Evolution of the Vancouver SkyTrain 1985-2035 (geographic map)

The history and the future of SkyTrain, the rapid transit system of Metro Vancouver, are shown in this animation.

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[minertransit]

Rode skytrain in February, it is definitely the best rapid transit system in North America in terms of service quality; automated elevated trains that come every 3-5 minutes with amazing stations, wayfinding, and an amazing airport connection

[rwgosse]

Hometown born and raised. Born in 82. The Skytrain, it's demo runs and the Expo Fair were such a huge deal for the city. I remember watching the huge trucks bringing in the sections of track, piece by piece. Thanks for making this.

[denelson]

I still want to see the Canada Line get extended all the way to the Peace Arch and the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.

[dominikr]

I went to Vancouver in June and I loved the skytrain! And all of the public transport in general - it was so easy, clean and convenient. Especially after being in Seattle a week prior 😅

My very first ride was on the Canada Line, Bridgeport-Waterfront. I didn't know it was automatic so sitting in the very front of the train (on elevated tracks) and enjoying the stunning skyline of the city right in front of me was unexpected and absolutely magical.

[jhuang]

With the opening of the first section of the Montreal REM light metro coming up on July 31st, 2023, would it be possible to consider making a evolution of rail transit (metro + REM) in Montreal?

[J-Bahn]

Just was in Vancouver. Skytrain is awesome because the trains run crazy frequent even off peak because of driverless automation.

[hnitsua]

Ty for doing an evolution of the system in my hometown. Vancouver’s system is such a one of a kind being elevated and driverless made me a metro fan. (Dat timing I was just making a skytrain fantasy map on “my google maps” and this person just uploaded a timeline of the said city 5hrs ago)

[GojiMet]

Proof that even smaller North American cities, with the right planning and investments, are capable of rapid rail transit.

[Andrewjg_]

I definitely would like to go to Vancouver and to ride on the Skytrain. My cousin lives near Vancouver and it is such a lovely city in Western Canada.

[jmstransit]

2:57 there’s also a planned spur off Coquitlam station to PoCo town center

There are also plans to run a Willingdon Line from Metrotown to the North Shore and possibly Hastings Street.

None of these have concrete terminals or stations at the time of posting

[khaziayin]

great video as always! please make a Kyiv metro evolution, I think it'd be quite fascinating to see an animation of that!

[RipCityBassWorks]

Considering the size of the city and the quality of service, Skytrain is one of the best metro systems in the world.

[TalwinderDhillonTravels]

There’s a whole new line planned in Surrey you could’ve added in future section.
Guilford mall to newton via surrey central

[gordonpi]

A line connecting King George in Surrey and Brighouse in Richmond would be great idea.

[sdt]

the SkyTrain kind of acts like 2 systems in 1 with the Canada line being separated from the other lines until the Broadway subway is completed in 2025

[jmstransit]

1:46 ah the old pretzel route - one of the few metro systems to have a route that loops back through itself.

And the Millennium Line (was) not the only LIM line to do so - gotta go to Tokyo to find that out.

[lvalledor]

I may be born & raised in Toronto but I've taken Vancouver's Skytrains more than a few times now & I actually enjoy riding the Skytrains so much more than the subways in Toronto, especially the Mk1s. The sound the Mk1s make when they leave the station is always very satisfying. It's music to my ears. Toronto subways sometimes hardly go 50 km whereas the Skytrains travel 50 mph. For someone born & raised in Toronto, I can honestly say that Vancouver's Skytrains really give Toronto's subways RUN for it's money!

[Lucifer]

Let's make the Montreal subway so that all subways in Canada are complete.

[Yvaelle]

VSP HSR from Vancouver to Portland is going to be another game changer.

[nonenowherebye]

There's also the SFU Gondola that is likely to occurr. It will be a 3 cable gondola type system (similar to the Peak2Peak at Whistler/Blackcomb) that runs up from Production Way - University to Simon Fraser University