3/30/2021
Rail Information: Passenger Rail
TransLink has changed getting older audio system and indicators within the SkyTrain system by putting in 280 new buyer info screens and greater than 1,400 new audio system at stations alongside the Expo and Millennium traces.
The upgrades have modernized communication on the SkyTrain system and improved the Vancouver, British Columbia, company’s potential to speak with clients, TransLink officers mentioned in a press launch.
The upgrades embrace:
- real-time digital screens;
- new “next-train” screens on platforms and station entrances to let clients know when their subsequent practice is anticipated to reach;
- basic info screens with reside service info and updates; and
- greater than 1,200 new CCTV cameras alongside the Expo and Millennium traces.
This $79 million program is an element of a bigger $92.4 million Speedy Transit Techniques Rehabilitation and Upkeep Undertaking paid for beneath the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund, which is funded by the Canadian authorities (50%), British Columbia authorities (33%) and TransLink (17%).
Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff.
