RED—Switch Number SkyTrain Track Diagram ORANGE—Re-entry Point
BLACK—Track Section Number DUNSMUIR TUNNEL
—Guideway Exit RE102 RE104 RE106
337 553 478 475 438 435 329 326
520 503 500
1 4 5 517 10 11
RE101 RE103 RE105
WF BU GR ST MN BW
IB
1048
968 874
394 310 483 7 8
RE115 RE117 RE119
OB 1122 1119 1044 1041 1003 1000 894 891 2 3 6 9 12
1082 1079 1069 1066
RE114 RE116 RE118
VCC1 VCC2
RE108 RE110 RE112 RE201
249 246 2201 2198
NA ED
216 168 165 100 97 69 66 17 14
15 17 213 20 21 25 27
RE107 RE109 RE111 RE113
TN JY PT MT RO
IB 1 83
829 720 648
14 16 24 26 2282
2563
265 156
567
RE121 RE123 RE125 RE208
OB 781 778 733 730 666 663 635 632 583 580 13 18 19 22 23 28
814 811 2482 2479
Line
RE122 RE124 RE126 RE120 -
OMC To M
RE203 RE205 RE207 RE218 RE222
OMC (VCC3)
EAT
2006 2807 2804 62? 61? NW 2003 CO
N.W. TUNNEL 2120
40 32 33 34 35 2117 38 43 44 47
RE202 RE206 RE217 RE221
RE204 TS
IB 2460 2439 2353 2935 2825 31 36 2001
2283 2999 COLUMBIA TUNNEL SKYBRIDGE
2179 2158 2072 2761
RE210 RE212 RE214 RE220 RE224
OB 2402 2399 30 2586 37 39 42 45 46
2288 2285 2982 2979 2587
RE216
RE209 RE213 RE219 RE223 RE211
RE225 RE229 RE235 RE424
RE215
4015 5616 5613
KG 4012 VC
RE426
2708
4095 4092 4050 4047 5584 5581
2705 48 51 52 57 58 128 129 132 134
RE227 RE231 RE233
SR GW SC CM
IB IB
4256 4424 6178
2696 4176
2870 4352
4061 4362 5543
RE226 RE230 RE236 RE423
4271 4268 4226 4223 6220 6217 OB 2880 OB 2883 49 50 53 56 59 130 131 133
4191 4188 6253 6250
RE232 RE234 RE425 RE228
RE420 RE416 RE412 RE408
5509 5471 5468 5406 5403 5369 5366 5310 5307 5250 5247 5173 5170 RE 5506 RU GM BR HO SP LC
135 138 140 141 145 147
RE422 RE418 RE414 RE410
IB
6085 5992 144 146 5909 5820
5450 5357 5274 5185
OB RE419 RE415 RE411 RE407 136 137 139 142 143 148
6146 6143 6108 6105 6043 6030 6005 6002 5946 5943 5886 5883 5809 5806
RE421 RE417 RE413 RE409
RE404 VCC4 RE246 VCC2 RE242 IB RE238 OB
4710 4662 4659
BD 4707 SA
5112 5044 5041
149 152 5109 154 155 159 160 164 165 168 45
RE406 RE402 RE244 RE240
PW LH
IB
5727 4831
5001 4754 4533 161 4601
5638 4909 4755 4501 To E-Line
5093 4678
RE403 RE245 RE241 RE237
OB 5747 5744 5680 5677 150 151 153 156 162 163 166 167 44
4865 4862 4817 4814
RE401 RE243 RE239 RE405
VCC4 VCC2 OB IB Not to scale | Compiled by Dennis T. Radio Channels & Frequencies revenue train to pick up various employees so that PLEDS: Platform (light emitting diode) sign TOOLBOX: Safety meeting for staff CH 1: Expo Line repeater, 410.2875Mhz they can get home at night. PPCS: Propulsion Power Cut off switch TP: Transit Police CH 2: Millennium Line repeater, 410.0625Mhz CS: Coupler status PTE: Permission to enter TRACK SECTION: A unique, numbered section of track CH 3: Maintenance/back-up repeater, 410.4875Mhz DCA: Designated coupling/uncoupling area RCH: Royal Columbian Hospital that is approximately 5 meters in length. Track sec- CHL 5: Yard control simplex frequency, 408.5125Mhz DCCB: Direct current circuit breaker RE-ENTRY: If a train has 'timed out' (is lost by the ATC tions are how the ATC system keeps track of where YARD FREQUENCY: 408.5125 Simplex DC: Dual Control (track switch) system), then someone must drive the train over the each train is. Don't read the numbers upside down! EAT: Emergency Access Track re-entry point at a steady velocity for the system to TRAIN LINE RESET: Resetting all VOBC's Emergency Codes EB: Emergency Brakes pick it up again. TRIMS: Train Radio Information System ALPHA: Police ECB: Electronic Control Bin RE-ENTRY POINT: If a train has 'timed out' (is lost by TVM: Ticket Vending Machine BRAVO: Suspicious package or bomb threat EEC: Emergency equipment cabinet the ATC system), then someone must drive the train TVS: Tunnel Ventilation System CHARLIE: Collision EER: Emergency equipment room over the re-entry point at a steady velocity for the TZ: Transition Zone (track) DELTA: Derailment EER ROOM: Electrical Equipment Room system to pick it up