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Long-held misconceptions about SkyTrain’s technology debunked

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on March 12, 2019September 25, 2020Posted in In The News, Media ReleaseTagged BC, Bombardier, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, competitive transit, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, Fleetwood, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Langley Extension, Metro Vancouver, No one builds with SkyTrain anymore, proprietary, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain technology, SNC-Lavalin, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Langley SkyTrain, Sustainability, technology, transit, TransLink, Transportation

DEBUNKING MYTHS Long-held misconceptions about SkyTrain’s technology debunked FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 12, 2019 – Surrey, BC Today, spokespersons from both the provincial government and TransLink have put a long-held misconception about Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain system to rest. Vancouver city councillor Colleen Hardwick previously motioned to place two major SkyTrain expansion projects in the […]

REALITY CHECK: The dishonesty of "No one builds with SkyTrain anymore"

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 23, 2013December 12, 2015Posted in Reality CheckTagged automated rapid transit, Bombardier INNOVIA, city of surrey, driverless rapid transit, Economics, Greater Vancouver, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, linear motors, LRT, Metro Vancouver, misinformation, misleading, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, reality check, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey transportation future, TransLink, Transportation1 Comment

Pictured above: The Sendai subway with SkyTrain technology opens to the public in December 2015. In a recent letter response to our news feature in the Surrey Now [LINK HERE], a LRT advocate (Mr. Malcolm Johnston of the Rail for the Valley transit initiative), sent a response claiming that SkyTrain is an obsolete system. [LINK HERE]. […]

Next-generation SkyTrain vehicles showcase future for Surrey

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on December 3, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, Coquitlam, Evergreen Line, Evergreen Line SkyTrain, future, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, Port Moody, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit system, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, transit products, TransLink, Transportation, Vancouver, vancouver skytrain, Vancovuer rapid transit, vision3 Comments

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC An announcement today [LINK HERE] highlights that a contract has been signed with Bombardier to supply the vehicular rolling stock of the Evergreen Line. The order was signed for $90.7 million, a $3.2 million per car deal in line with previous SkyTrain vehicle costs adjusted for inflation. This marks the […]

GALLERY – Next generation SkyTrain cars (Bombardier INNOVIA Metro 300)

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 10, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, future, gallery presentation, images, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, Transportation, vision8 Comments

DISCLAIMER: There is no confidential material contained in this post. We have only compiled images that are readily available for viewing from other sources on the internet. Some images may have been stored on our website for the purpose of enabling the gallery presentation. SkyTrain for Surrey holds no copyrights to the below images, which […]

SkyTrain technology: Bombardier's ART now marketed as full-size "INNOVIA Metro"

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on August 31, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged art cars, automated guideway transit, automated rapid transit, beautiful cars, Bombardier, Bombardier Innovia ART, Bombardier Innovia Metro, cars, Community Impact, competitive transit, concept, future, infrastructure, Innovia ART, Kelana Jaya Line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next generation, photo, photos, rail transit, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain technology, SkyTrain vehicles, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation future, sustainable transportation, train, transit, Transportation, vision3 Comments

Sept 10 – NEW: We have released a Gallery [CLICK HERE] containing several pictures of this new generation of INNOVIA Metro vehicles! Bombardier has changed the name of their automated rapid transit technology, which moves the SkyTrain (Expo and Millennium Lines). The new branding is called “INNOVIA Metro”, and replaces the original branding “Advanced Rapid […]

SkyTrain type technology clearly a winner in Japan

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on February 7, 2012Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bombardier Innovia ART, Examples, Japan, linear induction motor, Osaka Subway, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, rapid transit around the world, rapid transit technology, RRT, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain technology, train, transit6 Comments

Have you ever noticed why the tracks on the Vancouver SkyTrain look different from the tracks that you might find in other rapid transit systems around the world? Specifically, we refer to this: Earlier today some of our contributors were discussing about train lines in Japan, and came across a document that had to do […]