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Canada Line

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The Canada Line is the third rapid transit line built in the SkyTrain metro system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1]

104 relations: Aberdeen Centre, Aberdeen station (SkyTrain), Air Canada, Airport Station (TransLink), Alternating current, Amec Foster Wheeler, Balfour Beatty, Bilfinger, Bombardier Innovia Metro, Bombardier Transportation, Bouygues, Bridgeport station (SkyTrain), British Columbia, Broadway (Vancouver), Broadway–City Hall station, Bus rapid transit, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Cambie Street, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Crush load, Davie Village, Direct current, Downtown Vancouver, Electric power, Evergreen Extension, Expo Line (TransLink), False Creek, Fluor Corporation, Fraser River, Global Television Network, Government of Canada, Grant McConachie Way, Granville Street, Ground propulsion, Hyundai, Hyundai Rotem, King Edward station, Langara College, Langara–49th Avenue station, Lansdowne Centre, Lansdowne station (SkyTrain), Linear motor, Marine Drive station, Metro Vancouver Regional District, Metro Vancouver Transit Police, Middle Arm Bridge, Millennium Line, Moving block, MTR Corporation, North Arm Bridge, ..., O-Train, Oakridge Centre, Oakridge–41st Avenue station, Olympic Village station, Ottawa, Pacific Centre, Polyvinyl chloride, Public–private partnership, Railway air brake, Railway brake, Railway signalling, Rapid transit, Richmond Centre (mall), Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, British Columbia, Richmond–Brighouse station, River Rock Casino Resort, Sea Island (British Columbia), Sea Island Centre station, SeaBus, Serco, Siemens, SkyTrain (Vancouver), SkyTrain rolling stock, SNC-Lavalin, Stainless steel, Standard-gauge railway, Templeton station, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions, The Globe and Mail, Third rail, Track gauge, Traction motor, Tram, TransLink (British Columbia), Tunnel boring machine, Twitter, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver City Centre station, Vancouver City Hall, Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver International Airport, Volt, Waterfront station (Vancouver), West Coast Express, Yaletown, Yaletown–Roundhouse station, YVR–Airport station, 2010 Winter Olympics, 95 B-Line, 98 B-Line, 99 B-Line. Expand index (54 more) »

Aberdeen Centre

Aberdeen Centre is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia.

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Aberdeen station (SkyTrain)

Aberdeen is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, in the Metro Vancouver region.

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Air Canada

Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada by fleet size and passengers carried.

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Airport Station (TransLink)

Airport Station was a major public transit exchange point in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

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Alternating current

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.

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Amec Foster Wheeler

Amec Foster Wheeler plc was a British multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty plc is an English multinational infrastructure group with capabilities in construction services, support services and infrastructure investments.

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Bilfinger

Bilfinger SE (previously named Bilfinger Berger AG) is a European company specialized in civil and industrial construction, engineering and services based in Mannheim, Germany.

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Bombardier Innovia Metro

Innovia Metro (stylized as INNOVIA Metro) is the current name given to an automated rapid transit system manufactured by Bombardier Transportation.

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Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry.

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Bouygues

Bouygues S.A. is an industrial group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Bridgeport station (SkyTrain)

Bridgeport is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, south of Vancouver.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Broadway (Vancouver)

Broadway is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Broadway–City Hall station

Broadway–City Hall is a station on the SkyTrain's Canada Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit (BRT, BRTS, busway, transitway) is a bus-based public transport system designed to improve capacity and reliability relative to a conventional bus system.

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Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) (lit. Quebec Deposit and Investment Fund, also referred to in English-language media as the Caisse) is an institutional investor that manages several public and parapublic pension plans and insurance programs in Quebec.

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Cambie Street

Cambie Street is a street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent and non-partisan think tank policy research institute in Canada.

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Crush load

A crush load is a level of passenger loading in a transport vehicle which is so high that passengers are "crushed" against one another.

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Davie Village

Davie Village (also known as Davie District or simply Davie Street) is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.

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Downtown Vancouver

Downtown Vancouver is the southeastern portion of the peninsula in the north-central part of the City of Vancouver.

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Electric power

Electric power is the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit.

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Evergreen Extension

The Evergreen Extension (previously known as the Evergreen Line) is a long extension of the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

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Expo Line (TransLink)

The Expo Line is the oldest line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.

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False Creek

False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver.

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Fluor Corporation

Fluor Corporation is a multinational engineering and construction firm headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for, into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.

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Global Television Network

Global Television Network (more commonly called Global, or occasionally Global TV) is a privately owned Canadian English-language broadcast television network.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Grant McConachie Way

Grant McConachie Way is a three-to-six lane expressway in Richmond and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Granville Street

Granville Street is a major street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and part of Highway 99.

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Ground propulsion

Ground propulsion is any mechanism for propelling solid bodies along the ground, usually for the purposes of transportation.

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Hyundai

Hyundai Group is a multinational (conglomerate) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Hyundai Rotem

Hyundai Rotem is a South Korean company manufacturing rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment.

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King Edward station

King Edward is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Langara College

Langara College (snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓) is a public degree-granting college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which serves approximately 22,000 students annually through its university, career, and continuing studies programs.

