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5thingsyou(probably)didn'tknowabouttheSkyTrain
Oneofthemostrecognizableparts ofVancouver,seenalloverthecity andmetroarea,istheSkyTrain.
Builtinthemid-80sandunveiled forExpo86,itwastheworld'slongest automated(thatis,driverless)railtransit systemfordecades,andit'sstilloneofthe longest
Andwhilealmosteveryoneinthecityhas riddenononeatonepointandheardthat unusualelectricwhineasitpullsoutofthe station,therearelotsofoddfactsaboutthe city'slightrailtransitsystem
1.Theyusedtobecarpeted Perhapsoneofthegrosserfactsaboutthe MarkIcarsisthattheyusedtohavecarpeted floors
Initially,thatmightnotseemsoodd,given othertrainsandmostplaneshavesomelevel ofcarpeting Butatthesametime,itmaybe abitnauseatingtoimaginewhatallhasbeen absorbedbyacarafteraweekofregularuse inandoutofdowntownVancouver
Thecarpetlastedforalittlewhile,too Itwas onlyrippedupin1992
"Theywereprettygrubbyattheend;we didntsaveanysamplesformuseumdisplay!" wroteaTransLinkspokespersononthe Buzzerin2010.
Anotherfeaturetheyusedtohavewere buttons,whichpeopleusedtoopenand closethedoors.Backinthe80stheyweren't automatic Theirusewasdiscontinuedin
theearly90saswell,buttheMark1sstill havethem
2 There'saRoyalCar
Whentheywerefirstunveiledin1986,oneof thefirstpeopletotryouttheSkyTrainwas amannowknownasKingCharlesIII He andPrincessDianatookatriponcar14;it's sincebeendubbedtheRoyalCar(andisstill inuse,asallMarkIcarsare,thoughthey'll beretiredsoon)
3 Theypopupinfilms,TVand musicvideos
SkyTraincars,ortheSkyTrainitself,have featuredineverythingfromtheX-Filestothe Fridaythe13thfranchisetoaK-popmusic video
BeingthatVancouverisamajorhubforfilm andTV,it'smaybenotthatbigasurprisethe SkyTrainshowsupinunusualplaces Here's acarstandinginforaNewYorksubwayand attheendofthistrailerBenAffleckruns awayfromanother AndforfansofTwice,afanhaseven identifiedwhichcartheyshottheir"Likey' videoon.
4.ThereusedtobeSkyTrain attendantstohelppeopleusethem Goingbackto1986,whentheSkyTrainwas firstintroducedtopeopleitwasnotonlynew technologybutalsounfamiliar Tohelppeoplelearnthesystem,andtohelp touristsfromaroundtheworldnavigate VancouverastheWorld'sFairwason,
À SEPT HAPPY HOUR SERIES
therewereSkyTrainattendants,likeacross betweenaflightattendantandsomeone workinginatouristinfobooth.
Atransformer-likemascotwasalsousedto helpeducatepeopleabouttheSkyTrain
5.TheSkyTrainusesa90-year-old tunnel
WhiletheSkyTrainsystemwasbuiltinthe 1980s,apartofitis50-years-olderthanthat Builtin1933,theDunsmuirTunnelwasused bytheCPRtokeeptrainsoffthestreetsof
DowntownVancouver
Overtheyearstheportandtrackroutes changed,andthetunnelwasn'tneededfor bigtrainsanymore,sowhentheSkyTrain wasbuilttheytookadvantageofthetunnel thatalreadyexistedinthecity'score However,itwasanarrow,thoughtall, tunnel
That'swhytheGranvilleandBurrard stationshavetracksontwodifferentlevels Thetunnelwasn'twideenoughfortracksto beatthesamegrade,soonetrackwasbuilt abovetheother
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