TransLink
TransLink is a public transport company in British Columbia and serves the Metro Vancouver area.
SkyTrain lines
Main article about the SkyTrain
Buses
Map bus stops like this:
| pattern | example | description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | [Street] ([Heading]) at [Cross-street] | Hwy 10 (EB) at 62St | A name of the bus stop (TransLink sets these in their open data set) |
| ref | \d{5} | 50999 | These five digit codes can be found on any bus stop sign and the main method to identify bus stops. |
| network | TransLink
BC Transit |
Other countries have transport companies called "Translink" too; appending "CA:" is ok.
Outside of Metro Vancouver, there are other networks, such as BC Transit | |
| network:wikidata | Q1142140 | Not required on stop nodes. An identifier for TransLink in the Wikidata project. | |
| operator | Coast Mountain Bus Company | Not required on stop nodes. TransLink does not operate any transit- rather, TransLink operates the transit operators! | |
| operator:wikidata | Q1104377 | Not required on stop nodes. |
SeaBus
There is one SeaBus line which connects the station Waterfront in Downtown (neighbourhood) of Vancouver to North Vancouver (separate city).
It is operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company.
Open Data API
TransLink distributes timetables and real-time data on: https://developer.translink.ca/
Their licence requires the attribution of TransLink which is incompatible with the licence of OpenStreetMap which only wants "OpenStreetMap contributors" to be credited. For this reason direct imports are not allowed as long as TransLink does not make an exception for the OpenStreetMap project.
Feel free to validate OpenStreetMap data with their dataset, just don’t import.
Comparison of TransLink and OSM data: https://jaller94.gitlab.io/vancouver-osm-analysis-data/