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TransLink
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TransLink website |
The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) plans, finances implements
and operates an integrated transportation system, with responsibility for major regional roads as well as public transit. |
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BC Transit
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BC Transit |
BC Transit provides planning, marketing, fleet and funding support for all transit
services in BC, except for the Greater Vancouver region. |
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Metro Vancouver
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Metro Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver (formerly the Greater Vancouver Regional District - GVRD) is a partnership of 22 municipalities
and one electoral area that make up the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver.* |
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Canada Line
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Canada Line |
The new 19 km automated rapid transit line linking Vancouver, Richmond, and the Vancouver
International Airport (YVR), opening Fall 2009. |
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The British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd. (BCRTC) operates the innovative
and internationally respected SkyTrain advanced rapid transit system. BCRTC
operates the Expo and Millennium SkyTrain lines, the world's longest
automated light rapid transit system, connecting downtown Vancouver with
the cities of Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey. SkyTrain
is an operating subsidiary of TransLink.
Vancouver SkyTrain
The SkyTrain in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is an advanced light rapid transit
system operating fully automated trains on two lines. Built for the Expo 86 World's
Fair, it has since become the world's longest automated light rapid transit system.
The system uses the same family of linear induction motor-driven trains as the Scarborough
RT line in Toronto, the Putra LRT in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the JFK AirTrain
in New York.
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