SkyTrain has long claimed to be "The world's longest
automated light rapid transit system." And it has become
quite a bit longer, with the coming of the Canada Line in 2009.
This view of tracks for reversing direction and storage just beyond
Waterfront Station on the original route shows a train of older
"Mark I" cars stored to the left. The switch is set to allow
access for a "Mark II" train, waiting to the right with its lights
on.
SkyTrain utilizes on these older lines an uncommon linear induction
motor technology, evidence of which -- the wide LIM rail -- is seen between the two
running rails. |
