Editing SkyTrain (Vancouver) (section)

=== Ridership ===
[[File:Expo Line pano.jpg|thumb|Interior of a Mark I train travelling along the Expo Line between Commercial–Broadway and [[Main Street–Science World station]] (2019)]]
[[File:Vancouver Airport Skytrain Station 2008-04-22.JPG|thumb|[[Canada Line]] trains at [[Vancouver International Airport]] (2008)]]
Passengers on SkyTrain made an average of 526,400 trips on weekdays {{as of|2019|09|lc=yes|alt=by the end of September 2019}}.<ref name="APTA-2019">{{cite web |url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019-Q3-Ridership-APTA.pdf |title=APTA Q3 2019 Ridership Report |publisher=American Public Transportation Association |pages=37 |date=November 22, 2019 |access-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508212304/https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Overall in 2017, the network carried a total of 151{{nbsp}}million passengers.<ref name="Translink 2017 Results">{{cite web |title=2017—a record year for transit ridership in Metro Vancouver |publisher=TransLink |url=https://buzzer.translink.ca/2018/02/2017-a-record-year-for-transit-ridership-in-metro-vancouver/ |access-date=February 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216143924/http://buzzer.translink.ca/2018/02/2017-a-record-year-for-transit-ridership-in-metro-vancouver/ |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |date=February 8, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> This compares to 117.4{{nbsp}}million passengers in 2010: 38,447,725 on the Canada Line and 78,965,214 on the interlined Expo and Millennium Lines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-TransLink/Media/2011/February/TransLink-2010-Ridership.aspx |title=TransLink 2010 Ridership |publisher=TransLink |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221223028/http://www.translink.ca/en/About-TransLink/Media/2011/February/TransLink-2010-Ridership.aspx |archive-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref> The Canada Line carried an average of 110,000 passengers per weekday in early 2011, and is three years ahead of ridership forecasts.<ref name="Rise in transit">{{cite web |title=Rise in transit use called Olympic legacy |url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/115777789.html |publisher=BC Local News |access-date=February 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707215629/http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/115777789.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref>

SkyTrain's highest ridership came during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] when each event ticket included unlimited day-of transit usage. During the 17-day event, Canada Line ridership rose 110 per cent to an average of 228,000 per day, with a single-day record of 287,400 on February 19, 2010. Expo and Millennium Line ridership rose 64 per cent to an average of 394,000 per day, with a single-day record of 567,000 on February 20, 2010. At times, every available train was in service on all three lines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic transit may turn small profit |date=March 23, 2010 |publisher=BC Local News |url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/cloverdalereporter/news/88932792.html}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> After the Olympics ended, overall transit usage remained 7.8 percent above the previous year.<ref name="Rise in transit" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ TransLink SkyTrain ridership by year
! Year
! 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=APTA 2016 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/Resources/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2016-q4-ridership-APTA.pdf|access-date=July 10, 2021|website=American Public Transportation Association}}</ref>
! 2017<ref>{{Cite web|title=APTA 2017 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/Resources/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2017-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf|access-date=July 10, 2021|website=American Public Transportation Association}}</ref>
! 2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=APTA 2018 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf|access-date=July 10, 2021|website=American Public Transportation Association}}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=APTA 2019 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf|access-date=July 10, 2021|website=American Public Transportation Association}}</ref>
! 2020<ref name="APTA2020">{{Cite web|title=APTA 2020 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2020-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf|access-date=July 10, 2021|website=American Public Transportation Association}}</ref>
! 2021<ref name="APTA2022">{{Cite web|title=APTA 2022 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf|website=American Public Transportation Association}}</ref>
! 2022<ref name="APTA2022" />
! 2023<ref name="APTA2023">{{Cite web|title=APTA 2023 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023-Q4-Ridership-APTA-Update-1.pdf|website=American Public Transportation Association |date=July 2, 2024 |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418033011/https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023-Q4-Ridership-APTA-Update-1.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
! 2024<ref name="APTA2024">{{Cite web|title=APTA 2024 Q4 Ridership Report|url=https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024-Q4-Ridership-APTA.1.pdf|website=American Public Transportation Association |date=February 19, 2025 |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313032757/https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024-Q4-Ridership-APTA.1.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Trips (millions)
| 137.4
| 151.4
| 160.0
| 165.1
| 74.5{{efn|name=CovidDecrease|Represents a significant ridership decrease from pre-2020 period owing to the [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport]].}}
| 76.32
| 116.6
| 141.3
| 149.1
|-
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| xAxisTitle = Year
| yAxisTitle = Trips (millions)
| x = 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
| y1 = 137.4, 151.4, 160.0, 165.1, 74.5, 76.32, 116.6, 141.3, 149.1
}}
|}

{{TransLink British Columbia ridership by mode}}