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SkyTrain Automated Rapid Transit Network

Revision 2026-10-14-baseline · effective 2026-10-14

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 11 claims and 5 source dossiers.

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publication dates recorded
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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-042a352bbd24f49b quantitative
SkyTrain has run driverless since opening in December 1985
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
TransLink: driverless trains for four decades; Wikipedia: limited fare-free service began 11 December 1985.
Caveat
Revenue service began on 3 January 1986.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransLink — SkyTrain Marks 40 Years
  2. Wikipedia — SkyTrain (Vancouver)
Claim 2 clm-c31ea8277d1d2e39 descriptive
roving SkyTrain attendants can drive a train manually if needed
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What the mapping says
Wikipedia: SkyTrain attendants provide first aid and customer service, monitor train faults and operate the trains manually if necessary.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — SkyTrain (Vancouver)
Claim 3 clm-414f462408ba5e60 descriptive
Its signalling, the forerunner of Thales' SelTrac, runs all three lines
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What the mapping says
Wikipedia: the signalling used on all three lines was originally developed by Alcatel and later provided the basis of SelTrac, now maintained and sold by Thales.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — SkyTrain (Vancouver)
Claim 4 clm-4b238eb49e4f3f44 descriptive
the Canada Line uses different Hyundai Rotem trains, also fully automated
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What the mapping says
Wikipedia: the Canada Line's trains, built by Hyundai Rotem, are fully automated but of a different design.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — SkyTrain (Vancouver)
Claim 5 clm-ef5bfdd5347003ec quantitative
The Expo and Millennium Lines averaged nearly 349,000 weekday boardings in 2024
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What the mapping says
TransLink (December 2025): last year the Expo and Millennium lines averaged nearly 349,000 weekday boardings.
Caveat
Excludes the Canada Line.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransLink — SkyTrain Marks 40 Years
Claim 6 clm-4ed1b6891fba75a9 quantitative
A 2022 derailment near Scott Road was traced to a worn, poorly installed bolt connection at a switch
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What the mapping says
The operator's September 2022 investigation named worn lateral surfaces and elongated bolt holes at a bolt connection, combined with poor bolt installation, as the root cause.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. theBreaker — SkyTrain derailment investigation points to neglect (30 June 2023)
  2. Business in Vancouver — Surrey derailment investigation
Claim 7 clm-ee32cd889380798b quantitative
BC Rapid Transit Company, which runs the Expo and Millennium Lines, gives an on-time service delivery rating of 96.5%
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator page states an on-time service delivery performance rating of 96.5%.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransLink — British Columbia Rapid Transit Company
Claim 8 clm-e5b97c72979da05c descriptive
the operator's own figure, published without its method
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The page gives the rating without a period or a definition of on time.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TransLink — British Columbia Rapid Transit Company
Claim 9 clm-d47b92e2175f489e descriptive
Automation does not remove the maintenance burden
Published field
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What the mapping says
The derailment report traces the failure to maintenance and inspection, not to the train control system.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. theBreaker — SkyTrain derailment investigation points to neglect (30 June 2023)
Claim 10 clm-b758b64626d0b217 quantitative
the 2022 derailment came from a switch installed in 1989 that was overdue for inspection and replacement
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What the mapping says
The 1989-installed switch had been scheduled for replacement in the first quarter of 2021; inspections on 28 and 29 May 2022 did not capture the bolt condition.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. theBreaker — SkyTrain derailment investigation points to neglect (30 June 2023)
Claim 11 clm-045fecdc892bb6ff quantitative
while the guideway department carried 3,092 open work orders
Published field
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What the mapping says
At the time of the report there were 3,092 open work orders in the SkyTrain guideway department.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. theBreaker — SkyTrain derailment investigation points to neglect (30 June 2023)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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11
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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
TransLink, via BC Rapid Transit Company (Expo & Millennium Lines) and ProTrans BC (Canada Line, P3 concession)
Actor types
regional-government, private
Funding model
mixed
Funding description
Provincial and regional government capital funding for Expo/Millennium; Canada Line built as a federal-provincial-local public-private partnership
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

5 source dossiers

TransLink — SkyTrain Marks 40 Years translink.ca · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-a1f4e22217067a4d
Publisher
Name not classified · translink.ca
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-12-11
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-14
Dossier created
2026-10-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

TransLink release for SkyTrain's 40th anniversary: driverless trains for four decades; the Expo and Millennium lines averaged nearly 349,000 weekday boardings last year; calls SkyTrain at Expo 86 the world's first fully automated driverless rapid transit system.

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TransLink — British Columbia Rapid Transit Company translink.ca · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-05b0b00604aa3860
Publisher
Name not classified · translink.ca
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-14
Dossier created
2026-10-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator page for the Expo and Millennium Lines: about 350,000 passengers per weekday and an on-time service delivery performance rating of 96.5%.

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Wikipedia — SkyTrain (Vancouver) en.wikipedia.org · 4 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-e2395b2cf4230d18
Publisher
Name not classified · en.wikipedia.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-14
Dossier created
2026-10-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Encyclopaedia: limited fare-free service from 11 December 1985, revenue service from 3 January 1986; signalling originally by Alcatel, later the basis of Thales' SelTrac, used on all three lines; Canada Line trains by Hyundai Rotem, fully automated; SkyTrain attendants can operate trains manually.

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Business in Vancouver — Surrey derailment investigation biv.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-79c2a5914fb70470
Publisher
Name not classified · biv.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-14
Dossier created
2026-10-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Reports the operator's internal investigation of the May 2022 derailment near Scott Road: neglect and deficient quality control.

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theBreaker — SkyTrain derailment investigation points to neglect (30 June 2023) thebreaker.news · 4 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-322ce6726017e829
Publisher
Name not classified · thebreaker.news
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-06-30
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-14
Dossier created
2026-10-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Reports the BC Rapid Transit Co. September 2022 investigation 'Derailment Investigation at Switch DC 47': root cause worn lateral surfaces and elongated bolt holes combined with poor bolt installation; the 1989 switch was overdue for replacement; 3,092 open work orders in the guideway department.

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Known limits of this file
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.