[Oleophobic]

Did a search, didn't find anything so I hope it's not a repost.

This is 30-minute documentary shot by JEM Productions for B.C. Transit in 1985. It details the construction of the line, the 1984 Main Street demonstration, and the final finished product. You can see the Expo/Millennium Line control room in all its original glory, among many other things.

I thought it was really interesting seeing how the expo line was constructed and to also see what Vancouver was like back in the '80s where I'm sure a lot of us were really young or weren't even born yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9kGEdcYTPs&

[Leopold Stotch]

lol my parents didn't know each other when this came out.

[Lowered_Klass]

Nice find! Sure makes me feel old though, I remember riding those old school buses... crazy how much has changed!

It's amazing how clean and nice the stations and skytrain cars looked. I mean, where is the graffiti? Where are the nammer thugs? Where are the homeless people buggin' the shit out of people? :D

[CPE]

Two more videos here:

http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2011/01/video-on-track-a-skytrain-project-video-from-1983/

[TypeRNammer]

Trains run quietly? Not after 25 years :troll:

[TL_99]

Trains run quietly? Not after 25 years :troll:

still quieter than the canada line even after 25 years. what a shame.

[Qmx323]

cool beans man

[AccordCouped]

lol my parents didn't know each other when this came out.

yes son.. i didnt know your mother yet

[tonyzoomzoom]

I remember during Expo86, Japan brought over their HSST (their version of the skytrain). It uses magnetic levitation technology for propulsion.; They built a short-track for demo. It was so smooth and quite. We then hopped onto our Skytrain - it was so damn loud and bumpy

[jstn86]

it's funny how the video mentions how people in the 70's opted out of the typical north american highway driven city.

well the planners and the people did not foresee a huge jump in immigrants to this city. haha. i think the current highway system in metro vancouver is at over capacity to the max. adding more lanes and building another port mann is not enough. more highways are needed to connect different municipalities directly.

cool video though. i enjoyed that very much.

[El Bastardo]

How does it end? Do they build it or not?

[The_AK]

^haha

i sometimes forget how nice of a city vancouver is

[PiuYi]

still quieter than the canada line even after 25 years. what a shame.

I cant believe how noisy that canada line is considering its brand spanking new.... it screeches at every turn, wtf

well the planners and the people did not foresee a huge jump in immigrants to this city. haha. i think the current highway system in metro vancouver is at over capacity to the max. adding more lanes and building another port mann is not enough. more highways are needed to connect different municipalities directly.

the highways are probably overcapacity right now but its a fact that building more road will only lead to more traffic, its a positive reinforcement loop

the answer to transportation in big cities is not highways (look at LA), its mass transit (now look at tokyo)

plus roads are much more expensive to maintain, etc, than rapid transit

[jeedee]

yes son.. i didnt know your mother yet

:lol

[asian_XL]

^haha

i sometimes forget how nice of a city vancouver is

when white people were the majority

[tgill]

I cant believe how noisy that canada line is considering its brand spanking new.... it screeches at every turn, wtf
This is mostly due to the fact that the Canada Line uses traditional electric motors found in any other subway versus LIM on Skytrain, the lack of a bank turn between KingEd and Oakridge doesn't help either. LIM uses the electric motor to stop and accelerate the vehicle.

[hk20000]

^ But the engineers probably figured since most of the curvy bits are either underground or away from any major establishments (mostly near the casino, actually, where the noise is really not much of a concern) that the regular trains are cheaper and better way to go at it.

[Leopold Stotch]

yes son.. i didnt know your mother yet

i found that black dildo you normally take with you on your lonely business trips.

i bleached it.

[gdoh]

lol nice porn music at the beginning

[Euro7r]

Pretty awesome looking back of how our city has changed.

[impreza_scott]

there were white people back then!

[alpinestars]

seeing clips of people actually building the thing makes me appreciate the effort that went into it

[Liquid_o2]

Hmmm says that a line is supposed to go to Coquitlam. :failed:

[the_rickster]

Hmmm says that a line is supposed to go to Coquitlam. :failed:

its happening, brah. evergreen line.

[Volvo-brickster]

I bet they still have the same computers and screens operating the expo line

[dark0821]

nice documentry... lol....

is it bad when i see 1986 pop up on the screen the first thing i do is to see if there are any Corolla GTS in the streets of vancouver while having Initial D music playin gin my head??

:troll:

[Senna4ever]

I seem to remember Skytrain was free for a while after it opened. My parents and I went on it on the first day - it was SO packed, and it was so cool to ride the thing.

