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SkyTrain is the medium-capacity rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada. [9] SkyTrain has 79.6 km (49.5 mi) of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks running on underground and elevated guideways, allowing SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability.
The SkyTrain system has had a significant impact on the development of areas near stations and has helped to shape urban density in Metro Vancouver. Between 1991 and 2001, the population living within 500 metres (1,600 ft) of a SkyTrain station increased by 37 per cent, compared to the regional average of 24 per cent. [ 32 ]
The Evergreen Extension (previously known as the Evergreen Line) is a 10.9-kilometre-long (6.8 mi) extension of the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. [4] The extension runs from Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby to Lafarge Lake–Douglas in Coquitlam and included six new SkyTrain stations and an upgraded existing ...
The Metro Vancouver mayors recommended a new eight-lane tunnel in 2019 as the replacement of the Massey Tunnel. [4] On August 18, 2021, the provincial government announced the go ahead of the new eight-lane tunnel with a pedestrian and bicycle carriageway, subject to Indigenous consultation and environmental approvals.
The tallest building in Vancouver is the 62-storey, 201 m (659 ft) Living Shangri-La; [5] the building represents the city's efforts to add visual interest into Vancouver's skyline. [6] The recently completed Paradox Hotel Vancouver, also known as Vancouver's Turn, is now the city's second tallest building, at 188 metres (616 ft). [7]
The legislation, passed in 1953, supersedes the Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921 and grants the city more and different powers than other communities possess under BC's Municipalities Act. The city is governed by the 10-member city council, a nine-member school board, and a seven-member park board, all elected for four-year terms.
Innovia Metro is an automated rapid transit system manufactured by Alstom.Innovia Metro systems run on conventional metal rails and pull power from a third rail but are powered by a linear induction motor that provides traction by using magnetic force to pull on a "fourth rail" (a flat aluminum slab) placed between the running rails.
The newly built system had limited Sunday service until 1990, and shorter revenue hours during weekdays than SkyTrain's current revenue schedule as of 2010. During Expo 86, special shuttle trains ran from a third track at Stadium station, where there was a connection to the monorail serving the main site of the world's fair, to the Canadian ...