Surrey council unanimously passes motion to ‘cancel ’ LRT

[tomh009]

Most of the difference is explained by their assumptions on asset life: 41 years for LRT, 48 years for BRT and 61 years for SkyTrain. I don't know where the numbers came from and what they mean. I can't see running today's SkyTrain rolling stock in 2080, even with refurbishment -- that would be like running Kennedy-era trains today. And I would really expect the SkyTrain station infrastructure to cost significantly more to maintain.

They just retired the MR-63 metro trains in Montreal, which were in service from 1966. That is pretty much 60 years. Of course, metro trains run underground (in a high humidity environment), not in the sky. But, there's no salt on the SkyTrain. So who knows.

That's pretty old indeed, 52 years.

The proposal says 48 years for BRT. Those would be 1970 vintage bus equivalents (GRT has nothing older than 2004 active today).