(Old Version) Vancouver Skytrain & Canada Line in Action - Feb. 12th, 2012

[@okjeffy6581]

I remember watching this video for the first time back in November 2013. It’s so good seeing it again after a decade.

[@kristensberzins3156]

This specific video was sampled by the experimental hip hop band “Death Grips” on their song “System Blower”

[@electronicdrumsolodubmix]

S Y S T E M B L O W E R

[@m.streicher8286]

2 people here, Train lovers and death grips fanatics.

[@Welwyn22]

Yes, the old ones do have a distinct sound and feel about them - that and they're short enough to run in six-car consists during peak periods unlike the new units. The old units are set for refurbishment within the next year or so.

[@ACLTony]

That new blue, silver-gray, and yellow paint scheme looks sharp!

[@steezyaudio6333]

Only Death Grips would sample a fucking train lol

[@PirimidmakesMusic]

RIGHT

[@carebredd]

wasnt this sampled in death grips

[@Welwyn22]

I've no idea, but if it was they didn't have permission from me

[@kilroy7506]

@@Welwyn22 virgin copyright law respecter

[@catgirlestrogen]

@@Welwyn22 shut the fuck up its a fucking train dud

[@ella4406]

@@Welwyn22 did you make the train?

[@oldmanyeshomo8133]

@@Welwyn22 oldmanyeshomo here i like garfield and prog metal

[@Welwyn22]

The trains are controlled from a control-centre in Burnaby, by computer. However, if anything goes wrong then an attendant can open the dashboard and drive them manually.

[@baronbedi8376]

I so miss the Skytrain...hoping to get back to live in Vancity by September 2013 :)

[@Welwyn22]

I agree :) I hope you enjoyed this video... I want to do the Seattle LINK Light Rail next :D

[@vickimilca]

I travel on this when I visit Vancouver. Thanks for sharing it.

[@Welwyn22]

Unfortunately I don't know anything about it. Right now I don't think TransLink can afford to replace the MK1 stock. There is new stock arriving for the opening of the Evergreen Line in 2016, but that's all we know right now. Those will be fixed four-car sets, as opposed to the two-car sets which are the norm for Skytrain right now.

[@roryfitzpatric]

Brilliant sounding trains.

[@drmarkchang]

1:24 and 5:36 stay noided

[@SMDBrosI]

Destination of all SkyTrain Expo line and millennium line: 1. WATERFRONT 2. KING GEORGE 3. VCC-CLARK Canada line: 1. WATERFRONT 2. YVR-AIRPORT 3. RICHMOND BRIGHOUSE

[@lionelhutz5137]

Evergreen line?

[@SMDBrosI]

@@lionelhutz5137 Never heard of it before

[@yinggan9976]

@@SMDBrosI evergreen line Lougheed to lafarge lake douglas

[@Eyjafjallajokulled]

Aaaahhh, Vancouver Nostalgia

[@Marth8880]

"The next station is...Nanaimo."

[@bagelboi66]

The Mark I's are the coolest. And they make me feel young. ;)

[@sheriffsule5496]

The train at 1:29 looks like and sounds like are Scarborough rapid transit srt

[@Welwyn22]

Yep, those are the Mk1s. Toronto also has these cars - they were built by UTDC.

[@TracyMetzger]

You know I live in Metro Vancouver and I like new ones to feel comfortable better and more secured with security cams, labels, etc..

[@transportationland6395]

We have mark 1s in Toronto on called the rt/TTC.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

TTCkid5300 Shepardyongebloorscarbrouh they ARE pretty similar, except the SRT has a driver controlling the train while the Mark I SkyTrain is automated (though there IS a control console hidden away inside a panel for controlling the train manually while it's in the maintenance yard)

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

YAY I love the older MK 2's :-D

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

***** :-D

[@thorin5591]

PlatinumEagleStudio's I don't like any Mark 2s only Mark 1 and Mark 3

[@Welwyn22]

There are proposed plans to extend the Millennium Line to UBC after the opening of the Evergreen Line, but nothing's certain yet. As for SFU... there has been a proposal for either LRT or a gondola-type cable car to run up Burnaby Mountain, but again nothing's for certain.

[@Welwyn22]

You're lucky. The main point of this video is to allow others from outside the area to become familiar with the system... but it also serves a purpose for posterity, things are going to change before long with the Evergreen Line opening and the other new projects TransLink are coming out with.

