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Subject: Re: Subways of US and Canada - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 5-Jul-84 11:46:00 EDT
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uiucdcs!friedman    Jul  5 10:46:00 1984

Thanks to those who have sent corrections and additions to the list of subway
systems I posted.  I recently noticed two more systems that include at least
some underground sections, and so should have been included.  Neither is yet
in operation.

Buffalo, New York:  Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.  This system is
expected to open in April 1985.  It will be 6.4 miles long and will have 12
stations.  Most of the system will be underground.  Projected ridership is
45,000 daily by 1985.  27 LRVs are being built by Japan's Tokyu Car Corp. of
Yokohama.

Vancouver, British Columbia:  British Columbia Transit (BCT).  This new 13.3
mile system is scheduled to open in early 1986; about 1 mile is underground.
Population of the metropolitan area is about 1.2 million.  Average weekday
ridership is projected at 100,000 by 1990.  UTDC is to supply 114 ALRT cars,
with delivery to be completed by late 1986.