Who drives the Vancouver SkyTrain?

[trwent]

I am from California, and we have trains with drivers in the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) system in the San Francisco Bay Area. It seems like every other year or so the drivers go on strike, shutting down the entire system for a week or more. These driverless trains look pretty good to me.

[xNo0bl3Tx]

how did a deadmau5 video lead me here!?!?!?!?!?!? WTF??????? youtube fail

[pandaSmore]

@xNo0bl3Tx It was probably due to tags.

[TheRANDOMKid9]

DRIVERLESS TRAINS ARE SCARY!

[superlurf]

Mario says VANCOUVER NUMBER ONE WAAHHHOOOOOO!

[randommike2012]

LOL i was on a tram during the olympics 2010 it derailed and we got flung out so far we landed on a moving skytrain lol

[DevilDude16]

what does the announcement say when the train reaches waterfront or king george? i always wondered but i couldnt hear

[randommike2012]

@DevilDude16 it says ur mom will stop this train at (station). plz transfer to the train ur dad is driving on the other platform.

[DevilDude16]

@randommike2012

ahahahhahaha no. sorry dude, get some new shit other than "your mom/dad"

[42osmoke]

@DevilDude16 King George, Terminus Station

[TheRogermoquin]

It is cool, we can see throu the windows, but what happen if somebody commit suicide ? Close your eyes kids !

[godeffinghell]

the yellow strip is kinda bs, Someone pushed it once on the skytrain and no one showed up to help....

[spyrokid77666]

When I was younger, I was allowed to drive one of the SkyTrain Cars from one station to another! It was really cool!

[derSchweiz]

Theres actually a computer room that has 3 Computer systems that control the trains. Each of them is called a VCC, one for each expo and millenium line and another for the yard rails. Theres also another system called the SMC that does the scheduling. The data gets to the train through 2 slippery coax cables which u can see on track that crosses every 20 meters and the VCC allows the train to go if clear. software is proprietary Alcatel boots from 1.44MB disketts and clustered IBM PC server.

[DIMATIF]

@derSchweiz uhh.. i think we know,,,

[amdrahcir]

I just witnessed a fight on Canada Line, check out my videos!

[pman1018]

My parents and I went to Vancouver (my FAV city in Canada) and we rode the SkyTrain and found it to be very effective in a good way.

[CrdBrdProjects]

just wondering, will the ICTS Mark I trains run until the end of time or will they be taken out of commission sometime soon? They're really getting quite old -.-

[Hatchwork]

@CrdBrdProjects If you want better trains, look for your property taxes to go up.

[CrdBrdProjects]

@Hatchwork I suppose you're right, but they will have to be replaced some day.

[Hatchwork]

@CrdBrdProjects True that. Not too get into politics but truth is the Liberals won't be spending money on Translink.

[svoteary]

Only in Vancouver, do they really push this 30 year old technology. Notice in other parts of the world, they have moved from this to other, newer and better forms of mass people movement.

I wonder if Doug or his other counterparts actually use any of the TransLink services?

[STFUg00f2011]

Why would anyone with a vehicle use it? Think before you post

[bobking1231]

vancover is the best i live hear

[uniongrunt]

is this vancouver canada or vancouver washington? it sucks having 2 vancouvers near eachother

[MetroVancouver]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

[uniongrunt]

aww... noone cares about vancouver washington :(

[svoteary]

LOL The funny thing is BOTH Vancouvers were actually founded by the same person and both cities decided to name themselves after their founder. He Cpt George Vancouver in the middle 1800's. This is Vancouver British Columbia though. You know, home of the worlds warmest winter Olympics next week :P

[cladimere]

IT WAS THE BEST OLYMPICS!!!! w00t!!!!!!!!!!1 HOCKEY GOLD!!

[vancouver1907]

@uniongrunt

Vancouver Washington does not have a Skytrain system. There WAS a proposal in the 1800's to name a large portion of, Vancouver, as Burnaby.

[MrBeast802]

@uniongrunt i know right. couldnt they just take vancouver washington to another place in the world like russia or europe? i dont understand that part

[ccolimon]

@uniongrunt Sky Train goes too slow.

[mastaace604]

@uniongrunt aka the real vancouver.

[kewlmynd99]

@uniongrunt Isn't it obvious that Vancouver Washington should seriously consider changing it's name?

[KayvanKurd]

@uniongrunt tHis is for sure Vancouver Canada

[matthmatthmatth]

@uniongrunt only if you're stupid.

[Nekosenpai24]

Be awsome if we had trains like that in Philly! At least we won't have to deal with the transit strikes that happened almost every year.

[Pygmonicus]

100 times better than that shit in seattle

[1337gam3r07]

is 2:54 surrey ctrl?

[1337gam3r07]

i love vancouver

[chinarise]

she didint ask the million doller question. how fast do they go???

[mooncow321]

top speed for expo and millenium lines is 90 km/h. Canada line is 80 km/h

[SpiderRider3]

Don't fall off the bridge!

