the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
continues about 10 metres under the street while people move above!
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Solid progress is being made at the future Arbutus Station! 💪
On Sept. 22nd, crews completed the 1st concrete pour for the station's base slab foundation.
Trucks delivered concrete at street level, then pumps carried it down 17m to the bottom of the excavated area.
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Can you spot the “umbrella” of steel pipes marking where
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie is about to break through @ Mount Pleasant Station?
There is a second umbrella waiting for Elsie on the west wall of the station box, where Elsie will continue on to Broadway-City Hall Station!
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This weekend crews shifted traffic to create a dedicated left-turn lane westbound on Broadway at the future South Granville Station site.
This marks the completion of the traffic deck, allowing cars to move freely while work continues below!
#TrafficDeckCheck
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Each
#TunnelBoringMachine
is now being dismantled at Cypress St. Here, a crane lifts a piece of TBM Phyllis out of the excavated Arbutus Station site.
Want to see more? Come have a look at this process through 2 viewing windows on the north side of W. Broadway at Cypress St.
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This is
#TunnelBoringMachine
Elsie’s tunnel from Mount Pleasant looking east towards GNW-Emily Carr!
Inside, crews have completed the first of two concrete pours to create a platform for the SkyTrain tracks.
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