https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22 , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22#Rolling_stock While a 2 or 4 car train was used in the earlier decades, a 6-8 car train simply moves more people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Metro , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Metro#Rolling_stock Stolkholm can easily put 2 short trains together. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/C20_vagn_2201.jpg Thus, they can be almost as long as a montreal Metro train. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/SL_C30_tekniska_h%C3%B6gskolan_-_20240420_-_25.jpg So while Stolkholm can have a short Vancouver train, they have enough sense to allow for a proper big city size train. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/%C3%96rnsberg_tunnelbana%2C_SL_C30%2C_20240210_-_50.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SL_C20_Gamla_Stan%2C_Stockholm.jpg/960px-SL_C20_Gamla_Stan%2C_Stockholm.jpg Just like Montreal, Stockholm can run 9 car, big city trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro#Rolling_stock ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPM-10 9 articulated cars per train at 152.43 m (500 ft 1+1⁄8 in)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MR-73 3 cars per trainset, operating as 6- or 9-car trains
It's taken until 2025 for Vancouver to have 5 car trains, but that's only on the first line. The 2nd line is only running 2 car trains, but once the extension opens, there should be 4-5 car trains. The 3rd line still isn't even running 2.5 car trains. Its very frustrating how almost everything in backwards Vancouver has to be watered-down.
