The fully automated driverless rapid transit system in Vancouver is called SkyTrain.
SkyTrain is Metro Vancouver’s automated rapid-transit network, operated by TransLink. Unlike conventional subway systems that use drivers, its main lines run automatically with computerized control. Staff and attendants remain available, and trains can be manually overridden when necessary, so “driverless” describes normal operation rather than the absence of human supervision.
The first section opened on December 11, 1985, as part of the Expo Line. Its trains use linear-induction-motor technology, which allows compact vehicles to operate on dedicated guideways. The network includes elevated structures, tunnels, and surface sections, making SkyTrain a rapid-transit system rather than a conventional underground-only subway.
SkyTrain expanded with the Millennium Line in 2002 and the Canada Line in 2009. The Evergreen Extension, opened in 2016, extended the Millennium Line and helped make the system one of the world’s longest fully automated driverless rapid-transit networks at that time.
Common mix-ups include Calgary’s CTrain and Toronto’s subway. Those are Canadian urban rail systems, but Vancouver’s distinctive automated network is SkyTrain.