SkyTrain (Vancouver)

A SkyTrain car at the Stadium–Chinatown station

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]

References

  1. "TransLink SkyTrain Schedules". Translink. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  2. "The SkyTrain Tunnel". Vancouver History. Archived from the original on May 31, 2007. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  3. "Vancouver History 1985". Vancouver History. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  4. "Celebrating a Quarter Century with SkyTrain". Translink. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Bus service comes to the new Braid Millennium Station January 7, 2002". Translink. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  6. "Canada Line linking Vancouver and Richmond to open Aug. 17". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "SkyTrain Station & Accessible Entrance Maps". Translink. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  8. "All about SkyTrain expansion: Interview with TransLink's head of SkyTrain". Daily Hive. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  9. "Evergreen SkyTrain Line launched". Global News. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  10. "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

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