Media Release Archives - SkyTrain for Surrey, not LRT!

BC NDP’s non-support could set SkyTrain to Newton back by decades

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 10, 2024Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC conservatives, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, ity of surrey, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

The BC NDP have not pledged to match the BC Conservatives’ promise for SkyTrain to Newton.

SkyTrain advocates applaud BC Conservative commitment to SkyTrain to Newton

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 3, 2024Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC conservatives, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, ity of surrey, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

We applaud the BC Conservative Party’s commitment to building a King George Boulevard SkyTrain to Newton in Surrey and clearly indicating that this will be SkyTrain, not light rail.

SkyTrain for Surrey calls for cancelled Calgary Green Line LRT funding to be redirected to Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 4, 2024Posted in Media ReleaseTagged Alberta government, Alberta UCP, BC, BC NDP, British Columbia, Calgary, Calgary LRT, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Green Line, Green Line LRT, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation, UCP

We have written the Minister of Transport asking to redirect funding from the Calgary LRT Green Line to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.

Surrey Langley SkyTrain still Canada’s best-value transit project despite cost increase

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 4, 2024Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, BC government, BC NDP, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, NDP, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Despite recent cost increases, the SLS remains Canada’s best value transit project, costing less per-kilometre than many surface LRT proposals.

The Surrey-Langley SkyTrain has catalyzed a new UBC campus

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on November 3, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

A UBC campus will be only a 22-minute SkyTrain ride from downtown Langley City.

It’s time to build SkyTrain on King George Boulevard – #buildKGS

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on October 12, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

We believe that no further study is required to assess the need for grade-separated rapid transit (SkyTrain) on King George Boulevard.

TransLink documents demonstrate that the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain is in fact delayed – #buildSLS

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 24, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

Despite comments that there is “no delay”, there is a clear discrepancy between the project timelines released by TransLink’s SLS project team before COVID-19 and the project timeline suggested now.

#buildSLS – We can’t afford to wait another 3 years for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on September 21, 2021Posted in Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

We cannot afford to wait 3 more years for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain. MEDIA RELEASE September 21, 2021・Surrey, BC #buildSLS update – TransLink has indicated that the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain will now open in 2028, instead of in 2025. We are exceptionally disappointed to hear today that our decade-long battle to get a Surrey-Langley SkyTrain built has been […]

Decade-long campaign concludes with full funding announcement for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on July 13, 2021Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

SkyTrain for Surrey’s decade-long battle to get a 16-kilometre SkyTrain extension to Langley City on the map has come to a close.

SkyTrain for Surrey calls for King George Blvd. SkyTrain, second SkyBridge over Fraser River in 2050 transport plan

By skytrainforsurreyadminPosted on April 19, 2021Posted in Campaign Update, Media ReleaseTagged BC, British Columbia, city of surrey, community building, development, Expo Line, Expo Line Langley Extension, fraser highway, Fraser Hwy, Fraser SkyTrain, Greater Vancouver, Guildford, King George Blvd, Langley Extension, light rail, light rail advocates, Light Rail Transit, light rail transit advocates, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Millennium Line, misinformation, Newton, rapid rail transit, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, SkyTrain vs LRT, street-level, street-level light rail, street-level LRT, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey transportation future, Surrey-Newton-Guildford, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, Sustainability, transit, TransLink, Transportation

As Downtown Surrey emerges as the largest ridership anchor for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain, new development proposals highlight the need for grade-separation and high carrying capacity.