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excel91 · March 13th, 2006, 05:00 AM

Couple of random photos of Vancouvers Skytrain. Please post your own.

Routemap:

excel91 · March 13th, 2006, 05:01 AM

What the new Canada Line trains will look like:

Its route map from downtown to the airport and into richmond:

MelbourneCity · March 13th, 2006, 05:34 AM

When is the YVR/Richmond line due to open?
The system has already come along way since I rode on it in 1999.
Does Canada feel like donating a network to Melbourne?

Will the Richmond line use overhead wires, or third rail like the Millenium and Expo lines?

Are there any long term plans to exten the Millenium line from VCC/Clark to UBC??

Does anyone have pictures of Commercial Drive/Broadway station?

excel91 · March 13th, 2006, 06:05 AM

^ Canada Line is expected to open November of 2009. Just before the olympic games in Febuary 2010.

Technology: Automated Light Metro System
Length of Line: approx. 19 km
No. of Stations (2009): 16
Estimated Daily Riders (2010): approx. 100,000
Water Crossings: 2 bridges; 1 tunnel
Equivalent Road Capacity: 10 major lanes
Project Cost: $1.9 billion ($2003)
Project Partner:
• Fixed-price, date-certain contract awarded to InTransitBC for the design,
construction, operations, maintenance and partial fi nancing of the Line.
Journey Time:
• From Downtown Vancouver to Vancouver International Airport – 25 minutes*
• From Downtown Vancouver to Richmond City Centre – 25 minutes*
Train Frequency at Peak Hours and Midday:
• Every six minutes* between Waterfront to Richmond City Centre
• Every six minutes* between Waterfront to Vancouver International Airport
• Combined service every three minutes* between Waterfront to Bridgeport Station.

And the millenium line will be extended along broadway to as far as Granville for sure, hopefuly arbutus where it will terminate. (the connection to arbutus would make sense if the proposal for the arbutus corridor streetcar was approved.) From there, plans for either electric articulated buses or LRT, (light rail train) will complete the circuit to ubc. The skytrain would be to expensive to continue onwards to UBC.

mr.x · March 13th, 2006, 06:51 AM

COMMERCIAL STATION

mr.x · March 13th, 2006, 07:03 AM

A lot will be happening at the Broadway/Commercial Station over the next 12 months:

BROADWAY STATION
- Replace metal screens and construct new dumpster enclosure
- Relocate elevator to south end of station
- Open a new 10th Ave entrance to the south with a new circulation stair
- Create a new bicycle storage facility (Bike Station)
- Remove 2 bays of east station wall at platform level
- Cover the underside of the passarelle
- Widen existing passarelle (pedetrian bridge over Broadway)
- Upgrade existing roof with skylights to encourage daylighting
- Replace existing roof structure with new canopy design
- Improve area wayfinding, signage and lighting
- Community Safety Office

For more details and diagrams: http://www.translink.bc.ca/files/pdf..._Materials.pdf

Construction begins Summer 2006 and ends Spring 2007.

mr.x · March 13th, 2006, 07:17 AM

double post

excel91 · March 13th, 2006, 07:26 AM

^Sounds great. I use commercial station all the time. Cant wait to see the finished product.

dchengg · March 13th, 2006, 08:54 AM

i always take skytrain from that station,,, but i dont really like the druggies there... scares me sometimes eventhough im a guy... and bus frequency is the major problem... its either long waits or 2 / 3 buses coming all at once

en · March 13th, 2006, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr.x

A lot will be happening at the Broadway/Commercial Station over the next 12 months:

BROADWAY STATION
- Replace metal screens and construct new dumpster enclosure
- Relocate elevator to south end of station
- Open a new 10th Ave entrance to the south with a new circulation stair
- Create a new bicycle storage facility (Bike Station)
- Remove 2 bays of east station wall at platform level
- Cover the underside of the passarelle
- Widen existing passarelle (pedetrian bridge over Broadway)
- Upgrade existing roof with skylights to encourage daylighting
- Replace existing roof structure with new canopy design
- Improve area wayfinding, signage and lighting
- Community Safety Office

For more details and diagrams: http://www.translink.bc.ca/files/pdf..._Materials.pdf

Construction begins Summer 2006 and ends Spring 2007.

