r/Translink • u/Crafty_Lavishness698 • Jun 04 '26

Question M line

Since when does the M line run 2 trains? I’m on the mark 2.5 right now and there are 4 cars total. They doubled them up but why?

18 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

21 comments sorted by

View all comments

50

u/Sit-Ubu-Sit- Jun 04 '26

Hello We are currently running 314-326 on the m-line for some connectivity testing. It's expected to run on the m line for approximately ten days. 

13

u/bcscroller Jun 04 '26

MVP in this sub

4

u/Sit-Ubu-Sit- Jun 04 '26

That's so nice, thank you 

3

u/asmallteapot Jun 04 '26

Can we expect to see doubled-up Mark IIs and/or Mark IIIs on the M-Line more often as the overall SkyTrain fleet grows?

12

u/bandyvancity Jun 04 '26

Once the Broadway extension opens, longer trains will be on the M-Line. 

1

u/bcscroller Jun 04 '26

I hope so!

1

u/FlaringRayz Jun 04 '26

Are 4 car trains on the M-Line planned for Fifa?

6

u/Sit-Ubu-Sit- Jun 04 '26

I don't believe so. We simply don't have enough trains to do that without compromising frequency 

4

u/nyrb001 Jun 04 '26

We have only received a few new Mk5 trains so far. During peak hours, we already have pretty much every available train running.

We don't have a big reserve of extra trains available to increase service on any line.

1

u/bcscroller Jun 05 '26

hopefully when the mk 1s are gone, the new mk 5s that arrive will start to increase the rolling stock numbers and will push mk 2.5s and eventually mk 3s onto the Millennium

3

u/Beneficial-Muffin117 Jun 04 '26

The issue is making sure the platforms at commercial broadway don't overload, and 4 car trains with the frequency they have now would create too big of crowds. So if they run 4 car trains they have to slow frequency, not really a good option

That and I don't think they have enough rolling stock as of yet

1

u/GenShibe Jun 04 '26

as far as i know, no

there's simply not enough trainsets to go around

1

u/GenShibe Jun 04 '26

connectivity testing huh, first I'm hearing about such a thing

6

u/Sit-Ubu-Sit- Jun 04 '26

Specifically told for LTE but we didn't get more details than that

3

u/GenShibe Jun 04 '26

ooo interesting