Canada's federal government is providing funding to TransLink, the regional transit operator in Metro Vancouver, to support the expansion of the Skytrain system and improve existing transit infrastructure. The funding, allocated through the Canada Public Transit Fund, will be disbursed from 2026 to 2036, aiming to address the region's rapid population growth and ensure sustainable public transportation services.
It won't be too long of a wait for first new generation Skytrain cars to come online. TransLink expects the first Mark V Skytrain cars to enter service in the first quarter of this year – Jan 3, 2025Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says in a statement the funding is coming from the federal government’s Canada Public Transit Fund, which was announced in 2024.
A statement from regional transit operator TransLink and the federal government says the money will be handed out from 2026 through 2036, targeting “key improvements” to public transit in the face of “rapid population growth.”It says the funding will allow TransLink to improve existing transit infrastructure, and Quinn says in the statement that the funding will go toward a “much-needed transit expansion in Metro Vancouver.
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