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CAST IN CONCRETE
Building the Surrey Langley SkyTrain one
elevated guideway segment at a time
FORMER VACANT INDUSTRIAL SITE in Surrey’s Campbell
Heights neighbourhood is playing a critical role
in the construction of the Surrey Langley SkyTrain
(SLS) project.
In 2024 the City of Surrey leased the 30-acre
municipally-owned “Stokes Pit” site—located at
the southwest corner of the intersection of 196 Street and
24 Avenue—to SkyLink Guideway Partners to build a
precast concrete facility.
The SkyLink consortium, comprised of Dragados
Canada, Ledcor, and SYSTRA International Bridge
Technologies, is one of the three private consortiums
selected by the Government of B.C. in 2024 to build the
16-km-long elevated guideway that extends the Expo
Line along Fraser Highway from King George Station to
Langley City Centre.
Transportation Investment Corporation (TI Corp),
a Provincial Crown Corporation, is delivering and
overseeing this $5.996 billion project on behalf of the
Ministry of Transportation and Transit.
The concrete segments for the elevated guideway
will be built at the SkyTrain precast concrete facility
that includes steel buildings, utility connections and a
concrete plant. Since construction of the precast facility
was completed, operations at the facility have involved
casting concrete SkyTrain guideway segments and
transporting them to the SkyTrain route for installation.
“Surrey City Council is working to get the SurreyLangley SkyTrain extension project built as quickly as
possible,” said Surrey mayor Brenda Locke in a statement
when the agreement was signed.
“This Pre-Cast Yard lease agreement will enable the
province to speed up work on this critical project. The
SLS project isn’t merely a long-awaited transportation
link; it’s a transformative investment in our future that
will enhance mobility and reduce travel times.”
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Every segment of the elevated guideway is manufactured at a precast concrete facility in South Surrey.
More than 4,000 concrete guideway segments are being
produced—each weighing about 28 tonnes.
Each segment is made of rebar and concrete. It takes
12 to 14 hours to set before the segment can be moved
outside.
Segments are stored until they are transported to the
guideway location where they are lifted into place.
Construction in 2025 focused on foundations for
roughly 200 guideway piers and columns. In addition
to the development of the pre-cast concrete facility,
construction of Green Timbers and Langley City Centre
stations was also begun. The anticipated in-service date is
late 2029.
“The Surrey Langley SkyTrain project is going to
transform the transportation experience for people
across the region,” said Mike Farnworth, Minster of
Transportation and Transit. “From job creation to housing
and improved access to services and amenities, the new
SkyTrain line will make getting around faster and more
a昀昀ordable for hundreds of thousands of people.”
Along with Skylink, the province also signed major
construction contracts with South Fraser Station Partners,
and Transit Integrators BC.
South Fraser Station Partners, the consortium
responsible for the construction of the eight stations,
is composed of Acciona Infrastructure, Aecon Group,
Pomerleau, and AECOM Constructors. Francl
Architecture and Perkins&Will will serve as the
architectural design 昀椀rms for the region’s newest
SkyTrain stations, collaboratively working with AECOM’s
architectural design division.
Transit Integrators BC—comprised of AtkinsRéalis
and Western Paci昀椀c Enterprises—will install the tracks,
electrical systems, and automated train control.
The concrete segments for the Surrey Langley SkyTrain’s elevated
guideway will be built at SkyLink’s precast concrete facility.
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