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| System Operations and Maintenance |
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| Acronyms, Codes, Terms and Definitions |
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| Communications |
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| Channel |
Frequency and Description |
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| 1 - One |
410.2875Mhz - Mainline One (Expo 999) Repeater |
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| 2 - Two |
410.0625Mhz - Mainline Two (Millennium 996) Repeater |
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| 3 - Three |
410.4875Mhz - Maintenance and Back-up Repeater |
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| 4 - Four |
RESERVED - EMERGENCY USE ONLY |
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| 5 - Five |
408.5125Mhz - Yard Control Simplex Frequency |
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| Future |
FUTURE |
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| Emergency Codes |
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| Code |
Definition/Description |
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| ALPHA |
Police |
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| BRAVO |
Suspicious package or bomb threat |
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| CHARLIE |
Collision |
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| CONTROL NET |
Only staff directly involved in
the emergency can commincate on radios. |
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| DELTA |
Derailment |
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| ECHO |
Ambulance |
| FOXTROT |
Fire |
| GREEN |
Clear of emergency |
| INDIA |
Human contact with train |
| RED |
Confirmed |
| TANGO |
Unauthorized entry into guideway |
| WHISKEY |
Weapon |
| WHISKEY GOLF |
Weapon, Gun |
| WHISKEY KILO |
Weapon, Knife |
| YELLOW |
Unconfirmed |
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| Train Fault Codes |
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| Fault Code |
Definition and/or Description |
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| FC1 |
Motion obstructed/brake |
| FC2 |
Fire/smoke detected; problem with detectors |
| FC3 |
37 v dc. problems |
| FC4 |
VOBC timed out |
| FC5 |
Brake or BAMS problems |
| FC6 |
Propulsion problems |
| FC7 |
VOBC halted |
| FC8 |
Train overspeed |
| FC9 |
Target point overshoot |
| FC10 |
Rollback |
| FC11 |
VOBC fault |
| FC12 |
Couple/uncouple rejected |
| FC13 |
Doors fail to open/close |
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| FC14 |
Failure to get door status in station |
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| FC15 |
Loss of door status outside of station |
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| Acronyms and Jargon |
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| Acronym |
Definition and/or Description |
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| 996 |
SkyTrain Mainline Two - Millennium |
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| 997 |
WCE - West Coast Express |
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| 998 |
SeaBus |
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| 999 |
SkyTrain Mainline One - Expo |
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| AARU |
Automatic Assured Receptivity Unit |
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| APS |
Auxillary Power Supply |
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| ART |
Advanced Rapid Transit |
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| ATC |
Automatic Train Control |
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| BAM |
Brake Assurance Monitor |
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| BCEU |
Brake Control Electronic Unit |
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| BCRTC |
British Columbia Rapid Transit
Company, a subsidiary of TransLink responsible for the operation and
maintenance of SkyTrain. |
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| BLS |
Blue Lighting System |
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| BO |
Bad Order |
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| BOGIE |
A wheeled undercarriage pivoted
below the end of a rail |
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Sometimes referred to as the truck. |
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| BOT |
Bad Order Track |
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| CB |
Coffee Break |
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| CESS |
Central Emergency Stop System |
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| CIS |
Control Insulator Section |
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| ComSet |
Communications Set |
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| COS |
Control Supervisor |
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| Crew Train |
Train(s) that run behind the
last revenue service train for |
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purpose of collecting Operations employees. |
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| CS |
Coupler Status |
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| DCA |
Designated Coupling/uncoupling Area |
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| DCCB |
Direct Current Circuit Breaker |
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| DC |
Direct Crossover or Dual Contol track switch |
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| Dead Head |
A moving train without
passengers during revenue operation. Usually moving to or from the yards, a
terminus station or a pocket. |
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| Dwell |
The Dwell Time is the time from
the second the train applies the disc brakes and opens the doors to the
second the doors close and the disc brakes are released. The time the train
sits in the station allowing passengers to disembark and board. |
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| EAT |
Emergency Access Track |
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| EB |
Emergency Brake |
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| ECB |
Electronic Control Bin |
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| EEC |
Emergency Equipment Cabinet |
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| EER |
Electrical Equipment Room |
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| EMO |
Emergency Manual Operation |
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| EMTB |
Emergency Magnetic Track Brakes |
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| EZ |
Electrical Zone |
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| FC |
Fault Code or Category |
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| FCP |
Fire Fighters Command Post |
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| FID |
Feed-in Device |
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| FOCS |
Fibre Optic Communication System |
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| FP (1) |
Frog Point Switch |
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| FP (2) |
Fouling Point - A fouling point
is the last possible section on a track that you can be on before having a
risk of being hit by another train traversing the switch. |
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| GIDS |
