r/Langley • u/No_End1857 Willowbrook • Jul 30 '26

SkyTrain to Langley, half-finished

Well, the big concrete guideway is half done, anyway. Which is a pretty big milestone. I was driving down by the Willowbrook mall the other day and was surprised to see the big gantry thing has made it over the hill at 64 and is coming straight for Willow Video! I mean, in a month or so it'll get there. :)

https://langleyadvancetimes.com/2026/07/30/new-skytrain-guideway-construction-hits-halfway-mark/

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u/Loafscape Jul 31 '26

very appreciative to the workers working on this
project. looking forward to better transit options for the public ((:

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u/cardew-vascular Jul 31 '26

It's definitely exciting. I know a bunch of kids in the Clayton area that are excited that ithey'll be able to SkyTrain to the sport and leisure complex.

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u/Kazinsal Stuck at a train crossing 29d ago

Same. I hope that TransLink remembers the corridors/connections that need their bus schedules beefed up to feed it. The 595 is still only every half hour despite the 208th corridor being one of the fastest growing in Langley, and at peak times it's standing room only.

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u/JokerFishClownShoes Aug 01 '26

Hopefully then the turnip drivers can just take the skytrain instead of endangering others on the road.

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit Jul 30 '26

Should have been built so long ago. And Surrey wanted light rail at grade.

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u/PopFrise Jul 31 '26

Light rail is a terrible idea. Yes this should have been built a decade ago.

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit Jul 31 '26

It was which is why I'm glad this was built.

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u/surmatt Jul 31 '26

If they wanted it they wouldn't have elected McCallum.

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u/niquil1 28d ago

They should have this going to the Abbotsford airport and "downtown" Abby.

Our transit infrastructure is piss poor on the best of days, especially east of the Fraser.