Vancouver, Canada

Advanced Rapid Transit

Bombardier Transportation is supplying 48 additional

Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) MK II vehicles, bringing the
total number of vehicles in the SkyTrain fleet to 258.

The new MK II vehicles will meet the needs of the rapidly

growing ridership on the Vancouver SkyTrain rail transit
network. Featuring a dynamic exterior design, the
BOMBARDIER* SEKURFLO* onboard security surveillance
system, and a new interior seating layout, the vehicles can
operate on both the existing Expo and Millennium Lines.

Today, the mixed fleet of 150 ART MK I and 60 ART MK II

vehicles serve 33 stations on the longest driverless rapid
transit system in the world.

Since opening to revenue service in 1986 for Expo ‘86,

SkyTrain has carried over one billion passengers.

Transportation Systems
Advanced Rapid Transit
17,350 mm
56'11"
Wheelchair location
Vehicle Data
Type of vehicle Advanced Rapid Transit MK II
Quantity ordered 48 vehicles
Train consist 2-car trains
Dimensions and Weight
Length (coupler face to drawbar face) 17,350 mm / 56’ 11”
Overall width 2,673 mm / 8’ 9”
Height
• top of rail to top of A/C Unit 3,275 mm / 10’ 9”
• top of rail to floor 800 mm / 31’ 1/2”
• floor to ceiling 2,038 mm / 6’ 8”
Doors
• electric bi-parting, outside sliding 6 per vehicle
• door clearance width 1,600 mm / 63”
• door clearance height 1,910 mm / 6’ 3-3/16”
Gangway width (belt height) 1,400 mm / 55”
Wheel diameter 585 mm / 23”
Truck wheelbase 1,900 mm / 6’ 3”
Truck centres 12,000 mm / 39’ 4”
Track gauge 1,435 mm / 4’ 8-1/2”
Car weight (empty) 21,500 kg / 47,400 lb
Technical Characteristics
Primary power 600 Vdc
Auxiliary power supply 230 Vac, 60 Hz, 3ø
Low-voltage power supply 48 Vdc
Linear induction motors (LIM) 2 per car
Bombardier Transportation
P.O. Box 220, Station A
Kingston, Ontario
Canada K7M 6R2
Tel 613 384 3100
www.bombardier.com
SkyTrain is a trademark of TransLink (SCBCTA)
Vancouver, Canada
1,900 mm
6'3"
34,700 mm
113'10"
Wheelchair location
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Propulsion inverters 2 IGBT inverters per car
Service braking regenerative dynamic,
supplemented by hydraulically
applied disc brakes
Emergency brakes magnetic track, supplemented
by spring-applied discs
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Parking brakes spring-applied
Automatic couplers front end of each car
Carbody steel underframe with painted
aluminum carbody
Truck (bogie) fabricated steel, forced steered
Side windows openable, tinted single-glazed
Air-conditioning 2 units per car (14 kW cooling
capacity each)
Performance and Capacity
Acceleration rate (service) 1.0 m/s2 / 2.24 mphps
Braking rate (service) 1.0 m/s2 / 2.24 mphps
Braking rate (emergency) 2.4 m/s2 / 5.37 mphps
Maximum operating speed 90 km/h / 55 mph
Buff load 650 kN / 146,000 lb
Wheelchair location 1 per car
Seated passengers (with wheelchair) 31 per car
Seated passengers (without wheelchair) 33 per car
Capacity per car (standees + seated)
@ 4 pass./m2 (2.7 sq. ft./pass.) 95 + 33 = 128
@ 6 pass./m2 (1.8 sq. ft./pass.) 142 + 33 = 175
@ 8 pass./m2 (1.35 sq. ft./pass.) 190 + 33 = 223