Of Trains, Station Platforms, and Capacity

Zwie has got wind of a local transit advocate getting a nasty phone call a few evenings back from a chap incensed over a blog post on Facebook that went like this: The Canada line has station platforms 40m to 50 m long and operates 41 m long coupled sets of EMU’s, has about one half the capacity of the Expo and Millennium Lines, which stations have 80m long platforms and operate two; four; and six car trains up to 76m long.

The following is a list of Canadian Cities that operate metro, modern light rail, and trams and compare train and station platform sizes.

Thus it can be said in complete honesty:

” The Canada line is the only heavy-rail metro in the world, built as a light metro and has less capacity than a tram.”

For those who do not agree, may I suggest taking out memberships in the Flat Earth Society.

Vancouver

Edmonton & Calgary

Ottawa

Toronto