Vancouver Skytrain Timelapse (Millennium Line)

Take a high-speed ride on the SkyTrain. The trip traces a loop through Vancouver & Burnaby, beginning near Vancouver Community College on Clark and ending in downtown Vancouver at Waterfront Station. Video & music by: www.jeffbirming...

[@northMOFN]

If you mean Linear Induction Motors, that IS how SkyTrain works, since first built in 1985. Electromagnets mounted on the underside of each car pull the train along the wide silver rail in the middle of the track. It lets SkyTrain accelerate & stop quicker than normal wheel-powered trains, so trains can be closer together & more frequent.

[@sydnews104]

Fantastic. It would take Sydney literally a thousand years to get one of these!

[@TrueBelievers]

Sydney metro opened in 2019. So not that long actually. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXiykmOwZs-Yb9U

[@ManCityRoxTS]

i been to vancouver. beautiful place

[@radiofreebc]

@Mezzotenor The train is actually really smooth. It's always been world-class. The first half of this loop is newer (2000ish) and the last half is older (1986)...but it's seamless all the way through. The old stations aren't as nice, but the track is great. In real time it's a bit bumpier, but the playback speed does reduce that...and I have the camera on a good tripod on the window ledge right at the front with the lens as wide as it'll go, so that helps too.

[@KerryMack4]

great timelapse!

[@jegheterluis]

Nice video !

[@yinggan9976]

Fun fact: Commercial Drive and Broadway was named after commercial broadway came out The Evergreen Extension did not come out til the expo line was not with the millennium line Expo Line did not connect to millennium line until the upgrade in Lougheed and Production Way Evergreen extension did not come out when expo line is not with the millennium line Braid and sapperton were millennium line stations but then they become expo lines The mark 1 trains from the expo line was to millennium lines but then now it shows in the expo line The walls in Main Street station was low in 2000s but then the walls are now round Platform 3 in Lougheed station was not there until expo line was with lougheed station Commercial Drive/Broadway station did not upgrade the train platforms yet

[@StephtheVIDEOguy]

Great work!!!

[@MiriamChavarin]

i was there like 6 years ago , studying english, beautiful city, people, i really miss vancouver , i wish i were there

[@madeasnexttopmodel]

I'm in love!!!!!

[@chakfungbrianho5780]

Please Remake evergreen Line & Expo Branch Line timelapse

[@EasilyWowed]

To add, some time-lapse videos can literally make you sick. Yes, just about the right speed with great indicators on top (upper left).

[@northMOFN]

Sure there are occasional computer hiccups, but like any good system, it's designed to fail-safe; if something fails, the train stops. The computer never has a heart attack or falls asleep at the throttle, either. A "moving block" system to prevent a train from entering a section already occupied by another train. Humans monitor the trains at the control center, and can remote control or shutdown as needed.

[@andrewt1on1]

Watching this video is more fun than actually taking the train...haha!

[@kingofthisuniverse]

@sarcee1960 Trains from Expo and Millennium lines share the track from Waterfront to Columbia,then they separate in two directions:one train goes to King George via Expo Line,over SkyBridge, and the one after it goes to VCC-Clark via Millennium line. They were given different names so people could easily navigate,like if you go,lets say,to Lougheed Town Centre,you don't want to get on Expo line,or if you want to go to Surrey Central,you don't want to be on Millennium line train.

[@platoze]

@TravelVideo there are signs at all the stations and most of them are there that point to Waterfront

[@timofly]

i guess we should start filming out bus journeys too, so that people will know where to transfer and know the places where transit can take them.

[@jacobdolman3831]

production way-university to expo line

[@ckildegaard]

Be happy they are able to use so-called "Moving Block" technology. If they didn't have that, and had to use a traditional block system, it would be significantly slower.

[@Mezzotenor]

Agree with the top-rated commenter on all points. And how in the world did you eliminate all the vibrations from the motion of the train? Please don't tell me your trains don't have any... DC's Metro is bumpy, crowded and prone to breakdowns, but Vancouver's system looks utterly civilized.

[@DZeeSea]

Yeah, when things go wrong there is on-sight support. I haven't witnessed any serious issue in-between two stations. Worse that can happen is a power outage and that is handled from a distance. Everything is controlled from a control center located in Burnaby.

