https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-expansion-program-sany-zein-bcrtc-translink
Why have a 9 car metro train like in Montreal when Vancouver can just have a 5 car Skytrain on the first 2 lines? That's because the first 2 lines only have a length of 80m. The extremely underbuilt Catheter Line is a fine example of financial drainage. The Catheter Line stations & the first 2 Skytrain lines should have all been designed to have at least 500 feet or 152.5m long stations. However, the C Line only has 50m stations so the little trains can only be expanded from 2 cars to 2.5 cars, not 5 cars & especially no 10 car trains. It's all about symbolizing the reluctance to build proper big city size infrastructure. One has to wonder where so much of the money has gone, because it hasn't gone into a full size system, only a half-assed infrastructure.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-ceo-kevin-desmond-vision
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-extension-richmond-delta
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-bridge-replacement-translink
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-vancouver-city-centre-station-second-entrance Conjestive planning really bites, but that's the BC way. The KEEP THEM OUT mentality has been around for such a long time, that not enough people pushed for a train in which the station lengths could eventually be doubled or even tripled. Combine that with a mostly narrow regional road network & you have the epitome of bottleneck planing.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=SkyTrain-Canada+Line
