Developer: Metrolinx
Architect: Arcadis
  
Address: 50 Village Station Rd, Toronto, Canada
Category: Commercial (Office, Industrial), Transit
Status: Pre-ConstructionCompletion: TBD
Height: 52 ft / 15.70 mStoreys: 2 storeys
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It would be cool if they stored the trains in an indoor yard like Montreal does. It reduces weathering and opportunities for graffiti.
 
It's neat to see another city's approach to an operations and maintenance yard for an automated light metro. The original SkyTrain operations and maintenance centre (OMC1) in Burnaby has steadily expanded over the years to the point where it is bursting at the seams and has reached the end of expansion opportunities.


The big new OMC4 is currently under construction (but not yet visible in GoogleMaps 3D) in Coquitlam and it will be pretty substantial, with a capacity to accommodate 41 5-car Mk V trains.


For those keeping score, OMC2 is next door to OMC1 and was originally a final assembly facility for Bombardier for the earlier Mk II trains. OMC3 was built as part of the Evergreen Line expansion and is not much more than a storage yard. OMC5 is also under construction as part of the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension (I don't know exactly where it will be located, hence no Google Maps link).
 
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