Part of the rail system is being replaced.<\/p>\n
Expect reduced service on the Expo Line in Downtown Vancouver this summer.<\/p>\n
Beginning on Saturday (July 25) TransLink will temporarily reduce service on the weekends in downtown Vancouver in the early mornings on Saturdays and Sundays, and late Sunday nights, according to a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The work is expected to continue into the fall.\u00a0Canada Line and Millennium Line service will operate normally.<\/p>\n
The upgrades are essential maintenance work “to the linear induction motor (LIM) rail<\/a> to ensure the continued safety and reliability” of the SkyTrain, says the transit authority.<\/p>\n Passengers should allow an extra 20 minutes to travel through or use downtown Vancouver stations during the maintenance work.<\/p>\n Vancouver transit: When to expect Expo Line delays<\/p>\n Here’s when to expect delays on the Expo Line in\u00a0Downtown Vancouver:<\/p>\n Digital screens at station entrances will inform customers of any platform changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n The LIM Rail replacement program<\/a> will replace the original Expo Line LIM rail to match the Millennium Line, which will begin with the track section between Waterfront and Stadium-Chinatown stations.<\/p>\n The SkyTrain uses the LIM system to control the acceleration and braking of trains by “converting electrical energy into a magnetic field that reacts with the LIM rail, located between the running rails in the SkyTrain track.” This unique technology allows the SkyTrain to operate in all weather conditions.<\/p>\n TransLink advises travellers to check Transit Alerts<\/a> for details on which Expo Line stations are impacted and follow TransLink on X<\/a> for the latest updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Part of the rail system is being replaced. Expect reduced service on the Expo Line in Downtown Vancouver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-814935","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\/814935","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=814935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}