The tunnel boring machine, named Phyllis, has reached the fourth of six underground stations, excavating more than two kilometres of tunnel and installing approximately 1,330 concrete tunnel liner rings since departing from Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station in fall 2022. The 150-metre-long machine passed under the Canada Line at a depth of 22 metres shortly after departing Broadway-City Hall Station. From there, the newly completed tunnel rises to 15 metres below the surface at Laurel Street. Phyllis will continue toward the future South Granville Station after undergoing scheduled maintenance. The project’s other tunnel-boring machine, named Elsie, will arrive at Oak-VGH Station this fall.

The Broadway Subway Project is a 5.7-kilometre extension of the Millennium Line from VCC-Clark Station to West Broadway and Arbutus Street, providing people with fast, convenient SkyTrain service along the Broadway corridor. The corridor is home to B.C.’s second-largest jobs centre, world-class health-care services, an emerging innovation and research hub, and growing residential neighbourhoods.