Skytrain departure

The view from a Vancouver TransLink SkyTrain leaving Burnaby Lake station, with the characteristic crescendo chime and charging buzz as the train takes off.

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• translink
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[garycalgary]

there is something cool about that sound

calgary edmonton toronto and montreal's trains don't make that sound.

[cameoflage]

Yay, a video that picks up the acceleration-type-sounds. You can't really hear 'em in most of the Skytrain videos.

[Yoshuayovel]

@garycalgary Yes. Scarborough RT in Toronto sounds annoying like this.

[nss105]

@garycalgary are you talking about the chime sound or the acceleration sound? because the TTC's SRT sounds exactly like that when accelerating...

[MrPman851]

@myasskick, me too. And I'm American! There should be a song based around the sound of those chimes. Vancouver by the way is also a great city for some of the biggest names in pop or rock music to record an album in.

[g4tech]

@garycalgary Thats because this train uses Linear Induction Propulsion

[rosabellis]

@mytotallyawesomename

so true... i can never hear the 'next station' announcements...

[mytotallyawesomename]

i live in montreal and the metro system here, is so fucking noisy! i wish we had these kind of trains...

[HelloWorld492]

@garycalgary even better theres no fag drivers who could be drunk and crash

[myasskick]

love the chime

i'd say, they skytrain's got the best chime ever!

[Bus7777]

It sounds like a jungle. You all know I love jungles.