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RAV Line

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RAV Line | Nickname | The temporary name given to the SkyTrain track that we now call The Canada Line. It stood for Ricmond Airport Vancouver. It was built by war-profiteers using non-union labour and it pretty much destroyed Cambie Village for a while, but hey, it sure is efficient and it’s named after our country, so it can’t be all bad!

Usage: “The RAV Line should have gone down the Arbutus Corridor…explore-the-lexicon

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