The SkyTrain is a two-line urban mass transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It uses Bombardier's Advanced Rapid Transit technology, with fully automated trains running principally on elevated tracks. There have been no derailments or collisions in its history. It uses the same linear induction motor-driven trains as the Scarborough RT line in Toronto, the Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Detroit's People Mover, and the AirTrain JFK in New York City. SkyTrain is operated by British Columbia Rapid Transit Company under contract from TransLink, a regional government transportation agency. It operates on a proof-of-payment fare system and is policed by the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service. SkyTrain Attendants are present to provide first aid, directions, customer service and inspect fares, and they monitor train faults and drive the trains when necessary. SkyTrain's 49.5 km (30.8 mi) of track make it the longest automated light rapid transit system in the world. It also uses the longest mass transit-only bridge, the SkyBridge, to cross the Fraser River. There are 33 stations in the system, which carries more than 160,000 to 180,000 people every day on the two lines.
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1661:
Charles II was crowned King of England, Ireland, and Scotland at Westminster Abbey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England
1827:
Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton presented his Theory of Systems of Rays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton
1923:
Gdynia was inaugurated as a Polish seaport on the coast of Gdańsk Bay, a southwestern bay of the Baltic Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia
1954:
Batting against Vic Raschi of the St. Louis Cardinals, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his then-record 755 home runs in Major League Baseball. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron
1961:
Dressed in his 1940s-vintage general's uniform, President Charles de Gaulle delivered a televised speech calling on the military personnel and civilians of France to oppose the Algiers putsch, a coup d'état attempt against him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_putsch_of_1961
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grotto (n): 1. A small cave.
2. An artificial cavern-like retreat http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grotto
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We all were sea-swallow'd, though some cast again:
And by that destiny, to perform an act Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come
In yours and my discharge. --William Shakespeare http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare