Surrey Langley Skytrain - Expo Line Extension | U/C

[Lexus]

Originally Posted by dharper

Has the Clayton Clipper restarted yet?

Yes, it's on it's 6th segment from the station.

[surrey]

Originally Posted by Lexus

We are approaching 2 milestones:

1: Langley Luncher lunched from the Hillcrest-184 St. is about to connect to Clayton Station - making it the first two stations connected with a guideway. Only 5 spans left.

2: Fleetwood Flyer that lunched at Bakerview 166St. Station soon to connect to 152 St. Station. Only 6 spans left.

Surrey Sprinter is now at 148 St. Right and the border of Green Timbers.

https://youtu.be/icc8nTbSXNs?si=sOOKrqsGWqXDJlLC

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I think you meant fleetwood flyer will soon connect to 160th station....once it gets to 152 it will have completed its job.

[officedweller]

Traffic Update: Overnight closures of Highway 15 at Fraser Highway

March 30, 2026

Surrey Langley SkyTrain construction is underway. To support guideway work over Highway 15, a section of Highway 15 south of Fraser Highway will be closed for four consecutive nights, from 12 a.m. to 4 a.m., April 14–17, 2026. The first closure begins at 12:00 a.m. on April 14.

A full road closure is required to safely lift and install steel beams (box girders) above the road. This work will take place overnight to minimize impacts on traffic during peak periods.

https://surreylangleyskytrain.gov.bc.ca/...ht-Closures-Highway15-Fraser-Highway.pdf

Is that near the OMC5 site?
If so, the steel girders could be for a branch track off the mainline.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by officedweller

https://surreylangleyskytrain.gov.bc.ca/...ht-Closures-Highway15-Fraser-Highway.pdf

Is that near the OMC5 site?
If so, the steel girders could be for a branch track off the mainline.

Should be for the mainline over Hwy 15.

Live view here: https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/94?pan=-122.734876%2C49.13825400000002&zoom=13.948819466868986

[Stainer]

Originally Posted by madog222

Should be for the mainline over Hwy 15.

Live view here: https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/94?pan=-122.734876%2C49.13825400000002&zoom=13.948819466868986

I'm going to try and get out there the night they lift that, I think it would look pretty neat!

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Stainer

I'm going to try and get out there the night they lift that, I think it would look pretty neat!

I went down for the first girder lift on the Broadway line, it was neat. Mind you I live a 10min walk away so I sort of had to.

Be prepared for a lot of waiting around!

[jollyburger]

How many beams are getting installed? I see two on the highway cam.



https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/86?pan=-122.734876%2C49.13825400000002&zoom=13.948819466868986

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by officedweller

https://surreylangleyskytrain.gov.bc.ca/...ht-Closures-Highway15-Fraser-Highway.pdf

Is that near the OMC5 site?
If so, the steel girders could be for a branch track off the mainline.

Yes, OMC5 is the south east corner of Fraser Hwy and Hwy 15. From a Daily Hive article (that has probably been quoted on here before)


Site of SkyTrain’s future OMC5 at 17916 Fraser Highway, Surrey. (Google Maps/Daily Hive)

[officedweller]

Thanks - the traffic cam shows straight segments, so presumably just over Hwy 15, allowing for highway widening in future?
The OMC4 guideway link are large curved steel box girders, so I was think similar here. Hope they build the branch switches, etc. now to mjnimize future disruption..

[idunno]

I guess Clayton Clipper will just "hop" over these segments as it carries through the Serpentine Valley?

[jollyburger]

Only graphic related to OMC5 that I could find

The City plans to extend 72 Ave from Hwy 15 to Fraser Hwy as illustrated in image.

The Province plans to build a SkyTrain Operations and Maintenance Centre 5 (OMC5) at 17916 Fraser Highway. This will be the fifth OMC location for SkyTrain’s main network of the Expo and Millennium lines operated by TransLink subsidiary BC Rapid Transit Company (BCRTC).

The City is in discussions with the Province regarding the integration and timing of delivering 72 Avenue corridor between Hwy 15 and Fraser Highway.

https://www.surrey.ca/about-surrey/capital-projects/72-avenue-improvements-extensions

[madog222]

The steel isn’t required based on the length of the span, it’s a shorter span than the arched concrete spans on the Millennium Line over Hwy 1 and Brunnette Ave.
I’m guessing the choice to use steel was made to reduce the weight of the guideway to help deal with the challenging ground condition.
Based on the column design further west of Hwy 15 it looks like the a length of the guideway through the Serpentine Valley will be steel box girders, not just the span over Hwy 15. It’s back to tulip columns for the concrete box girder guideway beside the golf course.

Originally Posted by officedweller

Thanks - the traffic cam shows straight segments, so presumably just over Hwy 15, allowing for highway widening in future?
The OMC4 guideway link are large curved steel box girders, so I was think similar here. Hope they build the branch switches, etc. now to mjnimize future disruption..

OMC4 has a rail yard and significant elevation between it and the guideway, the tie in for OMC5 here will be much less substantial. They may even be able to drop straight down to grade like at the Canada Line yard.

[jollyburger]

Around the 10 minute mark you can see the two sections of the girder before they were joined

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[Lexus]

2026, Apr 5

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Surrey Sprinter @ 148St entering Greentimbers

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Fleetwood Flyer, only 5 spans away from Fleetwood Station

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Going EB down the hill towards HWY 15 they put that 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 coyote on the ground, and I didn't realize it was a fake one - for a brief moment it looked like a real one and I almost 🞵🞵🞵🞵 my pants, and I almost swerved into traffic—it was actually pretty dangerous.

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There are now 5 or 6 steel girders, in this photo they connected 3 of them to make one very long girder. That would be quite an operation to lift it in place.

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Future OMC 5

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Most of the columns between East oh HWY 15 and Hillcrest-184 St Station are completed.

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Only 4 spans left to install for Langley Launcher to connect to Clayton Station

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[Lexus]

I went back a few pages to compare the progress, and I estimate that by the end of August the Surrey Sprinter will be west of Green Timbers Station. The Fleetwood Flyer will likely complete its journey at 152 Street Station, and the Langley Launcher will be somewhere east of Willowbrook Station.

The hardest to predict is the Clayton Clipper, since it had issues in the past and still seems to be moving quite slowly. It also has to cross Highway 15 over those steel girders, which may speed up the process somewhat, but I hope it will at least cross Highway 15 by that time.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Lexus

2026, Apr 5
Most of the columns between East oh HWY 15 and Hillcrest-184 St Station are completed.

Untitled by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

Great shots, thanks!
What's happening in the distance in this shot?
Are those bents to cross to the other side of the street or are they bents for a station (or both)?
It looks like there is a huge elevation difference between the top of the last column and the height of the bent.

[jollyburger]

^^ I think in the video above it's around the 9:50 mark so I guess it's the sidetrack near the OMC?

Maybe they are moving something which might explain the weird placement of the forms.

[Lexus]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Great shots, thanks!
What's happening in the distance in this shot?
Are those bents to cross to the other side of the street or are they bents for a station (or both)?
It looks like there is a huge elevation difference between the top of the last column and the height of the bent.

Guideway is shifting from centre to the south, it will also connect to OMC5.

[madog222]

Also refer to the diagram in jolly's post at the top of this page.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Lexus

Guideway is shifting from centre to the south, it will also connect to OMC5.

Thanks!
Could be that the form was being lifted into place.