How long is a SkyTrain car?

The Hyundai Rotem cars are 3 m (9 ft 10+1⁄8 in) in width and 20 m (65 ft 7+3⁄8 in) in length, both wider and longer than the Bombardier Mark I, Mark II and Mark III trains.

What is the SkyTrain powered by?

Linear Induction Motors
Propulsion uses two Linear Induction Motors—straight line versions of the conventional AC rotary electric motor. The motors react with an aluminium-capped steel rail on the guideway to provide motive power. SkyTrain was the first major application of LIM technology to mass transit systems.

Does Bombardier make rail cars?

Bombardier Transportation produces a wide variety of rail transportation vehicles, including high speed trains, regional, suburban and metro trains, trams, and locomotives as well as passenger carriages.

Who built Vancouver SkyTrain?

About Us. British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd. (BCRTC), on behalf of TransLink, maintains and operates two of the three SkyTrain lines in Metro Vancouver — the Expo Line and the Millennium Line — as well as the West Coast Express commuter rail service.

Are Skytrains Electric?

New SkyTrain, electric buses part of B.C.’s $2.4B for transit in Metro Vancouver. The B.C. government says a Surrey-to-Langley SkyTrain line and electrified bus fleets are among the projects that will benefit from a $2.4-billion investment in Metro Vancouver transit.

Do SkyTrains have drivers?

Here’s why a strike could still shut down the world’s oldest automated transit system.

Is SkyTrain automatic?

SkyTrain uses moving-block automatic train control which allows for very short headways and facilitates rapidly changing capacity according to demand. Intrusions onto the tracks are detected by an alarm system fitted throughout. Over the sections carrying both lines, peak frequency is every two minutes.

Is Bombardier still operating?

Bombardier (TSX: BBD.B) confirmed today the closing of the previously announced sale of its Transportation business to Alstom. Total proceeds to the vendors after the deduction of debt-like items and transferred liabilities are $6.0 billion3.

Why is it called SkyTrain?

The name “SkyTrain” was coined for the system during Expo 86 because the first line (Expo) principally runs on elevated guideway outside of Downtown Vancouver, providing panoramic views of the metropolitan area.

Who owns Canada Line?

Government of Canada: $450 million. Government of British Columbia: $435 million. Vancouver Airport Authority: $300 million. TransLink: $334 million.

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