IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Oct 27, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is pleased to hear from BC NDP leader John Horgan, who affirmed today at an event in Surrey that he would be open to a consideration of SkyTrain expansion South-of-the-Fraser. In a statement to News1130, Horgan said that he would be “prepared to sit down with […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 14, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey campaigners are concerned that an ‘LRT for Surrey’ forum which was hosted and sponsored by the City of Surrey has continued to leave major issues that have been raised with proposed LRT project unaddressed, and has not made participants aware of these issues. Daryl […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 23, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is demonstrating its widespread support in the South of Fraser today by presenting a 1300-signature petition, calling for extending SkyTrain in Surrey and Langley instead of the currently proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, to the TransLink Board of Directors. The full petition package […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Apr 12, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is raising questions on the City of Surrey’s supposed engineering expertise on Light Rail Transit, after finding the City’s Rapid Transit manager’s claim that on-street LRT construction won’t disrupt local businesses to be misleading. In an interview with Business in Vancouver, City of Surrey Rapid […]
MEDIA RELEASE Edmonton LRT disaster is a warning for Surrey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 7, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey agrees with a National Post reporter that poor design choices on an Edmonton LRT project must be seen a warning sign for other Canadian cities, including Surrey. The at-grade design of the […]
SkyTrain for Surrey has called for the cancellation of Light Rail in Surrey in favour of a SkyTrain extension on Fraser Highway
We challenge assertions of Bombardier “dictating regional transit expansion”, pointing out that numerous systems in Asia use linear motor technology.
The new Tozai Line in Sendai, Japan uses SkyTrain technology ー and is opening in just 7 days.
The proposed operating cost of Surrey LRT is approximately 40% of the cost to provide the South of Fraser’s existing bus network.
Surrey deserves better Help us make a SkyTrain extension in Surrey a reality Sign the petition IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is calling on the Province of B.C., in consultation for B.C.’s 2016 budget, to take leadership and choose a SkyTrain system South of Fraser. As part of this effort, the campaign […]