Guideway Intrusion Detection System |
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| GIES |
Guideway Intrusion Emergency Stop |
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| GIMS |
Guideway Intrusion Monitoring System |
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| GREEN PLUG |
Procedure conducted by field
staff to correct a disturbed or faulty switch. |
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| GVTA |
Greater Vancouver Transportation
Authority; the legal |
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| name
for TransLink. |
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| HMP |
Health Monitor Panel |
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| HMU |
Health Monitor Unit |
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| Hot Lunch |
Vomit |
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| HPM |
Health Performance Monitor |
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| HPU |
Hydraulic Power Unit |
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| HVAC |
Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
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| Hunting |
Descriptor to be added |
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| IANS |
Integrated Alarm Notification System |
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| I/B |
Inbound track (west bound) |
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| ICTS |
Intermediate Capacity Transportation System |
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| LIM |
Linear Inductor Motor |
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| ML1 |
Mainline One - Expo (999) |
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| ML2 |
Mainline Two - Millennium (996) |
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| MKI |
Mark 1; the first generation
SkyTrain vehicle operates in |
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four or six car configurations. |
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| MKII |
Mark 2; the second generation
SkyTrain vehicle |
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in two, three (future), four or five (future) car |
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| MBATC |
Moving Block Automatic Train
Control; developed by |
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| Alcatel
it allows for continuous real-time control |
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tracking of trains. |
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| MHA |
Mental Health Act |
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| MOG |
Maintenance Vehicle on the
Guideway or Machine on the Guideway. |
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| MOW |
Maintenance-Of-Way |
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| Nosing |
Descriptor to be added |
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| O/B |
Outbound track (east bound) |
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| OMC |
Operations and Maintenance Center |
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| OP |
Occupancy Permit |
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| PAA |
Passenger Assistance Alarm |
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| PCU |
Power Conversion Unit |
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| PIES |
Platform Intrusion Emergency System (Stop) |
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| PIP |
Passenger Intercom Panel |
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| PLEDS |
Platform Light Emitting Diode Sign |
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| Pocket |
Sections of track on the mainline used to park trains |
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| PPCS |
Propulsion Power Cut-off Switch |
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| PTE |
Permission to Enter |
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| RE |
Re-Entry or Re-Entry Point; If a
train has 'timed out' |
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lost by the VCC), then an STA must drive the |
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over the re-entry point at a steady velocity for |
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system to pick it up again. |
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| SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
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| SCS |
Switch Control System |
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| SCU |
Switch Control Unit |
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| SESP |
Station Emergency Stop Processor |
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| SESS |
Sation Emergency Stop System |
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| Sleeper |
Someone sleeping on the train. |
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| SMC |
System Management Center |
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| STA |
SkyTrain Attendant |
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| T and C |
Testing and Commissioning |
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| TIES |
Track Intrusion Emergency Stop;
an alternate version of |
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PIES in use exclusively on the Millennium Line |
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Stadium's third platform or pocket. It makes |
| use of
a laser to detect an unauthorized entry into the |
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| TO |
Time Out; train loses communication with VCC |
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| TLR |
Train Line Reset - Resetting all VOBCs on the line |
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| TLTS |
TransLink Transit Security |
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| Tool Box |
Safety meeting for staff |
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| TP |
Transit Police |
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| Track Section |
A unique, numbered section of
track that is approximately 25 meters in length. Track sections are how the
MBATC system keeps track of the location and velocity of trains. |
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| Train Line Reset |
Resetting all VOBCs |
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| TRIMS |
Train Radio Information System |
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| TVM |
Ticket Vending Machine |
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| TVS |
Tunnel Ventilation System |
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| TZ |
Transition Zone (track) |
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| UA |
Unattended |
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| UTDC |
Urban Transportation Development Corporation |
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| VCIF |
Vehicle Cleaning and Inspection Facility |
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| VIP |
Visually Impaired Person / Special Needs Person |
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| VOBC |
Vehicle On Board Computer |
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| VRS |
Vehicle Radio System |
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| VVAU |
Vehicle Voice Annoucement Unit (Big Mouth) |
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| WT |
