SkyTrain Automated Rapid Transit Network
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SkyTrain has run driverless since 1985, skipping the staffed transition most automated metros needed — a 2022 derailment near Surrey traced back to worn bolts, not the automation.
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SkyTrain has run driverless since opening in December 1985, without the staffed transition other automated metros needed. Thales SelTrac still runs the original Expo and Millennium Lines; the newer Canada Line uses different Hyundai Rotem trains at the same automation grade. It carries about 427,000 weekday boardings; a 2022 derailment near Surrey traced to worn bolts, not automation failure.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “SkyTrain Automated Rapid Transit Network” — Vancouver, Canada. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/vancouver-skytrain-automation/ (last verified 2026-08-06). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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