Editing Millennium Line (section)

===Phase II: Evergreen Extension (2016)===
{{Main|Evergreen Extension}}
The second phase of the Millennium Line was to be an extension from Lougheed Mall to Coquitlam (then known as the Port Moody–Coquitlam (PMC) Line),<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2007 |title=Audited Financial Statements of Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd. |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/government-finances/public-accounts/2006-07/sup-e/rapid-transit-project-2000-fs-2006-07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125053330/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/government-finances/public-accounts/2006-07/sup-e/rapid-transit-project-2000-fs-2006-07.pdf |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=fin.gov.bc.ca |publisher=Government of British Columbia}}</ref> which would have provided a "one-seat ride" from Coquitlam to VCC–Clark station. A short spur<ref>{{Cite web|title = Evergreen Line spurs new travel choices and development {{!}} BC Gov News|url = https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/evergreen-line-spurs-new-travel-choices-and-development|website = news.gov.bc.ca|access-date = February 24, 2016|first = Todd|last = Stone|date = December 19, 2013|archive-date = February 2, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002101/https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/evergreen-line-spurs-new-travel-choices-and-development|url-status = dead}}</ref> and switches to the PMC Line were installed to the east of Lougheed Town Centre station and a third platform was roughed-in in anticipation of the extension. Phase II was placed on hold following a change in provincial government.

A SkyTrain extension from Lougheed Town Centre station to Coquitlam Town Centre was proposed when the original Millennium Line was built and the necessary junction tracks for such an extension were built at the station during its initial construction. At one point prior to 2008, the mode planned for the extension was changed to [[light rail]] instead of SkyTrain, which meant that the junction tracks would have remained unused. However, in February 2008, plans reverted to the use of SkyTrain technology for the extension, to facilitate higher ridership, shorten travel times and to integrate seamlessly with the existing SkyTrain network. As a result, the junction tracks and roughed-in third platform at Lougheed Town Centre station were used as part of the Evergreen Extension.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/evergreen_line/documents/Business_Case/080219_BusinessCase.pdf |title=Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project Business Case |publisher=BC Ministry of Transportation |date=February 19, 2008 |access-date=November 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002109/http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/evergreen_line/documents/Business_Case/080219_BusinessCase.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Construction of the Evergreen Extension began in 2013 and was completed in late 2016. The extension opened for revenue service on December 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/delayed-evergreen-line-to-open-dec-2-1.3840163 |title=Delayed Evergreen Line to open Dec. 2 |work=CBC News |access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Scott |title=TransLink will open Evergreen Line on Dec. 2 |date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2016 |work=Vancouver Sun |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/translink-will-open-evergreen-line-on-dec-2}}</ref>