[@crackerms0100]

the next station is.......new westminster and arnies grocery store is right up on 10th st

[@crackerms0100]

this was the best thing i did last week

[@kingofthisuniverse]

@extremehockeyfan well,UBC corridor's just alarming during rush hours.Anyway if financing will be as bad as it is now we'll not see Evergreen line build

[@purpleghost106]

@extremehockeyfan - Totally agree. Even if they did it just out to coquitlam centre it would be a big improvement. They have plans apparently to make one out to gilford-mall in surrey, and another possible out to Langley; yet I have heard little (and nothing official, at least that I can recall) about extending it further into coquitlam and out to ridge. This is such an f-ing over sight!

[@jedlrc6118]

can't wait till evergreen line

[@reemnetsanet7431]

JEDLRC

[@reemnetsanet7431]

JEDLRC 899

[@Themapleleaforever]

I never understood why the expo and millennium lines both do the same route for more then 50% of both of their routes

[@IsArtanisAzn]

Sad. I don't recall ever using the millenium line, only the expo line

[@ckildegaard]

Very nice. I'd say this is almost advertisement-quality material!!

[@jacobdolman3831]

1:49 SRY Rail link Local Train

[@kingofthisuniverse]

wish TransLink will extend it to UBC

[@imingzee]

@PavleProductions I have the skytrain too -- lol... and I have some travel experience that opened my eyes to things I didn't know existed before.. like really nice, super fast, super comfortable trains, amongst MANY other things! My point is that the technology is and HAS BEEN available for many years, but somehow we just don't have nice things like that here. Anyway, you can't possibly understand why I like what I saw because YOU didn't see it yourself, so it doesn't make sense to you.

[@imingzee]

@PavleProductions I agree with you that it's nicer than a lot of transportation out there, but compared to what ELSE is out there it's pretty shaby, considering we pay some of the highest taxes in the world, right here in BC. In all fairness I'll give it a 6 out of 10 in comparison to what else I've seen. By the way, I am from Europe too, though I haven't been back there for about 15 years now.. if you love technology, culture and nice things you should check out Japan. Simply amazing!!!

[@radiofreebc]

@TheWoodyWoodpecker10 It's called "EvA"...like the robot in "Wall-E"

[@radiofreebc]

@NerdyCanadian it actually begins there.

[@squatch545]

Could someone tell me why the Millenium line has a different name if it overlaps with the Expo line for most of the route? Is it the Millenium line in one direction, and the Expo line in the other? I used to live in Vancouver about 10 years ago, and seeing the different names now confuses me. Thanks for the excelent video. Brought back memories.

[@GYTransit]

Very late reply, but the Millennium Line and Expo Line were interlined between Waterfront and Columbia Stations. However, they diverge after Columbia Station into two routes - one goes to Surrey (the Expo Line), the other continuing in northeast New Westminster, then North Burnaby, and finally back into Vancouver (the Millennium Line).

[@squatch545]

@@GYTransit Thanks!

[@GYTransit]

@@squatch545 For a little addendum, in case this interests you, the SkyTrain network is completely different today. The old Millennium Line is no longer a thing. We currently have an Expo Line branch running to and from Production Way-University to Waterfront, which is basically the old Millennium Line, just cut short. Instead of terminating VCC-Clark, it terminates early at Production Way. The other Expo Line branch is the original one that goes to Surrey. Instead, the current Millennium Line still runs from VCC-Clark and meets this new Expo Line branch at Production Way and also at Lougheed Town Centre, but it goes northeast at Lougheed Town Centre to Coquitlam and Port Moody in what is called the "Evergreen Extension" instead of looping back to Burnaby/Vancouver. As a result, Production Way and Lougheed are now transfer stations to the Production Way branch of the Expo Line, and Braid and Sapperton are now designated as "Expo Line" stations. The area from Waterfront to Columbia has not changed, but is now the interlined portion of the two Expo Lines.

[@squatch545]

@@GYTransit I lived in East Van (Renfrew neighborhood) on Slocan St. and used to take the skytrain at the 29 Ave station to downtown. I could be downtown underneath The Bay store in about 15 minutes. When I went to UBC I had to get off at Commercial Dr station and then take the 99 bus to the campus. I always wished there was a skytrain to UBC. Going the other way, sometimes I'd take the skytrain to Metrotown but that was about as far East as I would go. This was all back between 1998-2003.

