Artistic rendering of the base station of the Burnaby Mountain Gondola. © TransLink

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Burnaby: Cable car plans nearing completion

Already in 2019, we reported on an urban cable car that is planned to connect the Simon Fraser University (SFU) campus on Burnaby Mountain with the SkyTrain of the Metro Vancouver Region (Canada). Now the plans have become more concrete as it advances through the final stage of planning.

Thomas Surrer

2. October 2024

The plans for a cable car in the city of Burnaby near Vancouver are nearing completion. A 3S cable car with a capacity of up to 4,000 people per hour is set to transport students and commuters between the city and the campus in six minutes.

Initial situation

With 20,000 students,

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