[atruerushfan]

i honestly thought this was produced in the 80's until i saw the millenium line trains. cheesy at first, but it got better

[dtgr02]

how much the system costs

[precioustrash]

Translink makes the TTC really look outdated, in which it is. Thank you for posting this film.

P.S. From Vancouver originally not Toronto.

[mariusbleek]

but thats always happening. Im sure in another 30 years san francisco will have some new system that makes vancouver's system look outdated. And then some other city's new system will make san fransisco look outdated. Its just an endless cycle.

[Vlakpage]

well our prague metro can work at 90s minimum intervals and it has fixed size blocks

[Dextralus]

"Are you driving this train?"

"No!"

"Then who is?"

"I am!" :3

Pretty cute.

[TheRamesses]

This is almost like JFK AirTrain.

[AntiBluzzzy]

When i was little one of the translink staff lets me honk the horns!

[SpiderRider3]

They let me do that too once.

[randommike2012]

LOL! "ding dong next station suicide bridge" and suicide bridge is a real station i was crossing the skytrain bridge and it stopped and said "ding dong next station suicide bridge" and and flung us in the fraiser river lol

[zozey1231]

Cool!

[perricida]

Interesting but what a piece of shit video.

[jaworskij]

I agree it was digitized in low quality making it pixelly.

[Kira1106]

New SkyTrain cars from Bombardier built in Mexico coming in mid 2009.

[curseknight5]

in the video it says the electricity is from the 2 wire on the side. How does the trian get the electricity? Does the wires somehow connect to the metal thing in the middle of the track

[cactuarizamoron]

you are right! the current comes form the wires and into the induction strip (metal plate in center of track) and the current moves the motors and the skytrain!

[747K]

It is a prt system kinda. NOT!@@

[brandonlacavera]

are u fucking kidding officials on the fucking train and theres no one person on it try rush hour when we have no fucking service at all fuck translink and get these over paid fucks outta office

[bagelboi66]

The biggest SkyTrain danger isn't trains colliding or passengers standing too close to the edge, it's keener Translink cops tasering people for nothing more serious than being a suspected fare-jumper. What is it with Vancouver cops and tasers anyway? It's like their brains have mildewed in the sea air. And what does a fucking transit cop even need a taser for anyway? Every other jurisdiction in Canada manages to run their public transit quite fine without them.

[heyburger]

I agree these people are nothing more than pseudo cops. they couldn't find a real job with the city police because of a poor attitude so became 'transit cops' instead. Jackasses!!

[zzeerrttuupp]

You have no clue what you are talking about.

[bagelboi66]

In what respect?

[lejink]

there are some very unstable people that ride those trains.. id want some kind of defence against them. all it takes is one junkie who feels cornered to stab u. and ur never there in numbers usually only 1 or 2 cops in an area to deal with it. tasers have been used thousands of times without issue. these people have familys, dont ask them to take risk to their lives because some idiot cant control his temper.

[cactuarizamoron]

wheres the famous skytrain # 260?

[endocondor]

I dont get it, whats special about #260?

[cactuarizamoron]

where do the skytrains go for storage at the end of the day?

[tempensen]

OMC located near Edmonds Station

[cactuarizamoron]

um translation plz?

[bagelboi66]

They don't fk around ya jump the turnstile to get on a skytrain they'll taser you.

[Robson667]

noob!

[fascist]

There aren't turnstiles at the skytrains...

[gmac257]

Does anybody actually pay to use the skytrain? lol

[dona83]

The old trains are going to be refurbished and kept in service till around 2040. Trains cost a lot of money and the Mark Is are classic so I hope they don't have to get rid of them anytime soon.

[kimonji]

Skytrain is great. One problem: get rid of those old cars! They're so loud and shaky.

[cactuarizamoron]

yes those old ones can be noisy but its just that they're old, i've been on them many times and i rlly use to the skakieness

[YALETOWNHOTEL]

What are the middle rails for on the Skybridge.

[cactuarizamoron]

tahts for the big magnet on the skytrain's wheels so it stays on the track instead of slipping all of the place

[jonray107]

i think for the trains that only use one rail and i think older ones use 2

[YALETOWNHOTEL]

No. I mean the rails between the tracks, on the Skybridge. 5:00

On the walkway that staff sometimes walk on there are rails but they are not part of the tracks the trains run on.

[YALETOWNHOTEL]

Please click, 5:09 , and then stop.

What are THOSE rails in front of those two people for.

[cactuarizamoron]

thats used for maintanence crew to truck equipment back and forth on the bridge. its not connected to the skytrain line.

[YALETOWNHOTEL]

I know it does not to the Skytrain system but those rails do have me curious. Does some other vehicle travel on there?

[cactuarizamoron]

no.... no other vehicle runs on it except for other equipment for maintanence

[xolren]

lol too bad they took an empty train to stop on the bridge. ppl would have been like wtf!!

"ding dong next station suicide bridge" lol

[indyinsane]

This is a very informative piece. I especially appreciated the behind-the-scenes views and facts. Thanks, Metro Vancouver.