SkyTrain (Vancouver)
The SkyTrain is the rapid transit (RT) railway system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is run by TransLink. The trains run on weekdays from 4:48 a.m. until around 1:30 a.m. On weekends, they run on shorter hours during for the Expo and Millennium lines.[1]
Construction for the first line of the SkyTrain started on March 1, 1982.[2] It was first opened on December 11, 1985.[3]
There are three lines: the Expo, Millennium, and Canada.[4][5][6] Along with the lines, there are 53 stations and 6 under construction.[7][8]
The SkyTrain was at one point the longest fully automated driverless system in the world. It is also the longest rapid transit system in Canada.[9] There is an average of 446,400 passenger trips each weekday (as of 2023).[10]
SkyTrain (Vancouver) Media
Vancouver Skytrain and Seabus Map
Replaces Image:Translink-faremap.jpg which was public domain. Other version: Image:Translink.gif (Chinese)
A ticket vending machine (right), next to an old faresaver validator (2006)
Fare gates at New Westminster station (2018)
Interior of a Mark I train travelling along the Expo Line between Commercial–Broadway station and Main Street–Science World station (2019)
Canada Line trains at Vancouver International Airport (2008)
Bus advertisement for the Metro Vancouver Transit Police (2007)
A first-generation Bombardier Mark II train at Rupert station (2005)
References
- ↑ TransLink SkyTrain SchedulesTransLink. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ The SkyTrain TunnelVancouver History. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ Vancouver History 1985Vancouver History. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ Celebrating a Quarter Century with SkyTrainTransLink. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ Bus service comes to the new Braid Millennium Station January 7, 2002Translink. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ Canada Line linking Vancouver and Richmond to open Aug. 17Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ SkyTrain Station & Accessible Entrance MapsTranslink. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ All about SkyTrain expansion: Interview with TransLink's head of SkyTrainDaily Hive. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ Evergreen SkyTrain Line launchedGlobal News. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023American Public Transportation Association. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
