Surrey Langley SkyTrain (Dave Barrett Extension)

Alignment

The extension continues the SkyTrain Expo Line 16 km southeast from its current terminus at King George in Surrey to 203 Street in Langley City, running almost entirely on elevated guideway along Fraser Highway. It has eight new stations, listed west to east: Green Timbers (140 St), 152 Street, Fleetwood (160 St), Bakerview–166 Street, Hillcrest–184 Street, Clayton (189 St), Willowbrook (196 St, at Willowbrook Mall), and Langley City Centre (203 St and Industrial Ave). Bakerview–166 Street, Willowbrook, and Langley City Centre include bus exchanges. The trip from Langley City Centre to King George will take just over 20 minutes.

The project also buys 30 new SkyTrain cars, funds early work on a new maintenance and storage facility, and adds separated walking and cycling paths to the stations. Transportation Investment Corporation (TI Corp), a provincial Crown corporation, delivers it on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation and Transit through three contracts: SkyLink Guideway Partners (Dragados and Ledcor) for the guideway, South Fraser Station Partners (Aecon, Acciona, and Pomerleau) for the stations, and Transit Integrators BC (AtkinsRéalis and Western Pacific Enterprises) for systems and trackwork. TransLink will operate the line as part of the SkyTrain network. In September 2026 the province named the line the Dave Barrett Extension, after the former premier.

Updates

2026-09 — Guideway about 65% complete; line named the Dave Barrett Extension

The Ministry of Transportation and Transit named the extension after former B.C. premier Dave Barrett. By late September the elevated guideway was about 65% complete and more than 95% of piles and columns were finished, with four launching gantries at work and two expected to finish their sections by the end of 2026. Initial testing on the extension is expected in late 2026, with service still targeted for late 2029.

2026-07 — Spending reaches C$2.8B

TI Corp’s July 2026 status report says the project remains within its C$5.996B budget and its late-2029 schedule. Spending to date was C$2.800B, with C$577.0M recovered from the federal government.

2026-05 — Construction underway at all eight stations

Canada and B.C. announced that work had started at all eight stations, with foundations complete at six. Guideway foundations were almost 90% complete, about 5 km of guideway segments had been installed, and trackwork had begun in late April. The release listed contributions of C$4.4B from the province and C$1.3B from the federal government.

2024-11 — Major construction begins

The ministry confirmed that major construction, starting with piling and foundations at the Bakerview–166 Street, Langley City Centre, and 152 Street station sites, began in November 2024. A temporary precast plant in Campbell Heights was set up to cast guideway segments. BC Hydro had been relocating power lines along Fraser Highway since early 2024.

2024-08 — Contracts signed; cost rises to C$5.996B and opening slips to late 2029

After signing the guideway, stations, and systems contracts, the province raised the budget to C$5.996B, about 50% above the previous estimate of roughly C$4B, and moved the in-service date from 2028 to late 2029. It blamed inflation, commodity prices, supply-chain pressures, and labour shortages, which led to higher price proposals from contractors.