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Starting at noon today, transit users will finally be able to travel to Port Moody and Coquitlam quickly and easily on the new Evergreen line.

“We’re excited to open the Evergreen extension and we think this is an exciting time for Tri-Cities residents. They’re eager to get out and try the new line and find out how it fits into their lives,” said TransLink spokesman Chris Bryan.

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TransLink has planned celebrations at each station beginning at 10:30 a.m., and the gates will roll up to allow passengers to board trains starting at noon.

The line is an extension of the Millennium Line and joins the existing SkyTrain system at Lougheed Town Centre. It features six stations — Burquitlam, Moody Centre, Inlet Centre, Coquitlam Central, Lincoln and Lafarge Lake-Douglas — along an 11-kilometre route.

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The ride between Lafarge Lake-Douglas station and Lougheed station takes 15 minutes, about half the time it takes to get between Coquitlam Central and Lougheed by bus. Going to Commercial-Broadway station will take 30 minutes, and the ride to Waterfront station will take 40 to 45 minutes.