SkyTrain's retired iconic Mark I cars spotted being torn apart in scrapyard

With SkyTrain's new Mark V train arrivals, TransLink's process to retire the old Mark I cars is now well underway, including ...

$150-million, 650-bed student housing tower approved for Langara-49th Avenue SkyTrain station

Vancouver City Council has approved the GEC Langara student housing tower located at 6428-6438 Cambie St. at Langara 49th ...
Engineering News-Record

Bidders Sought for $3B Vancouver SkyTrain Rail Extension

British Columbia officials have opened bidding for the last of three contracts on a planned 10-mile extension of the Vancouver SkyTrain passenger rail system. The entire project is expected to cost ...
Vancouver Is Awesome

'Happy Birthday': UBC students hold fake party for 18-year unfulfilled promise of SkyTrain

"Today is the 18th birthday of the UBC SkyTrain, or more accurately, it is the 18th anniversary of when Gordon Campbell ...

Concerns rise as Vancouver’s busy Broadway traffic set to detour to narrow side street

One of Vancouver’s busiest bus corridors is about to be rerouted onto a much narrower side street. Transit advocates say the ...
Railway Age

Gov. of British Columbia Issues RFP for Surrey Langley SkyTrain

Following a thorough evaluation of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) submissions, the Government of British Columbia announced Jan. 3 that it has invited two teams to participate in the Request for ...
CBC.ca

Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain celebrates its 40th anniversary

The SkyTrain opened its doors to passengers 40 years ago today. CBC News cameras were there on Dec. 11, 1985, when Premier Bill Bennett unveiled the new transit system ahead of the Expo 86 world fair ...
Railway Technology

Major upgrades start at Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain stations in Canada

Transport operator TransLink and the governments of Canada and British Columbia (BC) have announced the start of upgrades at Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain stations to improve accessibility, capacity, ...