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SkyTrain Observes Silver Anniversary of Service in Vancouver, BC

South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) in Vancouver, BC, marked the 25th anniversary of SkyTrain service with an Aug. 17 event at the SkyTrain Operations and Maintenance Centre in Burnaby, BC. The Expo Line entered operation in 1986, followed by the Millennium and Canada lines.

Grace McCarthy—the former minister of BC Transit whose government, under then-B.C. Premier Bill Bennett, was responsible for launching SkyTrain 25 years ago—joined Blair Lekstrom, B.C. minister of transportation and infrastructure and member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Peace River South, and Fleetwood-Port Kells Member of Parliament Nina Grewal at the anniversary event.

Also in attendance for the ceremony were TransLink Chief Executive Officer Ian Jarvis; SkyTrain President and General Manager Fred Cummings; and several past and present SkyTrain employees, including four who were honored for reaching 25 years with the system.

“Opening SkyTrain in 1986 was a defining moment for Metro Vancouver. It transformed the way we travel throughout the region and made this great area one of the very best to live in,” McCarthy said. “I am proud to share this legacy with the longtime SkyTrain employees we are honoring today.”

“Twenty-five years ago, SkyTrain demonstrated that British Columbia was a world leader in rapid transit,” Lekstrom said. “Today we recognize this achievement as a defining moment in our province…we continue to lead by investing in transportation to achieve a better future.”

SkyTrain provides some 310,000 passengers each day and a total of 1.2 billion rides during its history.

The Canadian government, the province of British Columbia, TransLink, and other partners have invested more than $4 billion (Cdn.) since the initial ground breaking in 1983 and another $2 billion in improvements are planned.

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