https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-rapid-transit-linda-buchanan
Of course there should be a passenger train to the North_Shore. Especially since this won't be turned into a 6 or 8 lane crossing and this won't be turned into a 10 or 12 lane crossing.
A 2 car east-west Skytrain on the Millennium_Line is a sad joke but it can be lengthened to a 5 car train. Perhaps after some lengthening of the platforms the first 2 SkyTrain lines might be able to accommodate 6 or 7 car trains. Unfortunately, the Vancouver and BC mentality never allowed for the potential of 10 to 12 car trains. That's what happens when the stations on the first 2 lines are barely more than half the length of a Montreal Metro station.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain
"Unlike Bombardier ART trains, the Hyundai Rotem trains will not be operated as longer four- or six-car trains. Through inserting a middle "C" car at the articulated joint between two end cars, available capacity will be similar to a four-car Mark II or a six-car Mark I train. The Canada Line's station platforms are expandable to 50 metres (160 ft) in length to accommodate these future three-car trains; the five busiest stations are already 50 metres (160 ft) in length. The Canada Line has a designed future capacity of 15,000 pphpd when operating three-car trains at two-minute headways."
Some day, perhaps some proper big city planners and engineers will have to try to turn an absurd 3 car train into a 5 car train. This configuration would mean that only the 3 middle cars of a 5 car train would have doors that open onto the station platform. Another way of looking at it would be like having an extra 25m of train at either end of the 50m station. This would at least allow for a 100m or 328 foot long train. It's still a far cry from a 500 ft long Montreal Metro train.
An old and new Montreal Metro train.
Its almost like there is an unwritten rule that Vancouver isn't suppose to build proper big city size infrastructure.
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