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Langara–49th Avenue station

Langara–49th Avenue is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line, located at the intersection of West 49th Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Lansdowne Centre

Lansdowne Centre (formerly Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre) is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia.

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Lansdowne station (SkyTrain)

Lansdowne is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, in the Metro Vancouver region.

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Linear motor

A linear motor is an electric motor that has had its stator and rotor "unrolled" so that instead of producing a torque (rotation) it produces a linear force along its length.

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Marine Drive station

Marine Drive is an elevated station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

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Metro Vancouver Regional District

Metro Vancouver is a political body and corporate entity designated by provincial legislation as one of the regional districts in British Columbia, Canada.

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Metro Vancouver Transit Police

The Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP), previously the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service and formally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service (SCBCTAPS), is the police force for TransLink, the public transit system of the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Middle Arm Bridge

The Middle Arm Bridge is one of three transit-only bridges in Metro Vancouver.

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Millennium Line

The Millennium Line is the second line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Moving block

In railway signalling, a moving block is a signalling block system where the blocks are defined in real time by computers as safe zones around each train.

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MTR Corporation

MTR Corporation Limited is a Hong Kong company listed on the Hong Kong Exchange, and a component of Hang Seng Index.

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North Arm Bridge

The North Arm Bridge is an extradosed bridge in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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O-Train

The O-Train is a light rail transit system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada operated by OC Transpo.

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Oakridge Centre

Oakridge Centre (and formerly known as Oakridge Mall) is a shopping centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Oakridge–41st Avenue station

Oakridge–41st Avenue is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line, located at the intersection of West 41st Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Olympic Village station

Olympic Village is a subway station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Pacific Centre

The Pacific Centre (corporately styled as CF Pacific Centre) is a shopping mall located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, managed by Cadillac Fairview.

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Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, also known as polyvinyl or '''vinyl''', commonly abbreviated PVC, is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer, after polyethylene and polypropylene.

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Public–private partnership

A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P or P3) is a cooperative arrangement between two or more public and private sectors, typically of a long-term nature.

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Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

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Railway brake

Brakes are used on the cars of railway trains to enable deceleration, control acceleration (downhill) or to keep them standing when parked.

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Railway signalling

Railway signalling is a system used to direct railway traffic and keep trains clear of each other at all times.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit, also known as heavy rail, metro, MRT, subway, tube, U-Bahn or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.

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Richmond Centre (mall)

Richmond Centre (corporately styled as CF Richmond Centre and formerly known as Richmond Square) is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

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Richmond Olympic Oval

The Richmond Olympic Oval (Anneau olympique de Richmond) is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canadian city of Richmond, British Columbia.

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Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond is a coastal city located in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Richmond–Brighouse station

Richmond–Brighouse station is the outbound terminus metro station of the Richmond branch of the Canada Line, part of the SkyTrain system in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, in the Metro Vancouver region.

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River Rock Casino Resort

River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia is the largest casino in the province of British Columbia.

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Sea Island (British Columbia)

Sea Island is an island in the Fraser River estuary in the city of Richmond, British Columbia.

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Sea Island Centre station

Sea Island Centre is an at-grade station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

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SeaBus

The SeaBus is a passenger-only ferry service in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Serco

Serco Group plc is a provider of public services with headquarters based in Hook, Hampshire.

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Siemens

Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.

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SkyTrain (Vancouver)

SkyTrain is the metropolitan rail system of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, serving Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and surrounding municipalities.

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SkyTrain rolling stock

The SkyTrain is a rapid transit system located in Metro Vancouver, with a number of different models of rolling stock.

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SNC-Lavalin

Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., a Montreal-based company, provides EPC and EPCM services in a variety of industry sectors, including mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, environment and water, infrastructure and clean power.

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Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French inoxydable (inoxidizable), is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content by mass.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Templeton station

Templeton is an at-grade station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

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Thales Rail Signalling Solutions

Thales Rail Signalling Solutions is a division of Thales Group that supplies transportation-based automation solutions for railways.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

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Traction motor

A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as an electric locomotive or electric roadway vehicle.

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Tram

A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

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TransLink (British Columbia)

TransLink, formally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, is the statutory authority responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport, major roads and bridges.

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Tunnel boring machine

A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vancouver City Centre station

Vancouver City Centre is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver City Hall

Vancouver City Hall is home to Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway

The Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway was a heritage electric railway line that operated from 1998 to 2011 between Granville Island and Olympic Village Station (north of 6th Ave just east of Ash Street) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver General Hospital (locally known as VGH, or Vancouver General) is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.

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Waterfront station (Vancouver)

Waterfront is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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West Coast Express

The West Coast Express is a commuter railway serving the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Yaletown

Yaletown is an area of Downtown Vancouver approximately bordered by False Creek and by Robson and Homer Streets.

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Yaletown–Roundhouse station

Yaletown–Roundhouse is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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YVR–Airport station

YVR–Airport is an elevated station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

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2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

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95 B-Line

The 95 B-Line is an express bus line with bus rapid transit elements in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

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98 B-Line

The 98 B-Line was a bus rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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99 B-Line

The 99 B-Line is an express bus line with bus rapid transit elements in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line

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