Thales is to install its SelTrac CBTC system on Vancouver’s new SkyTrain extension.
Scheduled for service in 2016, the 11 km Evergreen Line will connect Coquitlam to Vancouver via Port Moody and Burnaby, calling at seven stations.
Under a contract signed earlier this month, Thales will upgrade the existing central control system.
“We are pleased to be once again selected to support Vancouver’s continuing rail transit growth plans with SkyTrain,” said Michael MacKenzie, vice president and managing director of Thales Canada, Transportation.
“Since signalling the Expo Line in 1985, the first CBTC driverless system in the world, we have also applied our reliable SelTrac CBTC system to both the Millennium Line and Canada Line.
“TransLink and BCRTC can pride themselves on operating one of the longest fully automated systems in the world.
“They are recognised world leaders in rail transit and throughout the decades, Vancouver’s SkyTrain remains a well-respected system amongst urban rail operators globally.”
