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The SkyTrain is a rapid transit system located in the Metro Vancouver region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, with a number of different models of rolling stock. Summary [ edit ]
Development densities along SkyTrain route have changed especially as a result of the rezoning plans of the municipalities. These plans increased the densities at station areas, and encouraged office and retail centres at stations. Some of the SkyTrain stations became the 'new town centres' as proposed in the metropolitan development plan.
SkyTrain is the medium-capacity rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada. [10] SkyTrain has 79.6 km (49.5 mi) of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks running on underground and elevated guideways, allowing SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability.
Initially, the Skytrain rolling stock consisted of Adtranz C-100s, jointly built by Westinghouse and Adtranz (acquired by Bombardier). Although stations were designed to accommodate two-car trains, the C-100 trains operated in single units, without a second carriage per train, and the two innermost platform screen doors of each station were for ...
The Surrey Langley SkyTrain Project is a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) elevated extension of the Expo Line from King George SkyTrain Station in Surrey to 203 Street in Langley City, routed mostly along Fraser Highway. [17] Construction began in November 2024 and was anticipated to be completed in 2029. [18]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain also known as the Dakota, a military transport developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner; McDonnell Douglas C-9 Skytrain II, a military transport developed from the Douglas DC-9 airliner; Skytrain, a transatlantic service by Laker Airways
As far back as 1800 BC, humans have sought out alternatives to bipedal locomotion. Eventually, one of those alternatives turned out to be strapping wheels onto our shoes and rolling around, rather ...
Rolling stock: 6 × 2-car Mitsubishi Crystal Mover: History; Opened: December 8, 2009 () ... The ATL SkyTrain is an automated people mover ...