Vancouver's SkyTrain Network Evolution

[@jasminejohnston6393]

The SkyTrain is a dream to ride. When it first entered service, it was the world’s first light rail system to be fully automated. Most people weren’t used to the concept of automation and thought the train was controlled by magic

[@moofey]

Was the first and is still one of the world's longest.

[@milehightv6077]

Kobe port liner opened first. Lille metro was second. Vancouver was third or fourth, but one of the first to use linear induction motors (IDK if Ōeido line was built earlier b/c they’re around the same age)

[@Abbittibbi]

Well, even if it's true what you say, there is however some things that have to be kept in mind, and it is the Montreal subway network. Due to mainly safety issues, there is a ''driver'' in the trains(it is not safety reason, it is union issues that forces the Montreal subway to have an operator), but it is fully automated since 1966, meaning it could be operated without the operator, it's simply not for the reason I just point at. In the end you are right about who's the first, but only due to another union scam in the national state of quebec.

[@Magnezium7]

It’s not really light rail, it’s more just “light” capacity

[@okjeffy6581]

Well, Everything Is Automatic.

[@eggboy44]

Yes! Thank you, I’ve been waiting for a sky train video from your channel.

[@nickanand8087]

You shouldn't use the term LRT for systems like Vancouver. It kinda undersells it. Light metro might work as a term. But because it's grade separated its entire route, I'd just call it metro.

[@Conellossus]

I think Light Metro is fair since the rolling stock is smaller than normal heavy rail metro and fits less people.

[@adanactnomew7085]

@@Conellossus It's literally the same as any subway or metro just the cars are narrower. And the Canada Line has larger cars anyways.

[@retro_wizard]

Actually it was originally known as the ALRT! You can see it referenced as that in lots of old maps from the late 80s

[@samuelitooooo]

I guess people haven't changed their minds. The Montreal REM, which is very similar to the SkyTrain, just opened and it's being referred to as light rail. 😆 I'm gonna exploit that though. I'm in New York, and the proposed Interborough Express is supposed to be "light rail". Hoping it's *this* kind of "light rail". 🤞🏻

[@Geotpf]

@@samuelitooooo I think this is usually called "light metro", not "light rail". But the definition of these sorts of terms are very squishy.

[@enricobautista3844]

Your videos are so entertaining! I'm not even Canadian

[@samuelitooooo]

0:37 oh look, intro foreshadowing

[@Propapanda0213]

As a UBC student, I really look forward to the Millennium line being built to my university, but as far as I know, it will never come true before 2030s 😂

[@thomasr1051]

This was such a cool video. I grew up in South Delta and Commuted to Vancouver for highschool. Lots of memories on the canada line

[@bradbest4418]

Excellent video.....I thoroughly enjoyed it...... Metro Vancouver's rapid transit has come a long way........ you did forget to highlight the future extension from Surrey Central to Langley and could have touched based on a future Gondola cable car from Production way to Burnaby Mountain/SFU

[@tr_nt.]

This channel is underrated!

[@arrowplaneval]

I live in Surrey, Its a 10 minute drive to King George or we could take a bus there, its probably the best system in the world (I might be bias) But its really nice to ride

[@ValLarrea]

I already know the sky train

[@pghrpg4065]

I live in Pittsburgh, but visited Vancouver 20 years ago and rode the Sky Train for nearly its whole length at the time. Our hotel was right by the King George station. A local told us not to pay because the people who checked tickets were on strike and there were no turnstiles.

[@wyattwilson6318]

woah.. I grew up in Vancouver and am now living in Pittsburgh for College. What are the odds lol

[@slam5]

well, there definitely have turnstile now and imo for a better system

[@ace74909]

That's probably why they replaced them with machines

[@Brick-Life]

i live in melbourne and went to Vancouver in sep 2019. Rode the Canada Line almost everyday fully from Brighouse to Waterfront and rode the Expo Line 1980s train from Waterfront to Chinatown. Awesome network with trains every few minutes. Much better than melbourne trains.

[@jimpern]

I rode the Expo line in 1986 when I came to Vancouver for the first time to attend Expo '86. I stayed in Langley and drove to New Westminster and took the SkyTrain to the fair three days in a row. I've ridden the same line twice on later visits but have never ridden any of the other lines.

[@dannynicart2389]

Miss my beautiful hometown.

