The provincial and federal governments have provided details outlining how their new transit funding will help pay for 200 new SkyTrain cars for TransLink's Expo and Millennium Lines in Metro Vancouver. TransLink previously announced plans to add new cars to its fleet as part of its 10-year vision. A joint government announcement Thursday detailed the previously-announced $1.47-billion investment that will help pay for the cars: 150 of which will replace aging cars and 50 that will be added to increase capacity. The new cars will increase SkyTrain's capacity by 5,000 passenger at peak times, the statement said. Multiple transit topics, including the new SkyTrain cars, were discussed Thursday at the monthly Mayors' Council meeting.

Source: CBC News May 23, 2019 21:02 UTC