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TransLink (legally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority) is the organization responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport and major roads and bridges.

Translink.ca and translink.bc.ca are websites of TRANSLINK.

TransLink was created in 1998 (then called the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, or GVTA) and fully implemented in April 1999 by the Government of British Columbia to replace BC Transit in the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro Vancouver) and assume many transportation responsibilities previously held by the provincial government.

TransLink is responsible for various modes of transportation in the Metro Vancouver region. Some of its operations extend into the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD). On November 29, 2007, the province of British Columbia approved legislation changing the governance structure and official name of the organization.

Buses in Vancouver

Buses in Metro Vancouver are operated by two companies. Coast Mountain Bus Company, a subsidiary of TransLink, operates regular transit buses—powered by diesel or natural gas —in most of the region's municipalities and trolley buses primarily within the City of Vancouver.

The District Municipality of West Vancouver owns and operates the Blue Bus system serving West Vancouver and Lions Bay. The schedules, fares, and routes of these services are integrated with other transit services operated by TransLink.

Within the City of Vancouver, buses generally run on a grid system, with most trolley bus routes operating radially out of Downtown and along north-south arteries, and most diesel buses providing east-west crosstown service (with the University of British Columbia (UBC) as their western terminus).

Outside of city boundaries, most buses operate on a hub-and-spoke system along feeder routes that connect with SkyTrain, SeaBus, or West Coast Express, or on express bus routes that travel directly to Downtown Vancouver or other regional centres.

Skytrain in Vancouver

Originally completed in 1985 as a transit showcase for Expo 86, the SkyTrain automated rapid transit system has become an important part of the region's transportation network. SkyTrain's Expo Line now operates from downtown Vancouver through southern Burnaby, New Westminster, and into Surrey.

The Expo Line was further expanded upon completion of the Millennium Line in 2002, which links eastern New Westminster and northern Burnaby to Vancouver. The Millennium Line was also expected to eventually branch north-east through Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, but this proposal has since been replaced with plans for the Evergreen Line. SkyTrain is operated by British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd., a subsidiary of TransLink.

The Canada Line (formerly known as the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Line), currently under construction, will run underground through Vancouver and then along an elevated guideway on two branches, one to Richmond and one terminating at Vancouver International Airport. Since it will not use linear induction motors or trains compatible with the existing SkyTrain network, it will not bear the SkyTrain brand name. The new line will not share track or tunnels with the existing SkyTrain network, but will permit transfers with SkyTrain at Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver.

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