Does anyone know when the entire master plan with the relocation of Safeway will be completed, it doesn't really say in that pdf.

And its also about time they improved that station, they should have really implemented a lot of the things when they built the M-Line and integrated everything properly.

Haber · March 13th, 2006, 07:55 PM

They should also add some Transit oriented development around the station considering it is a hub.

Xabi · March 13th, 2006, 08:54 PM

Very nice pics!

samsonyuen · March 13th, 2006, 11:03 PM

Great pics. I've got to go on it soon.

ssiguy2 · March 14th, 2006, 04:45 AM

I went to the RAV site and I'm still a little lost. Is this technically SkyTrain or no?

If not, exactly who is building these new trains?

rt_0891 · March 14th, 2006, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssiguy2

If not, exactly who is building these new trains?

Rotem (Hyundai)

mr.x · March 14th, 2006, 05:41 AM

I still hate the Canada Line logo.

zivan56 · March 14th, 2006, 08:25 AM

My fav shot

(note the drop at the left)

A good tour of the whole line/stations is available on this site:
http://www.nwvirtualtransit.com/tours/skytrainmap.html

dchengg · March 14th, 2006, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zivan56

My fav shot

(note the drop at the left)

A good tour of the whole line/stations is available on this site:
http://www.nwvirtualtransit.com/tours/skytrainmap.html

if im not wrong, that should be Lougheed Town Centre... and i dont kno why they had the other part when theyre not using it >.<

and to post above:
Most of the logos look the same =.=

dchengg · March 14th, 2006, 11:12 PM

The part where the RAV line in vancouver, was suppose to be elevated but then neighborhoods around there started complaining about noises =.= so then they put it underground... and for Richmond, its a MUST for elevated because its not actually possible to dig because the island is just a pile of rocks.. so when theres an earthquake... that island will sink..

davidwei01 · March 14th, 2006, 11:37 PM

love it! love the part when the train crosses the river

March 13th, 2006, 05:00 AM	#1
excel91 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 14 Likes (Received): 0	VANCOUVER \| Public Transport Couple of random photos of Vancouvers Skytrain. Please post your own. Routemap:

March 13th, 2006, 05:34 AM	#3
MelbourneCity Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,546 Likes (Received): 1	When is the YVR/Richmond line due to open? The system has already come along way since I rode on it in 1999. Does Canada feel like donating a network to Melbourne? Will the Richmond line use overhead wires, or third rail like the Millenium and Expo lines? Are there any long term plans to exten the Millenium line from VCC/Clark to UBC?? Does anyone have pictures of Commercial Drive/Broadway station? __________________ Vires Acquirit Eundo

March 13th, 2006, 06:51 AM	#5
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	COMMERCIAL STATION __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

March 13th, 2006, 07:03 AM	#6
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	A lot will be happening at the Broadway/Commercial Station over the next 12 months: BROADWAY STATION - Replace metal screens and construct new dumpster enclosure - Relocate elevator to south end of station - Open a new 10th Ave entrance to the south with a new circulation stair - Create a new bicycle storage facility (Bike Station) - Remove 2 bays of east station wall at platform level - Cover the underside of the passarelle - Widen existing passarelle (pedetrian bridge over Broadway) - Upgrade existing roof with skylights to encourage daylighting - Replace existing roof structure with new canopy design - Improve area wayfinding, signage and lighting - Community Safety Office For more details and diagrams: http://www.translink.bc.ca/files/pdf..._Materials.pdf Construction begins Summer 2006 and ends Spring 2007. __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

