SkyTrain is a light metro system in Vancouver ( Canada ). Trains are controlled automatically (without drivers).
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| Description | |
| A country |  Canada |
| Location |  Vancouver |
| opening date | 1985 |
| Daily passenger traffic | 364 thousand people |
| Annual passenger flow | 132 million |
| Site | Translink |
| Route network | |
| Number of lines | 3 + 1 [1] |
| Number of stations | 47 |
| Net length | 68.7 km |
| Technical details | |
| Track width | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ½ dm) ( EC ) |
The system includes three lines, which include 47 stations. The Expo line was built for the 1986 World Exhibition , the Millennium line was opened in 2002 and the Canada line in 2009 in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics . The SkyTrain system also includes the SkyBridge metro bridge put into operation in 1990. In 2005, this bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge used only by the subway [ specify ] [2] .
The three lines share a common Waterfront on the ocean, in the northwest of the city center. The Waterfront – Columbia section is shared between the Expo and Millennium lines. The Expo Line runs to the suburbs of Surrey . The Millennium line is a self-intersecting line with an intersection at the Commercial-Broadway station. In addition to Surrey, lines also run through the cities of Burnaby and New Westminster . The Canada line runs from north to south. At the Bridgeport station, the line forks - one branch to the airport, the other to the center of Richmond suburbs.
Routes of the lines were laid mainly on land racks. There are two underground sections: the northern part of the Expo and Millennium lines (Burrard and Grenville stations) and the northern part of the Canada line (from Waterfront station to Langara - 49th Avenue station).
A record passenger flow was recorded during the Olympic Games, when an average of 622 thousand passengers used the system daily during the 17-day games.
Content
Using SkyTrain
Schedule
On weekdays, trains begin at 5 a.m. and end at 1 a.m. The interval between trains ranges from two minutes in the busiest sections during peak hours to 20 minutes late at night in remote sections [3] .
| Category | One zone | Two zones | Three zones | Airport Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | $ 2.75 | $ 4.00 | $ 5.50 | + $ 5.00 |
| Privilege | $ 1.75 | $ 2.75 | $ 3.75 | + $ 5.00 |
Fare
The entire SkyTrain network is divided into three geographical zones, and the fare payment depends on how many borders a passenger crosses during each trip (moreover, trips after 18:30, on weekends and on holidays are equivalent to trips inside one zone, regardless of how many zones were actually visited). In addition, when traveling from one of the three stations of the additional zone “Airport”, located on the island of Morskoy additional charges apply.
Ticket prices are also divided into two categories: “ adult ” and “ concession ”. The category of “ privilege ” includes children aged 5 to 13, schoolchildren from 14 to 19, who have a special GoCard social card, elderly people over 65, and also disabled people with accompanying persons. Children under 5 are allowed to transport without payment.
Currently, the cost of a ticket for one trip in the " adult " category within the same zone is 2.75 Canadian dollars .
The ticket is sold by automatic terminals at the entrances of the stations. Several types of travel cards are also available for purchase and use, on which the cost of one trip is significantly reduced.
A striking feature of SkyTrain is the lack of a system for controlling passenger access to trains by tickets - there are no turnstiles at the stations. The only control measure is a random check of the availability of tickets for passengers, sometimes by train inspectors. However, SkyTrain experiences significant financial losses from stowaways. However, the installation and maintenance of turnstiles will cost much more [4] .
Somehow to compensate for losses from stowaways designed the highest penalty in Canada for stowaways at $ 173.
| Line | opening date | Route Length [5] | amount stations | End station | Travel time | Train frequency | Transplant Frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush hour | Out of rush hour | Rush hour | Out of rush hour | |||||||
| Expo line | 1985 | 28.9 km | 20 | Waterfront station | King george station | 39 min | 2.7 min | 6-8 min | 1.8 min | 3-4 min |
| Millennium line | 2002 | 42.1 km | 29th | Waterfront station | Vcc-clark | 57 min | 5.4 min | 6-8 min | ||
| Canada Line | 2009 | 14.4 km | 13 | Waterfront station | Richmond-brighouse | 25 min | 7 min | 7-20 min | 3.5 min | 3.5-10 min |
| 15.1 km | 13 | Waterfront station | YVR-Airport | 25 min | 7 min | 7-20 min | ||||
| Evergreen Line [1] | is unknown | 11 km | 13 | Vcc-clark | Douglas college | |||||
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Line under construction.
- ↑ Skytrain bridge . Buckland & Taylor Ltd. (2005). Archived July 6, 2008.
- ↑ Skytrain Schedule
- ↑ ア ー カ イ ブ さ れ た コ ピ ー . Date of treatment November 10, 2008. Archived November 9, 2008. (eng.)
- ↑ Translink & PTV America (February, 2007), TransLink's Rapid Transit Model - An Operations Planning Model under VISUM Project Report and Technical Documentation - Phase A , p. 12, 63
Links
- SkyTrain (Vancouver) : Wikimedia Commons thematic media files
- Vancouver Electric Vehicles at the Combined Tram and Trolleybus Site
- SkyTrain on urbanrail.net
- Google Map for Vancouver SkyTrain Lines