Evolution of Vancouver's SkyTrain

This is an animated timeline showing how the SkyTrain started in December 1985, and then grew over the years to present day.
Few notes in detail:
2001
-Joyce renamed to the current name "Joyce-Collingwood"
2004
-Stadium renamed to the current name "Stadium-Chinatown"
Music - Where the Streets Have No Name
by U2
No copyright infringement intended!

[@bcferriesman1438]

Here’s what it’s like today the 96 and 95 b lines were turned into the r5 and r1 rapid buses and got a new green colour instead of the orange and soon in about 3 years the millennium line will be extended to arbutus as part of a long term project to expand the millennium line to ubc to replace the 99 b line and soon a gondola will be installed to connect production way university and sfu there is also a fan made map showing what people think what the skytrain will look like in the future
This has been a transit enthusiast fact from coast mountain man

[@aehighfmcolinchin]

4:23
The eastbound extension for the Millennium Line is called Evergreen Extension.

[@djanthonytv]

song's from the canucks entrance back in 2011 Stanley Cup Run!

[@srinathganapathy289]

What is the song name, I always forget it!

[@MetroElfren]

@@srinathganapathy289 It's called "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2. This detail is also shown in the description.

[@melchardcaranto4675]

@@MetroElfren that's as Vancouver as you can get!

[@ninein]

How did you illustrate this?

[@Cartonies]

note that on 2:08 it was spelt "collingwod" and another note that this was 4 yrs late

[@nevergonnagiveyouup214]

(POSSIBLE) FUTURE EXTENSIONS AND STATION ADDITIONS:
-Capstan Station (Between Aberdeen & Bridgeport)
-Langley Extension (King George Langley City Center)
-Broadway Corridor (Phase 1 - VCC Clark Arbutus I POTENTIAL PHASE 2 - Arbutus UBC)
-POTENTIAL Port Coquitlam Extension (Coquitlam Central Port Coquitlam)

[@yaygya]

Wouldn't the Canada line cross Granville station? There's an unofficial link through Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre.

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Yes proper signs should be posted and
better pedestrian connections between the No. 1 HUB in Vancouver.

[@aehighfmcolinchin]

Interesting! I love watching Evolution Videos as I'm interested to see how much a person or something progresses. And, what's after this?

[@yinggan9976]

Later the b-line (except 99 b-line) was discontinued and replaced by rapid buses

[@milanstreit49]

You forgot about the demonstration line mate.

[@aehighfmcolinchin]

Why don't the Millennium Line be extended to link with the Canada Line from VCC-Clark?

[@assorted9976]

if im not mistaken, an extension under broadway is actually underway, terminating at arbutus and including several intermediate stations including an interchange at broadway-city hall

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Many bus routes were cutback because of lack of funds especially in the last 10 years, and more now because of COVID

[@piclor2586]

Make a future of skytrain timeline video!

[@aehighfmcolinchin]

Why some B-Lines were discontinued?

[@piclor2586]

Colin Chin The skytrain replace them I think. This will happen to the 99 b line soon for the UBC-Arbutus extension. 95 b line might be replaced by a new line in the near future (30 years?). 96 may get removed for the future king George to Langley extension after the ubc arbutus extension

[@piclor2586]

A main reason is for bus driver losing jobs and not many people going on the buses

[@MetroElfren]

Canada Line replaced the 98 B-Line while the Millennium Line extension into Coquitlam replaced the 97 B-Line.

[@nathandavidowicz3721]

Buses carry almost 65% of all riders. TransLink keep making mistakes and many new bus routes are needed together with super express buses similar to route 222.

[@Themapleleaforever]

Why’d they have the expo and millennium line going to the same places

[@EditorVJAS]

When the original plans for the Millennium Line were put in place it was to be a separate line running a similar course to the current line. It would have had it's own operations yard and had no need to connect to the "Expo line". However due to cost & the political climate at that time the course was changed to what was built.
At the time the naming worked, and it made sense when going away from Waterfront, as anyone heading to Surrey knew they needed an Expo train, and any of the other stations past Columbia to be on a Millennium train. Anyone getting off before Columbia could use any train so they could just grab whichever came first.

[@ninein]

What about RapidBus?

[@badretamemehassani1717]

Keep in mind, this video was taken 1 year ago. Obviously, RapidBus wasn't around that time. (Commented by Abdelnoor)