[@bagelboi66]

Do you have any info on the planned mid-life refurbishment of Mark I sets? What little I have found is mostly speculation about cost and various proposals to replace them with new stock. Thanks.

[@paulacawan]

KL (Malaysia) has Mark 2 Bombardier Art trains [RapidKL] 1 min freq at KJ 15 KL Sentral i love them.. theyre very efficient, nice and comfortable.. during rush hours they come at every 1 minute, thanks to the excellent signalling system. Thanks Bombardier

[@WCE107]

They even have innovia mark 3s now, but in this era, bombardier is gone.

[@jazzfunk27]

death grips reference?

[@Welwyn22]

@DangerWrap Information updated. Thanks! :)

[@WCE107]

Pretty nostalgic.

[@Welwyn22]

There's a newer version in HD. This old video only remains for the view count

[@WCE107]

@@Welwyn22 I know, I watched that one too.

[@Welwyn22]

@Cobgacataski-comedy.... I suspect there presently isn't the capacity available at the OMC near Coquitlam. That will change once the new OMC opens in 2026, but by then the Mk1s will be on their way out

[@fluffballfelipe]

Nice vid!

[@Welwyn22]

Not within the foreseeable future. Vancouver doesn't have the population for non-stop expresses on Skytrain yet. The only non-stop trains on Skytrain are the occasional "Not in Service" movements.

[@JonathanDharamdeo]

at 1:20 Scarborough rt toronto

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Firestone gaming basically, except with a different door closing chime and it doesn't have a driver (the SkyTrain is automated. It's controlled by a computer system while the SRT has a driver controlling the train on board)

[@emilynicoll9298]

great vid! keep it up! subscribed!

[@sonicrobotnik2361]

However the MK3's services begin in 2012

[@Welwyn22]

The Mk3s didn't arrive until 2016 - although now they are being referred to as Mk4s with some minor improvements.

[@metropolitantransit7276]

I love the TransLink SkyTrain, unfortunately due to increase in taxes and real estate prices in Metro Vancouver, I can’t stay.

[@squatch545]

Thanks for this. I moved away in 2003 when Skytrain wasn't yet divided into three lines. Are there any plans to extend the Skytrain to either UBC or SFU?

[@WCE107]

Yes, but the millennium line will only extend to Arbutus. However there are suggestions to fully extend it to UBC. As for SFU, there will be a gondola.

[@squatch545]

@@WCE107 Interesting, thanks.

[@rippanthind4749]

Are all the trains going to be painted in the new livery.

[@Knightmessenger]

Which ones are the trains that don't have a rounded front? (Like at 1:11) Are those the Mark 1? They look and sound EXACTLY like the trains on Detroit's People Mover, which circles the downtown area.

[@buizelproductions-movedtob7799]

Knightmessenger they are

[@bagelboi66]

As I understand it the goal is to give them a mid-life modernization rather than replace them. Translink's 2010 five year plan mentioned this but did not estimate cost. The Mark I's apparently have a 50 year or so expected life span so really they are just middle-aged right now. I went to and from Metrotown today on a Mark I and they seemed as solid now as they were during Expo 86, and just as much fun too!

[@bcgamer-d9u]

i like it

[@SRBAnimate]

The train at 10:03 sounds like Athens Metro

[@diosa7607]

5:34 is like the YRT

[@diosa7607]

TTC just different colour

[@SRBAnimate]

SYSTEM BLOWER

[@calvinclyke]

I'm from Toronto....where and who drives/operates these trains? It looks like there is no actual driver

[@PersephoneYT]

4 years :)

[@hammerfan752]

8 years :)

[@lionelhutz5137]

12 years ; )

[@mrparba_2009]

@@lionelhutz5137 10 years :)

[@DarkFireMario100001]

why is that train making that ridiculous sound at 8:20 ?

[@Brick-Life]

the new skytrains are much nicer

[@standerd4000]

I like the old ones better

[@timothytham9174]

I prefer the old trains....

[@thorin5591]

Timothy Tham The older trains are Mark 1 😏

[@H0SANNA]

I like trains.

[@dapenguin2]

I like the newer Mark II's better because they are just generally more comfortable, but the Mark I's just sound way more interesting.

