Canada Line | Completed

[SFUVancouver]

Canada Line tunneling train engine.


My photo, taken April 24th, 2008.

[SFUVancouver]

Yaletown Station | April 23rd 2008


My photo, taken April 23rd, 2008.

[mr.x]

Major update by Tafryn, April 24:
http://canadalinephotos.blogspot.com/




TWO TRAINS BEING TESTED AT YVR......from every vantage point imaginable.




























































Those trains are alright looking right now, but they're going to look absolutely terrible when they start plastering ads on them.

[mr.x]

Major update by Tafryn, April 24:
http://canadalinephotos.blogspot.com/



TEMPLETON STATION


















NORTH ARM BRIDGE - pedestrian route

[mr.x]

Major update by Tafryn, April 24:
http://canadalinephotos.blogspot.com/



BRIDGEPORT STATION

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

yes the architects who designed it designed it with the mind of it being incorpoarted into a building - i don't remember if i read it on here or somewhere else but they went into great detail about details that they did so that structure and things can be tied into the station making construction and such easier

i think thats also why the north side of the university/production way station was left open as they knew that in the future a building would be there to act as a barrier

In fact, a building was planned as well. The land was owned by an Insurance Company (London Life? Standard?) if I recall correctly. The station is modular... in that all the pieces can be re-arranged at a later date (minus the guideway of course)

[officedweller]

Cadillac Fairview circulated a bulletin today that said construction on the plaza for the entrance pavillion for the Vancouver City Centre Station would start on Monday, April 28th.

[deasine]

Originally Posted by mr.x2

Those trains are alright looking right now, but they're going to look absolutely terrible when they start plastering ads on them.

S'what I thought too! Aww... too bad our platforms weren't 80m, I would love to see those two train connected to each other =(

[officedweller]

Yup, that's a sight you won't see in operation...

Notice how the colours blend with the Fairmont glass?

[mr.x]

Train testing on a sunny day, April 25...by Tafryn:
http://canadalinephotos.blogspot.com

[OhioGuy]

Originally Posted by deasine

Aww... too bad our platforms weren't 80m, I would love to see those two train connected to each other =(

Wait. I know the platforms aren't overly long, but are you saying that they aren't even long enough for a train of this length???



and instead this is all that will fit at each platform???

[deasine]

^^we can only fit one of those trains, the one in the last pic, not two trains.

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

Wait. I know the platforms aren't overly long, but are you saying that they aren't even long enough for a train of this length???



and instead this is all that will fit at each platform???

That's correct.

Most of the platforms are 40-metres long. A few are 50-metres long, while the majority at 40 metres are able to be expanded to 50-metres in the future, which obviously isn't significant.

The platforms can fit the two-car articulated trains, shown in the picture you posted. That two-car articulated train is 41-metres in length, 1 metre longer than the 40-metre platforms.

[OhioGuy]

Originally Posted by mr.x2

That's correct.

Most of the platforms are 40-metres long. A few are 50-metres long, while the majority at 40 metres are able to be expanded to 50-metres in the future, which obviously isn't significant.

The platforms can fit the two-car articulated trains, shown in the picture you posted. That two-car articulated train is 41-metres in length, 1 metre longer than the 40-metre platforms.

With that the case, it seems more like it's just one car rather than two. And with one car it's questionable to even call this a train (since a train is multiple cars hooked together). I understand the articulated part is the connector between "two cars," but the appearance in the 2nd photo is that it's just one car (and hence not a train) while the appearance in the 1st photo is that of two cars that just need to be joined together to form a "true train." I don't mean to rain on Vancouver's parade, I guess I'm just shocked how small the system is going to be. In fact, when I first saw the photo of the two cars, I initially thought even that seemed kind of small, but probably would work ok. But now to know only one of those cars will fit at a platform, I'm kinda .

(sorry if I'm rehashing any old quarls that others have had on this forum about the Canada line...I just don't visit this thread all that frequently, so I'm only now realzing how long 40 meters actually is)

[deasine]

^Think about half a regular SkyTrain platform. At least each train will hold 400 people (or so Falcon says), which is about the capacity of a Mark I train.

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

With that the case, it seems more like it's just one car rather than two. And with one car it's questionable to even call this a train (since a train is multiple cars hooked together). I understand the articulated part is the connector between "two cars," but the appearance in the 2nd photo is that it's just one car (and hence not a train) while the appearance in the 1st photo is that of two cars that just need to be joined together to form a "true train." I don't mean to rain on Vancouver's parade, I guess I'm just shocked how small the system is going to be. In fact, when I first saw the photo of the two cars, I initially thought even that seemed kind of small, but probably would work ok. But now to know only one of those cars will fit at a platform, I'm kinda .

(sorry if I'm rehashing any old quarls that others have had on this forum about the Canada line...I just don't visit this thread all that frequently, so I'm only now realzing how long 40 meters actually is)

one thing for sure, the underground stations are going to be claustrophobic....especially when they're packed.

It is technically a two-car train, whether or not it is articulated does not matter. Besides, modern trains these days connect their cars together with articulations rather than links.


I would be quite happy if the stations were 4-cars long (80-metres). To be honest, I think the appearance of the short stations and trains might actually even deter ridership.

[agrant]

"With that the case, it seems more like it's just one car rather than two. And with one car it's questionable to even call this a train (since a train is multiple cars hooked together). I understand the articulated part is the connector between "two cars," but the appearance in the 2nd photo is that it's just one car (and hence not a train) while the appearance in the 1st photo is that of two cars that just need to be joined together to form a "true train." I don't mean to rain on Vancouver's parade, I guess I'm just shocked how small the system is going to be. In fact, when I first saw the photo of the two cars, I initially thought even that seemed kind of small, but probably would work ok. But now to know only one of those cars will fit at a platform, I'm kinda .

(sorry if I'm rehashing any old quarls that others have had on this forum about the Canada line...I just don't visit this thread all that frequently, so I'm only now realzing how long 40 meters actually is)"


Welcome to the party that is platform length discussion!

[crazyjoeda]

I would be quite happy if the stations were 4-cars long (80-metres). To be honest, I think the appearance of the short stations and trains might actually even deter ridership.

The platforms should have been 80 meters. Even if they would only wanted to run the two car trains having an 80 meter platform would have made it easy to expand in the future.

I think saying that the sort appearance of the stations and trains will deter ridership is dumb. When the line opens it will run below capacity so the trains wont be to crowed, but eventually the stations will need to be expanded.

[twoNeurons]

^ Or a parallel line will need to be constructed.

[crazyjoeda]

Why would they build a parallel line? As expensive as it will be to extend the stations the cost would be ridiculously higher to construct a new parallel line.