bcrtc Information

British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd. (BCRTC) maintains and operates two of Metro Vancouver’s three SkyTrain lines on behalf of TransLink, the regional transportation authority. Launched in 1986, SkyTrain is the first and one of the longest, fully-automated, driverless, rapid transit systems in the world. It boasts an average on-time service performance rating of 95 per cent and moves on average 250,000 passengers per weekday. The name SkyTrain is derived from the first SkyTrain line, the Expo Line, which runs on a mostly elevated guideway, high above city streets. The Expo Line and the second SkyTrain line, the Millennium Line, comprise of 49 km of dual-track guideway and a fleet of 258 SkyTrain cars. The two lines are operated out of BCRTC’s Operations and Maintenance Centre in Burnaby, BC where more than 630 dedicated staff work in the areas of administration, engineering, elevator and escalator maintenance, field operations, vehicle maintenance and wayside maintenance.