again. UA: Unattended ECHO: Ambulance EMO: Emergency Manual Operation SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition UTDC: Urban Transportation Development Corporation FOXTROT: Fire EMTB: Emergency Magnetic Track Brakes (used to control power on SkyTrain) VCC: Vehicle Control Centre - consists of linked mini- INDIA: Human contact with train FC: Fault category SCS: Switch control system computers regulating speed, safe distances, and track TANGO: Unauthorized entry into guideway FCP: Fire Fighters Command Post SCU: Switch Control Unit switches. WHISKEY: Weapon FID: Feed-in device SESP: Station Emergency Stop Processor VCIF: Vehicle Cleaning & Inspection Facility WHISKEY GOLF: Weapon, Gun FOCS: Fibre Optics Communication System SESS: Station Emergency Stop System VIP: Visually Impaired Person / Special Needs Person WHISKEY KILO: Weapon, Knife FP: Fouling point - A fouling point is the last possible SLEEPER: Someone sleeping on the train VOBC: Vehicle On Board Computer CONTROL NET: Only staff directly involved in emer- section on a track that you can be on before having a SMC: System Management Center VPD: Vancouver Police Department gency can communicate on radios risk of being hit by another train traversing the switch. STA: SkyTrain Attendant VRS: Vehicle Radio System GIDS: Guideway Intrusion Detection System T&C: Testing & Commissioning VVAU: Vehicle Voice Announcement Unit (Big Mouth) RED: Confirmed GIES: Guideway Intrusion Emergency System TIDES: An early version of the GIES in use exclusively WT: Wash track YELLOW: Unconfirmed GIMS: Guideway Intrusion Monitoring System at Stadium outbound. It makes use of a laser to detect YRA: Yard run around GREEN: Clear of emergency GREEN PLUG: Procedure conducted by field staff to an unauthorized entry into the track. ZULU: Bathroom break correct a disturbed or faulty switch TIME OUT: Train loses communication with VCC Source: http://www.scanbc.com Train Fault Codes HMP: Health Monitor Panel TLTS: TransLink Transit Security FC1: Motion obstructed/brake HMU: Health Monitor Unit FC2: All fire and smoke detector problems HOT LUNCH: Vomit, Puke FC3: 37 v dc. problems HPM: Health Performance Monitor Source: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/t2000bc/learning/etb/electric_vehicles.html FC4: VOBC halted HPU: Hydraulic Power Unit FC5: Brake or BAMS problems HVAC: Heating Ventilation & Air FC6: Propulsion problems Conditioning FC7: VOBC halted IANS: Integrated Alarm Notifica- FC8: Train overspeed tion System FC9: Target point overshoot I/B: Inbound track towards Wa- FC10: Rollback terfront FC11: VOBC fault ICTS: Intermediate Capacity FC12: Couple rejected Transportation System FC13: Doors fail to open LIM: Linear Inductor Motor FC14: Failure to get door status in station Mark I: The first generation of FC15: Loss of door status, outside of station SkyTrain vehicle Mark II: The second generation of Equipment, Guideway & Train References SkyTrain vehicle AARU: Automatic Assured Receptivity Unit MBTC: Moving Block Train Control APS: Aux. Power Supply - developed by Alcatel it allows for ART: Advanced Rapid Transit continuous real-time control and BAM: Brake Assurance Monitor tracking of trains. BCEU: Brake Control Electronic Unit MHA: Mental Health Act BLS: Blue Lighting System MOW: Maintenance-Of-Way BO: Bad Order (track) BOGIE: A wheeled undercarriage pivoted below the O/B: Outbound track away from end of a rail vehicle. Sometimes referred to as the waterfront truck. OMC: Operations and Mainte- BOT: Bad Order Track nance Center CB: Coffee Break OP: Occupancy permit CESS: Central Emergency Stop System PAA: Passenger Assistance Alarm CIS: Control Insulator Section PCU: Power Conversion Unit COMSET: Communications set PIES: Platform Intrusion Emer- COS: Control Supervisor gency System CREW TRAIN: The train that is run behind the last PIP: Passenger Intercom Panel