[@24gamingtriviaandmore10]

i never known about the vancouver transit being this long and complex

[@smallstudiodesign]

It’s kinda weird to begin the history of Vancouver’s transit system at the year 1977. The year Vancouver’s transit system began is more like1890 .. with *The B,C. Electric Railway* ... which includes the entire electrified bus system which runs on all the old streetcars routes and the old Interurban R.O.W.’s which a significant part of the 1980’s EXPO line runs along. Otherwise, a well narrated video synopsis of the late 20th C to early 21 C portion of the very long history of the BC Transit* system. _____________ * (Which only fairly became administered under rebranded semi-privatized entity known today as *TransLink* - which handles all metropolitan Vancouver’s highways & Bridges & tunnel infrastructure) .

[@ragellejean]

A *very* minor note, but the West Coast Express station at Port Moody was simply merged with and renamed to Moody Centre when the Millennium Line was extended out to the Tri-Cities. Just wanted to point that out :P

[@jasonmanning6983]

What about the new extension east from king George to Langley?

[@erickpalacios8904]

Construction to start next year!

[@eddiekwok2079]

Welcome Capstan station to our community. It’s very convenient for us to go to airport, downtown, and North Van

[@brownchessplayer5248]

In 2028 the expo line will be extended to Langley

[@brianlau7827]

Hope this video will be updated when Broadway, UBC and Langley Extensions are finally built.

[@benlawrence309]

Would it make sense for there to be a line from Bridgeport Station to 22nd Street Station. I mean I don't live in Vancouver so I don't know the area at all. But wouldn't that help to connect the areas of Richmond and Burnaby?

[@VanishingUnderground]

There’s a bus route that runs from 22nd to Aberdeen, but I don’t think a Skytrain would make much sense there yet, as about half of that distance is undeveloped farmland.

[@benlawrence309]

@@VanishingUnderground I thought something like that would be the case.

[@chengyanboon]

@@VanishingUnderground Marine Drive to Metrotown or New West might make sense though. Lots of new development along that route already.

[@michaeldowson6988]

@@chengyanboon I haven't been on Marine Dr. in years, but the traffic levels were already mad then.

[@ragellejean]

@@VanishingUnderground Close, there’s one that runs from 22nd Street to Marpole and, it services Marine Drive Station on the Canada Line.

[@edwardkasprzycki8593]

It would be nice to see one done on Chicago

[@Conellossus]

Is this a reupload? I watched the old video just yesterday.

[@VanishingUnderground]

Yep, fixed a few small errors and improved the audio quality.

[@leehaber]

You still missed the extension to Fleetwood and later to Langley

[@vincentng2392]

The green lines you see at 4:39 are branded as "rapid bus" lines, but they don't live up to the type. There are no shelters, no pre-boarding card readers, and no dedicated bus lanes.

[@ragellejean]

I don’t know where you’d be referring to, but from what I’ve seen, all RapidBus stops have shelters. And albeit not along the entire route, there’s some sections of dedicated bus lanes.

[@erickpalacios8904]

There is a plan to convert the King George Station to Newton Rapid Bus into proper BRT with all that you have mentioned. Let's see when it becomes a reality.

[@vincentng2392]

Nowhere like light rail-style shelters

[@avenir7337]

What music is used in this video?

[@VanishingUnderground]

Remember by Anno Domini Beats

[@avenir7337]

Thanks. :)

[@kirkscott3322]

Thank you for the video. Can you say what software was used to provide the map illustrations?

[@thomasbarca9297]

Vancouver’s network reminds me of Sydney’s network with the ferry’s

[@BC_Geoff]

Except we just have one route and Sydney has like 9 or 10. Loved my visit to Sydney in 2014.

[@JimmiAlli]

Aren’t they going to extend the skytrain to UBC from Arbutus?

[@andrewrurak9540]

Eventually is the plan, possibly by 2030

[@michaeldowson6988]

Students need that, but the Point Grey population is mainly affluent and don't ride public transit.

[@hogridermark7978]

Fact: there was a plan for the City of Surrey of adding a LRT (light Rail Transit System), however the mayor of Surrey (Doug McCallum) declined the request of the LRT system in Surrey.

[@bryan89wr]

Title should really be: "Vancouver's Transit Network Evolution"

[@CJSHM]

Yeah but it neglects to mention the B-Line or Rapidbus system, and also leaves out the Olympic Line that operated between Olympic Village and Granville Island during Vancouver 2010.

