Enhancing Victoria Metro

Victoria Automated Metro

PDF: Victoria Automated Metro

This option is for an Automated Metro Line from Langford Exchange to Ogden Point and would eventually extend west to Sooke and north to Swartz Bay.

The line follows most of the BC Transit proposed route between Langford Exchange and Victoria. The line is elevated with a 3km tunnel section between Discovery St and Ogden Point.

Metro Line

  • The line would initially start at Langford Exchange and run elevated along Station Rd, Goldstream Ave, Wale Rd, Island Hwy, Hwy 1, Douglas St, then underground from Discovery St to Ogden Point (Dallas Rd and Montreal St).

  • Stations at Langford Exchange, Colwood Exchange, Six Mile Rd, Helmcken Rd, McKenzie Avenue, Burnside Rd, Uptown Exchange, Mayfair Mall, Hillside Ave, Pembroke St, View St, Superior St, and Dallas Rd.

  • Platform length at 85m.

  • The line would eventually extend to Sooke along Jacklin Rd and Sooke Rd with sections on the surface where feasible. If the stations are every 2km apart between Sooke and Langford this would allows for a minimum 400m TOA around the stations and a green belt in between.

  • The line would also eventually extend to Swartz Bay mainly down the middle of the Pat Bay Hwy on the surface and elevated with an underground station at the Victoria International Airport. All bus routes in the Saanich Peninsula are within 1km to 6km from a Metro Station.

Travel Times

  • The travel time from Langford Exchange to Downtown Victoria (View St - 14.6km) would be approximately 21 minutes.

  • The travel time for an at grade LRT would be approximately 38 minutes.

  • The travel time from Colwood Exchange to Downtown Victoria (View St – 11.3km) would be approximately 15 minutes.

    (The travel time for an at grade LRT would be approximately 26 minutes)

  • The travel time from Sooke to Downtown Victoria (View St – 36.6km) would be approximately 50 minutes.

    (The travel time for an at grade LRT would be approximately 84 minutes)

Rolling Stock

  • The initial metro trains would start off with two or three metro cars and then add more rail cars when ridership grows.

  • There are several metro rail vehicles available listed below.

  • Alstom Mk 5 (Metro Vancouver)

  • Alstom Metropolis (Montreal)

  • Alstom Movia C30 (Stockholm Sweden)

Transit Oriented Areas

Langford Exchange

The provincial rules for Transit Oriented Areas (TOA) does not address Rail Rapid Transit in the CRD.

My suggestion would be for all Rail Transit on Vancouver Island be in Category 3.

The Metro Station would be built over the Island Rail Corridor Langford Exchange Station. This would be a major transfer point.

Colwood Exchange

Uptown Transit Exchange

Downtown Victoria

Elevated Guideway

An elevated guideway in the centre of the road. The columns are around 2m wide.

Elevated Guideway to Underground

Station Beside Road

Station Over Road

This is the Green Timbers station on the new extension to Langley.

Saanich Peninsula

Stations at McKenzie Ave, Royal Oak Shopping Centre, Sayward Rd, Tanner Rd, Mt Newton Cross Rd, McTavish Bus Exchange, Victoria International Airport, Beacon Ave, and Swartz Bay.

Victoria International Airport

Disclaimer: The author is not a professional planner or consultant. The document is written to show an idea for a future metro in the Victoria area.