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Originally Posted by GeeCee
The top speed of the Bombardier ALRT vehicles themselves is 90kph, though they never reach this speed on our system as far as I know due to short distances between stations, noise complaints, and Vancouver's hilly geography.
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Thank you for the info.
It would seem that if skytrain is going to be extended way out to the valley suburbs, it would be a rather slow, long commute for the outer areas.
That is why I suggested some time back that faster commuter trains going 120k/ph or even 140k would be better, as long as they tie in well to the "inner" system.