[@officialalonzo263]

Nice video, another great video would be for WMATA in Washington, D.C.

[@totsieanduiza4548]

I'm riding millennium line and expo line and west coast express

[@its-LuqmanVlogs]

Wait wat about the evergreen line

[@moofey]

Evergreen line is the portion of the millenium line between Lougheed and Lafarge. It was labeled the Evergreen Extension when it opened but they've removed that branding in the last year or so.

[@BC_Geoff]

Early 2024 and Capatan Station is still under construction. Now they’re saying it will open this summer 2024z

[@moofey]

Yeah there's been a couple of things that happened since then, such as the Broadway Subway being pushed back to 2026 and the Surrey-Langley extension that will bring the Expo Line all the way to Langley Centre.

[@johnraue5708]

ZACH- Well done thank you- we are 8 min walk from Patterson Station EXPO 86 was the boost to put VANCOUVER- for the World to SEE- thanks to Premier Bill VANDERZALM My 800 year old city of COEVORDEN NLD donated a castle 80% scale of connections. We used SKYTRAIN to Langley for Work, SFU for schooling, to work in VANCOUVER Well done Well RUN SYSTEM- we made some of the components- carriage frame castings etc.

[@4kWalkinCanada]

Very nice video hello new friend

[@1RnSghT]

its funny that on the map granville stationa nd city center look like they are far af from each other yet they are across the street

[@brianmutcher9585]

Sky train needs to be extended to the tawassen ferry and UBC and then to Abbotsford and Chiliwack

[@Cartonies]

you forgetetted the expo line extention to langley

[@spencermatthews5942]

HOT FARTS!!

[@ValLarrea]

I went to the Sky Train

[@JasonKhyim-w3v]

Expo line extending king George to Langley Late 2028

[@ValLarrea]

😮

[@Cartonies]

I KNOW

[@SaintMartins]

You should re-examine the skytrain map in Vancouver. The (blue) "Expo line" route is totally wrong. There are no stations located in the south/east end of Vancouver. it should be higher & closer to the (yellow) millennial line.

[@VanishingUnderground]

You sure? I traced over the official Skytrain map from the TransLink website to make this.

[@vincentng2392]

Transit maps are sometimes "wrong" geographically to ensure legibility.

[@danielh4295]

Found the transit junkie but not a transit map junkie :D

[@moofey]

"Millenial line" ok boomer? No but in all seriousness, transit maps are almost never geographically correct. They focus more on being easier to read and giving a relative idea of where they are rather than being spot on. Zack's map is very close to what the actual map provided by TransLink looks like.

[@TheTrolleyPole]

There were plans to build 3 LRT lines in Surrey to connect to the Skytrain. After a municipal election in 2018, the new mayor of Surrey cancelled the LRT project in favour of a Skytrain extension. What is the status of that proposed extension?

[@Absolute_Zero7]

The NDP is currently backing it and I believe it is funded. Probably will be built a year after the broadway extension.

[@ragellejean]

If I remember correctly, the initial plan was to build 2 LRT lines in Surrey and now, the current plan is to build a Skytrain extension to 166th and then Langley.

[@ragellejean]

@Stan Thomas I believe that’s what being planned with the R1 currently serving 104th and King George and the Skytrain extension along Fraser Highway.

[@nedhappily]

Still no budget, BC is not a rich province since we aren't big economy provinces like Ontario or Quebec. Surrey-Langley Skytrain 50/50 won't happen. Even we've got the budget, we might have to wait for another 10 - 15 years. Don't forget it took almost 20 years to plan and build Evergreen Line and that's only 11km. Surrey central-Langley is almost 18km.

[@ragellejean]

There were plans for the Millennium Line between New West to Arbutus and Coquitlam around the 90’s. But, yes, it did take about 20 years for a considerable portion of those plans to be completed.

[@AndreaSaurusRexx]

:)

[@joshuafajardo5697]

🚇🇨🇦

[@GDImperiaI]

Do metro in Los Angeles

[@CABOOSEBOB]

lol I always heard it was a good system but this looks pathetic

[@slam5]

i'm curious, how do you think it is pathetic?

[@ragellejean]

If I had to take a guess, it’s probably due to how “small” the system is relative to other “big cities”. Though, for what it’s worth, the system is far from “pathetic”.