Wash Track |
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| YRA |
Yard Run Around |
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| ZULU |
Bathroom Break |
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| Station IDs
Ascending Alphabetical |
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| Station ID |
Station Name |
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| BD |
Braid |
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| BR |
Brentwood Town Centre |
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| BU |
Burrard |
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| BW |
Broadway |
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| CM |
Commercial Drive |
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| CO |
Columbia |
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| ED |
Edmonds |
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| GM |
Gilmore |
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| GV |
Granville |
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| GW |
Gateway |
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| HO |
Holdom |
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| JY |
Joyce - Collingwood |
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| KG |
King George |
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| LC |
Lake City |
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| LH |
Lougheed Town Centre |
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| MN |
Main Street - Science World |
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| MT |
MetroTown |
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| NA |
Nanaimo |
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| NW |
New Westminster |
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| PW |
Production Way - University |
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| RE |
Renfrew |
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| RO |
Royal Oak |
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| RU |
Rupert |
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| SA |
Sapperton |
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| SC |
Surrey Central |
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| SP |
Sperling - Burnaby Lake |
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| SR |
Scott Road |
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| ST |
Stadium - Chinatown |
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| TN |
29th Avenue |
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| TS |
22nd Street |
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| WF |
Waterfront |
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| Station IDs Mainline
One Expo 999 O/B |
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| ID |
Name |
StS m |
StS s |
Total O/B m |
Total I/B m |
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| WF |
Waterfront |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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39 |
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| BU |
Burrard |
2 |
120 |
2 |
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37 |
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| GV |
Granville |
1 |
60 |
3 |
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36 |
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| ST |
Stadium - Chinatown |
1 |
60 |
4 |
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33 |
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| MN |
Main Street - Science World |
2 |
120 |
6 |
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30 |
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| BW |
Broadway |
3 |
180 |
9 |
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29 |
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| NA |
Nanaimo |
3 |
180 |
12 |
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25 |
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| TN |
29th Avenue |
1 |
60 |
13 |
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23 |
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| JY |
Joyce - Collingwood |
2 |
120 |
15 |
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20 |
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| PT |
Patterson |
2 |
120 |
17 |
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18 |
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| MT |
MetroTown |
1 |
60 |
18 |
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17 |
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| RO |
Royal Oak |
2 |
120 |
20 |
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15 |
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| ED |
Edmonds |
3 |
180 |
23 |
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22nd Street |
2 |
120 |
25 |
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12 |
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| NW |
New Westminster |
4 |
240 |
29 |
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| CO |
Columbia |
1 |
60 |
30 |
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| SR |
Scott Road |
3 |
180 |
33 |
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Gateway |
3 |
180 |
36 |
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| SC |
Surrey Central |
1 |
60 |
37 |
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| KG |
King George |
2 |
120 |
39 |
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Two Millennium 996 O/B |
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Name |
StS m |
StS s |
Total O/B m |
Total I/B m |
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| CM |
Commercial Drive |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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26 |
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| RE |
Renfrew |
3 |
180 |
3 |
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23 |
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| RU |
Rupert |
1 |
60 |
4 |
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22 |
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| GM |
Gilmore |
3 |
180 |
7 |
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19 |
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| BR |
Brentwood Town Centre |
1 |
60 |
8 |
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18 |
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| HO |
Holdom |
2 |
120 |
10 |
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16 |
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| SP |
Sperling - Burnaby Lake |
2 |
120 |
12 |
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14 |
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| LC |
Lake City |
2 |
120 |
14 |
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| PW |
Production Way - University |
2 |
120 |
16 |
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10 |
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| LH |
Lougheed |
2 |
120 |
18 |
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8 |
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| BD |
Braid |
3 |
180 |
21 |
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5 |
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| SA |
Sapperton |
2 |
120 |
23 |
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| CO |
Columbia |
3 |
180 |
26 |
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