Whether public artwork, museum artefact, children’s playground piece or backyard accoutrement, what next lives await the first fleet of SkyTrain carriages is anyone’s guess.
TransLink is on the hunt for innovative ideas to repurpose around 150 of its retiring Mark I SkyTrain cars, which are reaching the end of their lifespan after over four decades of service.
“We are putting out the call to organizations to come up with a retirement plan for the first SkyTrain cars that were on the fleet all the way back in 1986,” said TranLink’s Thor Diakow.
“Relocating the original fleet and finding homes for these cars presents a unique opportunity to celebrate the region’s transit history.”
The cars, classic in their original red, white and blue, were unveiled during the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication fair, known as Expo 86. With its launch coinciding with the fair’s theme “Transportation and Communication: World …