Vancouver Lines
What is the name of metro Vancouver's public transportation network?
Translink
What is the nickname for Vancouver's express bus routes?
B-line
Before the advent of the automobile, what was the primary means of city transportation?
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Commercial-Broadway/UBC
Currently under construction, Vancouver's newest skytrain addition will run between which two locations?
VCC-Clark/Arbutus-Broadway
What two lines connect at the commercial-broadway train station?
Expo line, Millennium Line
If timed correctly, what is the Fastest way to get from North Vancouver's Lonsdale Quay, to Vancouver's downtown core using public transit?
The Seabus
What railway revolutionized Canadian domestic travel by connecting eastern and wester Canada?
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Hastings/UBC
Since 2024, a high-speed railway proposal is seeking to connect which three major pacific-northwest cities?
Bonus: What is that region often referred to as?
Vancouver, Seattle, Portland
Bonus: Cascadia
Which of Vancouver's Subway lines has a section which runs under water?
For Bonus points: Between which two stops?
Canada line
Bonus: Olympic Village and Yaletown-Roundhouse
Recently introduced, this type of high-speed transportation connects downtown Vancouver to Nanaimo?
Bonus: what is this particular kind of vehicle called?
Ferry
Bonus: Catamaran
Pre-colonization, what was the primary means of travel for Canada's Coast-Salish peoples?
The Dugout Canoe
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Downtown/Victoria 41st
In a trial run during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, what type of transportation technology connected ScienceWorld with Granville Island?
streetcar
In total, how many end-line stations are there among Vancouvers 3 skytrain lines?
Answer: 7
Millennium: 1) Lafarge Lake-Douglas 2) VCC-Clark
Expo: 1) King George 2) Production Way-University 3) Waterfront
Canada: 1) Waterfront 2) YVR 3) Richmond-Brighouse
What country has the fastest commercial train?
Bonus: What is its top recorded speed?
China
Bonus: 487 km/h
What two brothers are credited with building the first successful powered airplane?
Bonus: what decade did they man their first flight?
The Wright brothers
Bonus: 1900-1910
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Nanaimo Station/Dunbar
A new proposed skytrain route aims to connect which two areas of Vancouver across a body of water?
Burnaby and North Vancouver
What is the name of Vancouver's Commuter Rail system which connects Mission city centre to downtown Vancouver?
The West Coast Express
What jetliner flew the first commercial transatlantic route to travel at supersonic speeds?
The Concorde
In what century did railway systems transform domestic and international travel?
Bonus: what decade was the first public steam-powered railway opened?
the 19th
Bonus: 1820's
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29th Avenue Station/Arbutus
A proposal connecting SFU and the production-way Skytrain station via this transportation method would offer stunning views.
Gondola