The Canada Line in real time part 4a (Bridgeport to YVR Airport) *HD*

The airport/Sea Island section of the Canada Line, note how it changes to single track just before YVR station, The Canada Line has no switches after the terminus stations, the trains just go back the other way and the train unloads and loads from a single platform.

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• Canada
• Line
• Bridgeport
• Templeton
• Sea
• Island
• Centre
• YVR
• Airport
• TransLink
• public
• transit
• train
• SkyTrain

[Superiorpakfan]

Canada line and sky train have no drivers? how is it operated? is it controlled on a console at HQ and monitored via camera?

[VancouversLocalNerd]

The trains are AI controlled, the computer uses electronic signals sent between itself and the control centre as well as other trains to find out what speed it should be at and whether it's getting too close to another train, etc.

[Superiorpakfan]

Wow so it must of been expensive piece of softwares and chips to get this thing rolling. Has this always been or its new? what has happened to the drivers?

[VancouversLocalNerd]

Vancouver's rapid transit system has been automated since the first line was built in 1986.

[dataspank]

I can see the need in the future for the YVR station to have a separate platform for exiting passengers. On a busy day it must be rather inefficient to have the skytrain arrivals passing through the lines of departers, luggage and all.

[dataspank]

Thanks for putting this up VLN. Never been on the airport run.

[jaffinzkfan]

It's fun when there's a large plane passing by the window.

[GordonFreemanD40]

The TTC Scarborough RT (Skytrain tech.), they put a driver in the front.