Today in History

December 11, 1985



Day one: SkyTrain enters service.





Photographer Unknown



Image courtesy of The Province





Screengrabs Courtesy of GEM/Yaletown Productions



Courtesy of VRRT Quarterly No. 8 (click here for a PDF copy)



After its announcement in November, the name SkyTrain stuck. Everywhere.

Dedicated signage is now up. All stations are now open and the time capsule is now safely stored away beneath New Westminster Station. It will not be opened again until 2085.

For the next eight days spread over December, rides between noon and 9:30 PM are free.





Image courtesy of....someone at the TRAMS Society? (???)



Image courtesy of BC Transit

The system will continue to run trouble-free and in January 1986 will enter full revenue service. In the meantime until March all existing bus routes will gradually migrate the new stations into their routes.





Click the brochure above for a PDF copy of the SkyTrain Flight Plan.



BC Transit however is not done yet. This was only the first phase. They have more ideas on the drafting table and already being put on the ground.

Surrey...Lougheed....Coquitlam....This is Sky Train . This is our Track to the Future.





Image courtesy of MIPS



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