{"id":535392,"date":"2026-03-14T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/535392\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T07:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:00:08","slug":"skytrain-upgrades-will-cause-delays-in-downtown-vancouver-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/535392\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyTrain upgrades will cause delays in downtown Vancouver. Here&#8217;s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SkyTrain upgrade delays<\/p>\n<p>Elana Shepert \/ Lodestar Media &#8211; Mar 13, 2026 \/ 9:35 pm | Story: 603591<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"TransLink\u00a0will reduce weekend service on the Expo line in downtown Vancouver starting Sunday, March 22 and continuing through early June 2026. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/glacier_189389_p.jpg\" style=\"height:375px; width:640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Brendan Kergin.<\/p>\n<p>TransLink\u00a0will reduce weekend service on the Expo line in downtown Vancouver starting Sunday, March 22 and continuing through early June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers taking the SkyTrain may experience delays this spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TransLink\u00a0has announced it will reduce weekend service on the Expo Line in downtown Vancouver starting Sunday, March 22 and continuing through early June.\u00a0Service on the Canada Line and Millennium Line will not be affected.<\/p>\n<p>Service will affect travellers early in the mornings on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as late Sunday nights,\u00a0according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrades are essential maintenance work\u00a0&#8220;to the linear induction motor (LIM) rail to ensure the continued safety and reliability&#8221; of the\u00a0SkyTrain, notes the transit authority.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers should allow an extra 20 minutes to travel through or use the downtown Vancouver stations during the maintenance work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:600\">Expo Line delays in Vancouver: What to expect<\/p>\n<p>Service adjustments will occur at the following times. But the service start time depends on the direction. Check\u00a0TransLink&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.translink.ca\/schedules-and-maps\/skytrain#expo-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Expo Line schedule online<\/a> to see when service begins. Travel will be affected during the following times:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSaturdays from the start of service to 10 a.m.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSundays from the start of service to 10 a.m. and&#13;<br \/>\n\tSundays from 9:30 p.m. until the end of service.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>TransLink is also implementing platform change announcements on its digital screens at station entrances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.etranslink.ca\/c\/443\/61496305bc86358c77192a4d81386a2f73890f215ffeed2c2be8d9c0c1d2927da3a09e979516f5ba&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773514856369000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3fpO7i82tOKd1BeW97HWUV\" href=\"https:\/\/link.etranslink.ca\/c\/443\/61496305bc86358c77192a4d81386a2f73890f215ffeed2c2be8d9c0c1d2927da3a09e979516f5ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LIM Rail replacement program<\/a>\u00a0will replace the original Expo Line LIM rail\u00a0to match the Millennium Line,\u00a0which will begin with the track section between Waterfront and Stadium\u2014Chinatown stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0SkyTrain uses the LIM\u00a0system to control the acceleration and braking of trains by &#8220;converting electrical energy into a magnetic field that reacts with the LIM rail, located between the running rails in the SkyTrain track.&#8221; This unique technology allows the SkyTrain to operate in all weather conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SkyTrain upgrade delays Elana Shepert \/ Lodestar Media &#8211; Mar 13, 2026 \/ 9:35 pm | Story: 603591&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-535392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}