March 13th, 2006, 07:17 AM	#7
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	double post __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

March 13th, 2006, 05:01 AM	#2
excel91 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 14 Likes (Received): 0	What the new Canada Line trains will look like: Its route map from downtown to the airport and into richmond:

March 13th, 2006, 06:05 AM	#4
excel91 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 14 Likes (Received): 0	^ Canada Line is expected to open November of 2009. Just before the olympic games in Febuary 2010. Technology: Automated Light Metro System Length of Line: approx. 19 km No. of Stations (2009): 16 Estimated Daily Riders (2010): approx. 100,000 Water Crossings: 2 bridges; 1 tunnel Equivalent Road Capacity: 10 major lanes Project Cost: $1.9 billion ($2003) Project Partner: • Fixed-price, date-certain contract awarded to InTransitBC for the design, construction, operations, maintenance and partial fi nancing of the Line. Journey Time: • From Downtown Vancouver to Vancouver International Airport – 25 minutes* • From Downtown Vancouver to Richmond City Centre – 25 minutes* Train Frequency at Peak Hours and Midday: • Every six minutes* between Waterfront to Richmond City Centre • Every six minutes* between Waterfront to Vancouver International Airport • Combined service every three minutes* between Waterfront to Bridgeport Station. And the millenium line will be extended along broadway to as far as Granville for sure, hopefuly arbutus where it will terminate. (the connection to arbutus would make sense if the proposal for the arbutus corridor streetcar was approved.) From there, plans for either electric articulated buses or LRT, (light rail train) will complete the circuit to ubc. The skytrain would be to expensive to continue onwards to UBC.

March 13th, 2006, 07:26 AM	#8
excel91 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 14 Likes (Received): 0	^Sounds great. I use commercial station all the time. Cant wait to see the finished product.

March 13th, 2006, 08:54 AM	#9
dchengg davidchengg Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 351 Likes (Received): 0	i always take skytrain from that station,,, but i dont really like the druggies there... scares me sometimes eventhough im a guy... and bus frequency is the major problem... its either long waits or 2 / 3 buses coming all at once

March 13th, 2006, 07:55 PM	#11
Haber Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 221 Likes (Received): 0	They should also add some Transit oriented development around the station considering it is a hub.

March 13th, 2006, 08:54 PM	#12
Xabi Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 15,166 Likes (Received): 1	Very nice pics! __________________ Galería de fotos, con imágenes curiosas, de pueblos y ciudades, paisajes, monumentos, trenes y tranvías... ordenadas geográficamente. De Snor GOIAN BEGO

March 13th, 2006, 11:03 PM	#13
samsonyuen SSLL Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canary Wharf > CityPlace Posts: 8,534 Likes (Received): 0	Great pics. I've got to go on it soon.

March 14th, 2006, 04:45 AM	#14
ssiguy2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: White Rock BC Posts: 4,970 Likes (Received): 34	I went to the RAV site and I'm still a little lost. Is this technically SkyTrain or no? If not, exactly who is building these new trains?

March 14th, 2006, 05:41 AM	#16
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	I still hate the Canada Line logo. __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

March 14th, 2006, 08:25 AM	#17
zivan56 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 490 Likes (Received): 0	My fav shot (note the drop at the left) A good tour of the whole line/stations is available on this site: http://www.nwvirtualtransit.com/tours/skytrainmap.html

March 14th, 2006, 11:12 PM	#19
dchengg davidchengg Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 351 Likes (Received): 0	The part where the RAV line in vancouver, was suppose to be elevated but then neighborhoods around there started complaining about noises =.= so then they put it underground... and for Richmond, its a MUST for elevated because its not actually possible to dig because the island is just a pile of rocks.. so when theres an earthquake... that island will sink..

March 14th, 2006, 11:37 PM	#20
davidwei01 Snowboarding -> Surfing Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: PHL->KL Posts: 387 Likes (Received): 0	love it! love the part when the train crosses the river

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