With expansion of the SkyTrain and sales to Ankara, Turkey ; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport AirTrain, and Yongin EverLine in Yongin near Seoul, South Korea, redesigned, sold under the name " ART " ( advanced rapid transit ), has become a success for Bombardier.

The SkyTrain has encouraged closer connections to New Westminster, Vancouver, and Surrey, as well as dense urban development at Lougheed Town Centre on the city's eastern border, at Brentwood Town Centre in the centre-west, and most notably at Metrotown in the south.

Originally completed in 1985 as a transit showcase for Expo 86, the SkyTrain automated rapid transit system has become an important part of the region's transportation network.

For instance, the Vancouver SkyTrain started operations in 1986, but has expanded so rapidly that its track length roughly matches the Toronto subway which pre-dates it by 30 years.

The largest Innovia Metro system today is part of the Vancouver SkyTrain network, which has seen several major expansions over its lifetime, with several more being planned.

Vancouver's TransLink has released conceptual renderings of what future Mark III ( Innovia Metro 300 ) cars might look like in the SkyTrain network.

The SkyTrain network has the largest Innovia Metro system in operation, and currently has two such lines: the Expo Line and the Millennium Line.

The upper Drive at Broadway has turned into the city's busiest crossroad with the arrival of the second SkyTrain or Millennium Line.

Since the mid-1980s, the neighbourhood has undergone extreme " densification ", thus reflecting the official community plan for the area, created and adjusted in anticipation of SkyTrain construction.

Vancouver Community College has two campuses, both of which are accessible by Vancouver's SkyTrain.

This name change has not affected the nearby SkyTrain station and the general public still refers to it as Science World.

The Skybridge does not carry automotive vehicles, as the neighbouring Pattullo Bridge does, but has two tracks enabling the TransLink SkyTrain to pass either way on the bridge on its journey between King George Station in Surrey and Waterfront Station in Downtown Vancouver.

The Vancouver SkyTrain system is the largest fully automated metro system in the world, with over 60 km of track.

Vancouver is set to begin construction of a 10. 9 km track expansion of SkyTrain in 2012, known as the Evergreen Line, which will extend the network from Burnaby to Coquitlam in the north-east.

While Vancouver's MK II SkyTrain cars run on the same track as the older MK I cars, the newer models have more spacious interiors.

Prior to SkyTrain opening for full revenue service, the station served as the western terminus of a short 1 km demonstration track during the summer of 1983.

The Vancouver SkyTrain was an early adopter of driverless vehicles, while the Toronto Scarborough rapid transit operates the same trains as Vancouver, but uses drivers.

Automated driverless systems are not exclusively rubber-tyred ; many have since been built using conventional rail technology, such as London's Docklands Light Railway, the Copenhagen metro and Vancouver's SkyTrain, the Disneyland Resort Line which uses converted rolling stocks from non-driverless trains, as well as AirTrain JFK which is linking JFK Airport in New York City with local subway and commuter trains.

In contrast to some other driverless metro systems like the Docklands Light Railway or Vancouver's SkyTrain, the VAL design uses platforms that are separated from the rollways by a glass partition, to prevent waiting passengers from straying or falling onto the rollways.

The SkyTrain system uses a mix of Mark I and Mark II cars, with plans for further expansion with Mark III cars ( Innovia Metro ).

SkyTrain includes the Canada Line, which is also a grade-separated, fully automated light metro system, though it uses conventional electric motors in vehicles designed by a different company.

In 1995, platforms were built adjacent to the SkyTrain station for the new West Coast Express, which uses the existing CPR tracks.

Suggested uses of this 10 km corridor have included a SkyTrain line, a paved bikeway, condominium development, and a tourist-oriented streetcar line.

The SkyTrain system uses a mix of MK I and MK II trains.

Like other two SkyTrain lines in Vancouver, it is also light metro rapid transit, using fully automated trains on grade-separated guideways.

When last fully operational, the line ran from Granville Island to a stop near Science World and Main Street-Science World SkyTrain station.

At 29 km in length, this line is the fourth longest fully automated driverless metro system in the world, after Dubai Metro in Dubai, the SkyTrain in Greater Vancouver, Canada ( 68. 7 km ) and the Lille Metro VAL in Lille, France ( 32 km ).

OS / 2 is still used to control the SkyTrain automated light rail system in Vancouver, Canada.

* Düsseldorf SkyTrain, an automated inter-terminal people mover system of Düsseldorf International Airport, Germany

An automated announcement was aired during people's shuttle ride explaining how SkyTrain and automated driverless technology operated.

* Vancouver SkyTrain An automated rapid transit system that is mostly elevated.

SkyTrain Attendants ( STAs ) are present to provide first aid, directions and customer service, inspect fares, monitor train faults, and operate the trains manually if necessary.

SkyTrain can run at 75 second headways, which will allow for more trains to operate at peak times.

During Expo 86, SkyTrain operated special shuttle trains between Waterfront Station and Stadium – Chinatown Station ( then named Stadium Station ), connecting the Canadian Pavilion at Canada Place to the main Expo site along False Creek.

) In 2002, Millennium Line trains began sharing the SkyTrain tracks with the Expo Line.

* Aberdeen Station ( TransLink ), SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Opened on August 17, 2009, the Canada Line added 15 stations and to the existing SkyTrain system.

* Granville Station ( TransLink ), a station on the SkyTrain system in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

These malls are also connected to Granville SkyTrain Station on the Expo Line and Millennium Line and Vancouver City Centre Skytrain Station on the Canada Line.

The Evergreen Line will run from the Coquitlam Town Centre area, through Coquitlam Central Station and into Port Moody, re-entering Coquitlam on North Road and finally joining the existing SkyTrain system at Lougheed Town Centre.

Outside the City of Vancouver, most buses operate on a hub-and-spoke system along feeder routes that connect with SkyTrain, SeaBus, West Coast Express, or other regional centres.

Construction of the Toronto and Vancouver systems proceeded apace, with the Scarborough RT opening for service on 22 March 1985, followed by the SkyTrain on 11 December 1985, with passenger service starting in January.

The line was simply known as " SkyTrain " from its launch in 1985 until 2002, as it was the only line on the system during this time.

It was given its present name in 2002 to differentiate it from Millennium Line, the second line on the SkyTrain system which was opened that year.

The Expo Line, one of three lines on the SkyTrain ( Vancouver ) | SkyTrain begins at Waterfront Station | Waterfront and runs with the Millennium Line to Columbia, then branching out to Surrey, terminating at King George Station | King George

On December 11, 1985, SkyTrain began providing free weekend service, with full revenue service opening on January 3, 1986.

As of January 2011, Translink is in the midst of a study on various options for improved transit out to UBC, including a westward SkyTrain extension from VCC – Clark Station.

The CPR's passenger platform and some of its tracks were torn up in the early 1980s to make way for the guideway of the original SkyTrain line ( Expo Line ), which opened on December 11, 1985.

King George Station is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

Granville Station is one of five SkyTrain stations on the Expo Line serving Downtown Vancouver.