[@tyronebitel5754]

Soo... in British Columbia there's a train just like the ttc srt

[@Welwyn22]

Tybone Gaming Yes, and Detroit has one too. All three systems are nearly identical in operations, except the TTC SRT is manually operated, while TransLink's Skytrain (and the Detroit PPM I believe) is usually automatically controlled by computer, though can also be manually operated.

[@diosa7607]

I ride the YRT TTC train to get to Scarborough Town Center!

[@JonathanDharamdeo]

+Welwyn22 the Scarborough srt is automatic my dad works for ttc

[@buizelproductions-movedtob7799]

SRTs have driver.

[@SuperMarie1217]

I was on the platform and I was all jittery and wobbly

[@notsure6187]

don't drink so much

[@dailylifetaste4091]

Great

[@DangerWrap]

@Welwyn22 That's OK. :)

[@CookieZrWicked]

Mark I's are the coolest, I hate how the Canada Line trains go IMO pretty slow

[@okaythen250]

Used to know someone who's cousin drives these, and I got offered to drive one (I'm only 12 I'm not lying)

[@tehepicduck101]

There's no drivers for these...

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Dark realms Productions that's the SRT in Toronto; the SkyTrain is automated! ...or did your friend's cousin go on a tour of the maintenance yard near Edmonds Station in Burnaby?

[@DangerWrap]

Canada line were built by Hyundai Rotem not Samsung.

[@jimquantic]

That's it?

[@Eugenio_Melo]

This train sounds like the srt o_o

[@jestrx3416]

if u come here from the reddit post u lost the game 8:53

[@MakeOuthill-h4d]

29th avenue

[@Cornelio-od5vv]

29ave Renfrew Waterfront Edmonds

[@jamlessjimin3025]

Skytrain words says Canada

[@fredroper398]

after watching this Toronto's RT why arnt thy using there's trains they run like the RT in fact they run better

[@Welwyn22]

The curve at Kennedy is too sharp for Mk2 or Mk3 trains, it would have to be rebuilt. The RT will be shutting down in 2 years.

[@fredroper398]

@@Welwyn22 That’s a shame because Vancouver ‘s got some really nice Mark one Mark to and Mark three trains they’re awesome. In fact the mark one train seems to run way better than the TTC train

[@spotter070]

the translink trains are fantastic ,the sounds looks like the rotem trains of athens

[@Cornelio-od5vv]

Trains

[@notsure6187]

that drive themselves

[@jedlrc6118]

my b day is this day

[@Bongarelli]

they seem flimsy

[@calvinclyke]

nevermind...(:0)

[@imingzee]

Wow skytrain is so awesome!!! /watch?v=sts25IzK0Xk

[@nedhappily]

Expo line is terrible...they don't have money or something? And come on !! you guys still using paper tickets !? It's not good for envirement !!! Do something special like Tokyo and Taipei metro.

[@realcanadian69]

The Canada-Line trains is often crowded it seem that it is over capacity there is no room for expansion ! Stations are too short to accommodate a longer trains.. My take was it was push ahead for the 2010 Olympics and not planned for the greater Vancouver future in population growth.

[@Welwyn22]

I quite agree with you wholeheartedly. The Canada Line was built to provide a fast link between Downtown, the Airport and Richmond during the Olympics, and it was figured it would be big enough. Unfortunately when TransLink truncated every express bus route out of Downtown to Bridgeport it basically funneled everybody onto the Canada Line, which now at peak times is overcrowded.

[@henrymartyn3117]

Welwyn22 The Canada line trains are also not compatible with the other trains. They also lack the power of the other trains and aren't as efficient. Maybe in the future they can retrofit the line with longer stations and run linear induction motors to bring the Canada Line up to the same standards as the other lines

[@Welwyn22]

I doubt they would do this, having spent as much as they did to build the line in the first place. One option they are exploring is fitting a third car to the existing trains which may ease some overcrowding until the platforms can be extended for double-length trains.

[@thertlguy634]

Welwyn22 TransLink once said that Canada Line trains are short, but they will come frequently. BUT they arrive each 2.5 minutes AT RUSH HOUR. When the expo line and millennium line arrive at each 45 seconds at rush hour

[@buizelproductions-movedtob7799]

6mins per branch 3mins bridgeport to waterfront