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Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver SkyTrain

Project typeTransportation and Mobility

WHY IT MATTERS

SkyTrain shows how automation can support frequent metropolitan transit and long-term network expansion. It is especially useful for comparing older generations of automated train control with newer systems, while recognizing that operational safety relies on engineered protections and supervised procedures.

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PHOTOGRAPHS

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Surrey, BC. 110828-30 — Surrey, BC. 110828-30 · waferboard · Skytrain at Surrey Central · CC BY 2.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ · CC BY 2.0 · Original source ↗

Skytrain Ticket Zone — Skytrain Ticket Zone · Hellosanta · Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original source ↗

Elevated tracks just west of the New Westminster SkyTrain station in New West, BC Canada. — Elevated tracks just west of the New Westminster SkyTrain station in New West, BC Canada. · Dennis Sylvester Hurd from Minuwangoda, WP, Sri Lanka, Canada · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elevated_Tracks_(22006033).jpg · CC0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en) · CC0 owner-submitted-v1 · Original source ↗

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