Olympic Line ridership

The Olympic Line is a demonstration project for the Downtown Streetcar, and was a tremendous success as it showcased modern streetcar technology and provided reliable, sustainable transportation to over 550,000 passengers in 60 days of operation. Averaging 18, 600 passengers per day at games time and 9, 200 over 60-days. The streetcar demonstration became an integral part of the transit network between January 21 and March 21, 2010.

Olympic Line ridership summary

Olympic Line ridership data was collected by the City of Vancouver's Host City Team and the Olympic Line project team. Passenger boardings at both stations as well as bicycles, wheelchairs and strollers were counted. The following table is a summarized excerpt from The Olympic Line - Vancouver's 2010 Streetcar: Ridership Summary.

		Totals Jan 21-Mar 21	Olympics Feb12 - 28
Total Recorded Ridership	(boardings)	550,200	316,300
Peak-Day Ridership	(boardings/day)	25,200	25,200
Average Daily Ridership	(boardings/day)	9,200	18,600
Max. Peak-Hour Ridership	(boardings/hour)	2,500	2,500
Avg. Peak-Hour Ridership	(boardings/hour)	1,100	2,000
	Totals	Daily Average
Bikes	907	16
Wheelchairs	957	17
Strollers	10359	182

Did you know?

At games time the Olympic Line streetcar carried more passengers per day between its two stops than the entire Portland Streetcar network does on an average day?

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Granville Island normally has about 20,000 visitors per day on a summer weekend?

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The Seabus carried about 20,000 passengers on an average weekday in February 2009?

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