SkyTrain (Vancouver)

SkyTrain is the medium-capacity rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has 79.6 km of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated... Wikipedia

  • Owner:  Province of British Columbia
  • Locale:  Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Transit type:  Medium-capacity rapid transit system
  • Number of lines:  3
  • Number of stations:  53 (6 under construction)
  • Website:  www.translink.ca TransLink
  • Began operation:  December 11, 1985
  • Operator(s):  TransLink
  • Character:  Elevated, underground, and at-grade
  • Number of vehicles:  298
  • Train length:  2, 4- or 6-car trainsets
  • Headway:  2–10 minutes (Expo and Millennium Lines), 3–20 minutes (Canada Line)
  • System length:  79.6 km (49.46 mi), 5.7 km (3.54 mi) under construction
  • Electrification:  650 V DC third rail linear induction (Expo and Millennium Lines), 750 V DC third rail conventional traction motors (Canada Line)
  • Average speed:  40 km/h (24.85 mph) (Expo and Millennium Lines), 32 km/h (19.88 mph) (Canada Line)
  • Top speed:  80 km/h (49.71 mph)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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