SkyTrain's first new generation 5-car train being tested …
Aug 22, 2023 · The very first train of 41 five-car-long Mark V trains — a total of 205 cars — is now in the process of being tested at train manufacturer Alstom’s (formerly known as Bombardier Transportation) facility in Kingston, Ontario. These fully articulated trains are SkyTrain’s longest and have the most passenger capacity by a wide margin.
First new generation SkyTrain cars to enter service early 2025
Jan 3, 2025 · The first new Mark V SkyTrain cars out of an order of 235 cars will enter service on the Expo and Millennium lines in early 2025. ... The trains are being built in Alstom’s manufacturing facility in Kingston, Ontario. The first Mark V SkyTrain train being tested at Alstom’s facility in Kingston, Ontario, August 2023. (TransLink)
First new SkyTrain cars now on cross-country journey to Metro …
Freshly made at Alstom’s plant in Kingston, Ontario, the first cars of an order of 205 new generation Mark V SkyTrain cars are now on the Trans-Canada Highway — onboard flatbed trucks — for their journey to reach TransLink’s SkyTrain hub in Edmonds in Burnaby.
Digest: Bombardier to build new SkyTrain equipment - Trains
Dec 21, 2020 · Bombardier has signed a contract to build 205 cars for SkyTrain, the rail rapid transit system of Vancouver, British Columbia, agency TransLink. The contract is valued at $565 million, and includes an option for up to 400 additional cars. Cars will be built at Bombardier’s Kingston, Ontario, plant.
First new SkyTrain cars now on cross-country journey to ... - My …
Dec 12, 2023 · Freshly made at Alstom’s plant in Kingston, Ontario, the first cars of an order of 205 new generation Mark V SkyTrain cars are now on the Trans-Canada Highway — onboard flatbed trucks — for their journey to reach TransLink’s SkyTrain hub in Edmonds in Burnaby.
$721M Deal for SkyTrain Cars to be Designed and Assembled in Kingston
Dec 21, 2020 · Bombardier Transportion has announced entering into an agreement today with Translink to build 205 new cars for Vancouver’s Skytrain transit system. The modern 5-car trains will be designed by company teams here in Kingston as well as in the southern suburbs of Saint-Bruno, Montreal and also assembled and tested at the Kingston facility.
Vancouver’s MkV SkyTrain cars on test | Metro Report …
Aug 28, 2023 · CANADA: The first of the MkV trainsets for Vancouver’s SkyTrain automated light metro are on test at Alstom’s factory in Kingston, Ontario. In December 2020 transport agency TransLink awarded what was then Bombardier Transportation a C$722·6m contract to supply 205 cars as part of the Expo Millennium Line Upgrade programme.
New Vancouver Skytrain on test - Mainspring
On 22 August 2023 the first of these was unveiled at Alstom’s Kingston, Ontario, plant to begin testing prior to delivery to the British Columbia agency later this year. Alstom took over Bombardier in 2021.
TransLink testing Alstom Mark V SkyTrain railcars, set to replace …
TransLink has commenced testing of the Mark V SkyTrain cars at Alstom’s plant in Kingston, Ontario. Functional performance testing will include the brakes, power systems, doors and car connectivity, as well as propulsion and automatic running on rails to simulate real-life operations.
TransLink unveils first glimpse of Mark V SkyTrain cars
Aug 23, 2023 · TransLink yesterday released the first photos and videos of the new Mark V SkyTrain cars, which have entered the testing phase at Alstom’s plant in Kingston, Ontario.