Expo Line (SkyTrain)

Expo Line
An Expo Line train in New Westminster
Overview
Owner	TransLink (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)
Locale	Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
Termini	Waterfront King George Production Way–University
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	SkyTrain
Operator(s)	British Columbia Rapid Transit Company
Rolling stock	ICTS Mark I, 6 cars per trainset ART Mark II/III, 4 cars per trainset
Daily ridership	288,000 (2022)[a][1]
History
Opened	December 11, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-12-11)
Technical
Line length	36.4 km (22.6 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rail (linear motor)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map Expo Line highlighted in navy Show interactive map Legend SeaBus to Lonsdale Quay West Coast Express to Mission Waterfront Burrard Canada Line to YVR–Airport or Richmond–Brighouse Granville Stadium–Chinatown Millennium Line to VCC–Clark Main Street–Science World Commercial–Broadway Nanaimo 29th Avenue Joyce–Collingwood Vancouver Zone 1 Burnaby Zone 2 Patterson Production Way–University Metrotown Lougheed Town Centre Royal Oak Millennium Line to Lafarge Lake–Douglas Edmonds Hwy 1 ( Trans-Canada Highway ) Edmonds Yard Burnaby Coquitlam Burnaby New Westminster Future storage facility 22nd Street Coquitlam New Westminster New Westminster Braid Columbia Sapperton New Westminster Zone 2 Surrey Zone 3 Skybridge over Fraser River Scott Road Gateway Surrey Central King George     Future Surrey–Langley extension (2028) Green Timbers     Future Surrey–Langley extension (2028) 152 Street Fleetwood Bakerview–166 Street Hillcrest–184 Street Clayton Surrey Langley Township Willowbrook Langley Township Langley City Langley City Centre All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Expo Line is the oldest line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. The line is owned and operated by BC Rapid Transit Company, a subsidiary of TransLink, and links the cities of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey.

The line was originally known only as "the SkyTrain" from its inception in 1985 until 2002, as it was the system's only line during this time. In 2002, after the opening of the system's second line, the Millennium Line, the original line was given the name "Expo Line". The new name was in recognition of Expo 86 (the World's Fair that Vancouver hosted in 1986) as the transit system had been built in large part as a showcase and an attraction for that fair.

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