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Kawasaki from Japan also build LIM trains. They are used within Japan and China, about 12 lines in total, and most were constructed after 2000. Not sure if the trains are compatible, but if I remember correctly, the Japanese company did bid on the line extension in Kuala Lumpur, along with...

Bombardier's website state that the limit for the system is 51,000 pphpd (although with wider 6-car trains, possibly less seating, and crush load). From Vancouver's study, it it determined that capacity of 25,000 pphpd is achievable with current 68m train at max frequency. With longer train...

In Vancouver, they were proposed to cut 45,000 annual hours of SkyTrain service and re-allocate the fund to other projects such as Surrey rapid bus. The cut itself would save $500k per year. So this gives an operating cost of around $11 per hours for the service being cut.

The 4 TBMs currently used by Spadina extension are 6.13m in diameter. I suppose it is the same-sized TBM used in Canada Line, and the different is just due to rounding.

I'm not sure what do you mean by larger size. The TBM diameter used for Eglinton is 6.7m, and the one going to be used for Vancouver's Evergreen Line is only 5.7m. Even Canada Line with 3m train only used a 6.1m wide TBM. Regarding to platform length, since the automated line can run at least...

The trains are crowded, but all SkyTrain lines are crowded during peak hours so there's not much difference The frequency are not that good at night - every 6 min after 7pm and every 10min after 11:30pm. Train alternate between each of the two branches so frequency is halved there (12min...

No, they are not planning extending it beside some circulation improvement at key stations. The long term plan is to run longer trains (86m, or 2.5 times the length of current MkII units) at the current peak 93s headway. This would give a capacity of 25,600 pphpd, which is enough until 2041...

And note that the 99 B-Line is only one of the routes that travel on Broadway. Local routes on Broadway includes the #9 (entire length) and #14 (western half). The 8, 16, and 17 also travel one or two blocks on the busiest segment. The actual ridership on the 3 routes are: 99 - 54,350 weekday...

I think the problem is that they want to completely replace bus service on LRT corridors. That is, they are building a system that serves both as rapid transit and local transit.

Maybe everything is just so expensive in Toronto. The maintenance for SkyTrain in Vancouver is 46.4 millions in 2010. With the two lines add up to be slightly more than 30 miles in length, this gives about 1.5 millions per mile, and it includes guideway, vehicles, stations, and all related...

From the report, seems like TTC really have a high standard... 4-cars MkII running at 108s headway only gives 10,000 pphpd for the SRT, whereas it give 17,500 pphpd in Vancouver. The SRT requires a whopping 19% spare, whereas the spare ratio in Vancouver is just 3-5% for the last 10 years. Base...

75 seconds is not a theoretical value for Vancouver's system - it has been done before. The minimum headway achieved on Expo Line was 77 seconds for special event service and after a service destruction. The line also ran at 80 seconds headway in peak period throughout the duration of the...

5-cars train would be around 85m, which fit within the current 80m platform with overhang at each end and the door 1m away from the edge of the platform. The current plan is to upgrade line to 25,700pphpd by 2026, at a cost of 780 millions (2010$) mainly for fleet expansion, yard expansion...

The Expo line in Vancouver now deemed to have an ultimate capacity of 25,000-31,000 pphpd using 5-cars train with 75-93s headway. I wouldn't say it is much lower.

As far as I remember, there isn't much problem in Vancouver due to snow (and yes, it does snow in Vancouver - a couple years back Vancouver received well over 1 metre of snow within a span of about 10 days). The most common issues with the system during winter weather are actually: 1. Door...

The capacity for the fully expanded 3-cars Canada Line train (>50m, may be even close to 60m) is set to 500 per train. The maximum planned headway is 2 minutes (30 trains per hour) in combined section, due to the single tracking at the end of either branches. However, this does not prevent them...

That would be Canada Line. 40m expandable to 50m with about 1/3 of the stations already built to 50m. Expo and Millennium (and also Evergreen since it would be a part of the same system) is designed with 80m platform expandable to 100m, with one station already at 100m.

There IS a new yard. Its only for storage and light maintenance though. Heavy maintenance and control will remain at the existing yard. The vehicle is smaller, but the station platforms will be 80m long to fit 5-cars train. Pretty much comparable to the TC LRT. And as for future expansion...

Two corrections here: 1. The tunnel portion is actually 2.2km, which is about 20% of the route. The other 30% is at-grade and 50% is elevated. 2. The construction will begin summer of 2012 and will last until summer of 2016.. that's 48 months.

Yes, the figure is revenue per boarding regardless of fare media and transit mode. A transfer from bus to subway would count as 2 boardings - one on the bus and one on the subway. The average transfer per trip in 2010 is 1.67, if you divide the boarding count by 477 million riders...