[@GYTransit]

@@squatch545 They're currently planning for a UBC SkyTrain to be built as an extension from VCC-Clark via Broadway. A extension on Broadway is already confirmed and expected to be completed in 2025, but the UBC extension will probably not be happening for another 5 years at least. Our current options on buses to UBC are 49 at Metrotown Stn via 49th Avenue, R4 at Joyce via 41st Avenue (used to be called "43"), 44 from Downtown via Burrard Bridge into 4th Avenue, 84 from VCC-Clark via 4th Avenue, some other smaller bus routes (4, 9, 14, 25, 33), and of course, the ever-famous 99 B-Line from Commercial-Broadway (Commercial Drive Station and Broadway Station were merged into one station and renamed "Commercial-Broadway" in 2009). They are planning to shorten the 99 B-Line once the Broadway extension opens.

[@crackerms0100]

3:47 is like a roller coaster left turn

[@extremehockeyfan]

@kingofthisuniverse they need to extend it to pitt meadows, maple ridge

[@jacobdolman3831]

Dover elevator

[@imingzee]

radiofreebc... vancouver is the little city with a big name that people just love to love... lol. It's the only "world class" city with a world class skytrain where "downtown" means robson st., yaletown or davie st. oh and let's not forget all eight blocks of downtown granville! ....Like ....oh my God.. haven't you heard?!?!!

[@imingzee]

@PavleProductions Not sure what "transnational" has to do with the quality of a passenger train, but sure, whatever you say must be right because I am just a stupid villager after all! BTW... it's OK to feel BAD about what you have. Feeling bad about something CRAPPY is the first step in making it better. Oh wait!!... I hear something.... Raawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrrr-vvvrrrrrrrrooooooooooo.. the skytrain is SPEEDING AWAY!!!

[@johnericsantiago28]

I though only in the philippines have that sky train. Hehe.thenonly thing we dont have is subway or underground train. XD. This skyway in canada is like a roler coaster :)

[@kingwolf888]

Wrong it goes medium speed so passengers can roam during the ride from stop to stop and it's only a time lapse

[@CharlieND]

skyway in Canada? BRUH THIS IS VANCOUVER YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET!

[@likitty20]

@radiofreebc you should have called it night sky

[@TheSouthernTroll]

OMG I RODE ON THE SAME LINE AND HAVE THE SAME FILM OMG

[@WILTREPO]

Missing YVR

[@Aetoms]

@VancouverAdventures what did you see?

[@Zhaotaili]

! I live in Port Coquitlam,BC. Taken the Skytrain before. ARE YOU SEEING FAREGATES?? OR THE CONST

[@travelvideos]

Nice vid! Is the last stop city centre ?

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

It is actually better if Skytrain can powered by train set equipped with In-line Motor.

[@1King2Queens3Jacks]

where the sea bus broooo?

[@andrewt1on1]

There are no human operators on these trains? What if something goes wrong? Has that ever happened?

[@TheVancouverVloggity]

how did you keep your camera so stable?

[@chitrayenny6347]

I watched The LEGO Movie then this video.

[@CharlieND]

This is outdated. The millennium line no longer goes to waterfront.

[@calvinbaII]

I think your expectations are a bit high. The skytrain is a more efficient LRT system than it is a "high speed train". It's mean't for commuters from neighbourhood to neighbourhood in a cities metro, not nationwide or anything. Compairing skytrain to European or Japanese models isn't very fair. Canada is so large high speed rail would be perfect, but too expensive. The only place here that it could be feasable and logical is between Windsor Ontario and Quebec City.

[@extremehockeyfan]

lol no one at rupert station

[@roryfitzpatric]

What? Theres a station at Renfrew St? all that walking was useless then.

[@Diegotheartist1]

Bejeweled 2

[@reemnetsanet7431]

7890

[@WhiteSugarFive]

@radiofreebc World-class? Wtf city are you living in? The problems our transit service has are many. Recently, even more.

[@nicoleorobio6616]

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