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The Expo Line (coloured blue on route maps) opened in late 1985, in time for the Expo 86 World's Fair. The Millennium Line (coloured yellow on maps) opened in August 2002. The two lines follow a common route between Waterfront Station in Downtown Vancouver and Columbia Station in New WestminsterNew Westminster, British Columbia is a small city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. The city has a total population of 54,207 (2001 census). Geography New Westminster is located at 49° 13' North, 122° 54' West (49. 216667, -122. New W, serving the cities of Vancouver, BurnabyBurnaby British Columbia, is a city immediately East of Vancouver. It was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. It is the seat of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. History In the first 30 to 4 and New Westminster en route. From Columbia, Expo Line trains continue through SurreySurrey one of the fastest growing major cities in Canada, is strategically located at the crossroads of the Pacific Rim, Greater Vancouver and the United States. Easy and convenient access to Vancouver international Airport, two international border cross to King George StationEastern terminus of the Expo Line Skytrain. Located at King George Highway south of 100 Avenue in the Whalley area., while Millennium Line trains loop back through New Westminster, Burnaby and Vancouver to Commercial Drive Station , adjacent to Broadway Station on the common Expo/Millennium Line. Although most of the system is elevated (hence the name "SkyTrain"), Skytrain runs as a subway through Downtown Vancouver and a short stretch in New Westminster.
Originally, the Expo Line used 40 foot (12 metre) lightweight "MK I" ("Mark I") cars, similar to the ones used in Toronto's Scarborough RT and Detroit's People Mover. For the Millennium Line, articulated pairs of new 60 foot (18 metre) "MK II" ("Mark II") cars were built by BombardierThis article is about the manufacturing company for information on the military rank Bombardier see Bombardier (rank Bombardier a Canadian company, was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitee in 1942 at Valcourt in the Easte, similar to the cars used in Kuala Lumpur's Putra LRT.Image:Putralrt_sshot. jpg|thumb|300px|right|Screeshot of on 30 August 2004, showing the system logo. The Kuala Lumpur Putra Light Rail Transit system is a metro system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Locally, it is known as Putra LRT or simply Putra (Putra sta Each pair of cars (either 2 old cars or 1 articulated set of 2 new cars) is permanently joined together in a 2-car trainset.
Both old and new cars run on both lines. Two MK I trainsets are almost always joined together to form a 4-car train, but old trainsets are never coupled with new trainsets. 2-car trains occasionally run during periods of low passenger volume (late at night, for example), while 6-car MK I and two joined MK II trains are possible at times of peak capacity (for example, when many people are going home from a special event in downtown Vancouver) and during track maintenance, when frequencies are reduced.
Currently the MK I cars are being used primarily during peak hours.