[Oleophobic]

my memories only go as early as riding the skytrain with my mom when I was 6. I was all amazed at how high up we were and how nice the view was.

Now I'm feeling all nostalgic. Damn but I don't mind, it's a nice feeling.

[eugg]

great documentary seeing the city back then was pretty cool

[TOS'd]

Awesome music.

[tofu1413]

nice documentry... lol....

is it bad when i see 1986 pop up on the screen the first thing i do is to see if there are any Corolla GTS in the streets of vancouver while having Initial D music playin gin my head??

:troll:

i saw a 84 celica GT hatch in the vid :fullofwin:

[Death2Theft]

Funny how few asians there are.

[CP.AR]

A bit off-topic... here's the Hong Kong MTR Documentary I found just for comparison.
It's interesting to see how the two cities, given different conditions produced a similar system at very different scales.

hopefully it'll also give people something to think about when they bitch and complain about Skytrain and compares it with other cities, with population density being a big factor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-q0laX4nYA (part 1 of 5)

[J____]

wow vancouver had lots of cars back in the 80's lol

[EmperorIS]

nice documentry... lol....

is it bad when i see 1986 pop up on the screen the first thing i do is to see if there are any Corolla GTS in the streets of vancouver while having Initial D music playin gin my head??

:troll:

you are fucking retarded

[skyxx]

Speaking of Skytrain, which one do you vote for as the name for the smart card?

http://www.theprovince.com/business/Starfish+Compass+TPass+Vote+smart+card+names+with+ video/4098709/story.html

And the Canadaline is actually backwards in Technology compared to the MK2 Millennium line carts.

[Tapioca]

^
For anyone too lazy to click the article, the final names are:
1. Starfish
2. TPass
3. Compass

IMHO, all are pretty lame. Rumour has it that a couple of interesting names - "Otter" and "Umbrella" - were in the running prior to the final cut. "Umbrella" would have been my choice (it's fitting for Vancouver and is a metaphor for the transit system/card)

And about the Canada Line: it's what happens when you cut costs.

[Greenstoner]

^
For anyone too lazy to click the article, the final names are:
1. Starfish
2. TPass
3. Compass

IMHO, all are pretty lame. Rumour has it that a couple of interesting names - "Otter" and "Umbrella" - were in the running prior to the final cut. "Umbrella" would have been my choice (it's fitting for Vancouver and is a metaphor for the transit system/card)

And about the Canada Line: it's what happens when you cut costs.

starfish is lamest of all three...


ill go for Tpass or Compass.... i assume T stand for Transit ???

[Oleophobic]

wow starfish really?
hahahhahahaha

[Liquid_o2]

its happening, brah. evergreen line.

I know that.

This video was made in 1986 though and 24 years later there is still no line was the point I was making.

[CP.AR]

Compass is a pretty nice name. I vote for that.

IN the province article it mentions the "Pacific Spirit" name. I submitted that name lol.
I was sitting in the SUB at UBC, saw the "Pacific Spirit Place" sign and submitted... too bad it didn't make the cut

[Gridlock]

Speaking of Skytrain, which one do you vote for as the name for the smart card?

http://www.theprovince.com/business/Starfish+Compass+TPass+Vote+smart+card+names+with+ video/4098709/story.html

And the Canadaline is actually backwards in Technology compared to the MK2 Millennium line carts.

I was disgusted when in the bidding process they said that the company that built the original line couldn't use savings in operating their existing skytrain line infrastructure as a way to make the bid for Canada Line cheaper.

Only in politics.

At home, if I have a furnace and want to add a hot water heater, I go and get bids. If I have a company that built the furnace and they say the operating costs of my hot water tank will be cheaper because they can share components of the furnace-is that not a no brainer?

Apparently not if I got elected to be the head of my household.

[milkmilk101]

Are you sure the vid is filmed in 1986? Everything looks the same as now. STuff people wear, places they look and stuff like that.. not much different from what I see when I walk outside and jump onto a sky train.... maybe that's Vancouver... chinese saying: 10 years like 1 day....

[jaguar604]

Starfish, TPass, and Compass....? wtf

Why not Orca? Same kind of theme as London's Oyster and Hong Kong's Octopus cards.

[CP.AR]

Orca is already used in Seattle

[Senna4ever]

Orca is already used in Seattle

...on the SLUT.

[Volvo-brickster]

The dumber / lamer the name the better.

That way tourists can see just how awesome we are.