Bombardier to build additional cars for Vancouver’s SkyTrain

TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s regional transportation authority, has ordered an additional 28 Bombardier INNOVIA Metro 300 vehicles for service on the city’s SkyTrain network. The order is valued at US$69 million and production is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2017 and final delivery is expected in the fourth quarter of 2018. The new vehicles will support TransLink’s efforts to open new lines and provide additional capacity, by carrying up to 3,640 more people on the SkyTrain network at a tim
January 3, 2017 Read time: 1 min
376 TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s regional transportation authority, has ordered an additional 28 Bombardier INNOVIA Metro 300 vehicles for service on the city’s SkyTrain network. The order is valued at US$69 million and production is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2017 and final delivery is expected in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The new vehicles will support TransLink’s efforts to open new lines and provide additional capacity, by carrying up to 3,640 more people on the SkyTrain network at a time.

“Our SkyTrain is the world’s longest driverless, automated rapid transit system and the additional 28 new Mark III SkyTrain cars will provide sorely needed additional capacity.” said Kevin Desmond, CEO of TransLink.

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