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TransLink was created in 1998 as the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA) and was fully implemented in April 1999 by the Government of British Columbia to replace BC Transit in the Greater Vancouver Regional District and assume many transportation responsibilities previously held by the provincial government.
A TransLink-operated electric trolley bus in Vancouver. Bus service operates throughout most of the region under a subsidiary of TransLink, known as Coast Mountain Bus Company. TransLink was established by the provincial government as a way to divorce itself from the responsibilities of roads, bridges and transit service.
In 2001, over 3,400 workers rallied in a strike and disrupted transit service for 123 days, from April 1, 2001, to August 1, 2001. SkyTrain service was not affected. [12] In January 2024, CUPE 4500, a union representing transit supervisors and other bus system staff, went on strike. All bus and SeaBus service operated by CMBC in Metro Vancouver ...
Exchange Zone [a] Municipality Year Parking Connection(s) Blanca Loop: Zone 1: University Endowment Lands: 1930: No: Capilano University Exchange: Zone 2: North Vancouver
The Compass card is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used primarily for public transit in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Compass card readers were first implemented as a beta in September 2013. [1] Due to delays, full implementation to the general public began in August 2015.
It is owned and operated by the region's transit authority, TransLink. Opened in 1995, it provides a link between Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District and is the only commuter railway in Western Canada. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,304,400, or about 6,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
Columbia Valley Transit System Creston Area British Columbia: 6,275 Creston Valley Transit System Smithers: British Columbia: 5,378 Smithers Regional Transit System Hazelton Area British Columbia: 5,332 Hazeltons Transit System Gabriola Island: British Columbia: 4,500 Gertie Pemberton: British Columbia: 3,407 Pemberton Valley Transit System ...
SkyTrain system map. The Vancouver SkyTrain is a three-line urban mass transit system in the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, managed by TransLink.The Expo Line was built for the Expo 86 World's Fair; [1] the Millennium Line opened in 2002, [2] followed by the Canada Line in 2009, which was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics. [3]