A Comparrison Of Operating Costs – Revisited

Posted by zweisystem on Sunday, February 20, 2022 The continued misinformation from the usual sources about SkyTrain being cheap to operate, must be again, refuted. When compared to light rail, SkyTrain has cost much more to operate ad maintain. According to TransLink from information in 2020, the operational costs of both the Expo line extension […]

TransLink Underestimated Capacity Of LRT By 150% And The Time Penalty By Infinity

First posted by zweisystem on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 (updated) I am reposting this from November 2020 because TransLink, civic and provincial politicians are singing hosannas about Bus Rapid Transit, with some going so far to say that BRT makes light rail obsolete! What is damning today is that the numbers used in TransLink’s 2019 […]

The Song Remains The Same. The NDP Stick To Their Worn SkyTrain Script

An at grade SkyTrain R-o-W in Coquitlam. could this happen on Broadway or the Fraser Highway to save costs?

The SkyTrain Lobby – Get Over it!

After a post in Facebook, where I stated some facts about the SkyTrain light-metro system in Vancouver, I was reported to Facebook for spreading fake news. Really! So, just set the record straight about Vancouver’s proprietary and non proprietary SkyTrain light metro system, here are some random facts. SkyTrain is not the name of the […]

Trouble In Paradise

When TransLink’s mouthpiece, the Hive prints negative stories about SkyTrain tells me that things are very bad. When your best friends are giving you the ‘raspberry’, maybe it’s time to do things differently. “Terrible lately”: Vancouver transit riders react to disruption frequency Amir Ali|Apr 12 2024 Daily Hive Some Vancouver transit riders are alleging an […]

As Preddicted, Major Switch Replacement Begins.

Mr. Cow has been bang on with his predictions of the growing cost of SkyTrain light metro expansion and the following news item certainly shows the ongoing expensive problems TransLink faces. Replacing two switches should take a weekend at most, but these are new high-speed switches, which needs a lot of engineering done to the […]

Old Noise Issues Plague SkyTrain

This problem has been around a long time, small wheels means more revolutions and more wear of the track’ correlated rails; and a strict regimen of rail grinding and preventative maintenance of the steerable axle trucks. This costs a lot of money and TransLink has never been good with maintenance issues. TransLink is near broke […]

Dislodgment My Arse – TransLink Hides A Derailment!

Derailment: the action of a train or tram leaving its tracks accidentally. When TransLink invents new terms for a train derailment, you know they are trying to hide something. Two bolts sheared on a turnout or switch is not a coincidence, rather it points to a lack of maintenance on the system. That TransLink is […]

Political Documents Masquerading As Technical Documents

In BC, Business Cases are a dime a dozen and are merely politcal documents masquerading as technical ones. It is photo-op silly season and with premier Horgan desperately trying to find a legacy project, the Expo Line extension to Langley is his current baby. NDP leadership hopefuls where also there vying for their 10 second […]

SkyTrain Derails On The SkyBridge

Well the truth is out, a Movia Automatic Light Metro vehicle has derailed on the SkyBridge. UPDATE: “Crews have identified a failed switch as the cause of the track issue,” notes another update Tuesday. “This has led to a SkyTrain being partially dislodged from the tracks.”  Being honest is just not in TransLink’s mandate and […]