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SkyTrain is the metropolitan rail system of Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has 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 name, SkyTrain, was coined for the system during Expo 86 because the first line (Expo) principally runs on elevated guideway outside of Downtown Vancouver, providing panoramic views of the metropolitan area. SkyTrain has the world's longest cable-supported transit-only bridge, known as SkyBridge, to cross the Fraser River in the suburbs.
SkyTrain has 47 stations on three lines: Expo, Millennium, and Canada Lines. The Expo Line and Millennium Line are operated by British Columbia Rapid Transit Company under contract from TransLink (originally BC Transit), a regional government transportation agency. The Canada Line is operated on the same principles by the private concessionaire ProTrans BC under contract to TransLink, and is an integrated part of the regional transport system. The Evergreen Extension, an extension to the Millennium Line, is under construction in the north east suburbs and is anticipated to open for service in 2017.
SkyTrain uses a fare system shared with other local transit services, and is policed by the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service. SkyTrain Attendants (STAs) provide first aid, directions and customer service, inspect fares, monitor train faults, and operate the trains manually if necessary.
SkyTrain or Skytrain may refer to:
The Skytrain is an airside automated people mover system operating at Miami International Airport. It operates within the airport's Concourse D, which is a major international hub for American Airlines. The system, which opened in 2010 as part of an expansion of Concourse D, can transport passengers from end to end of the mile long concourse in five minutes. The Skytrain is one of three separate automated people movers operating at the airport. The others are the MIA Mover which connects to the Miami Intermodal Center, and the people mover connecting Concourse E's satellite building.
Usage examples of "skytrain".
On an early August morning, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain made a sightseeing pass over Yellowstone National Park in the northwestern corner of Wyoming.
C-47 Skytrain to their destinations over a five-day period, forty hours of flying, covering eight thousand miles.
Also known as the Dakota, the Skytrain, Skytrooper, and Doug, it was most often referred to as Gooney Bird.
Past him paraded a caravan of International Red Cross trucks, moving selected cases of Syndrome madness to the skytrain field on the Indus delta.
C-9 Skytrain Captain Falkirk had requisitioned for him at Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, Italy.
The navy primarily used the Skytrain for cargo and passenger transportation as well as forward deployment logistic support.
It was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, the military version of the advanced DC-3.
As Tim watched, the Skytrain flew downward to a landing with its flashing lights rotating on top and underneath.
C-47 Skytrains from the McDonnell Douglas factory to various bases around the country.