r/Translink

Albeit in-game this is used as a heavy rail/MRT stock instead of the real life medium capacity rail.

My morning commute westbound had the added bonus of spying this genius of train travel. The pic does little justice to his full system of hooks to store bags and portable seat. I wonder if having collapsible hooks for bags would be an idea on transit.

Buses for Kootney Loop 130 and Phibbs Exchange 130 are canceled due to heavy traffic near Brentwood.

https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/contract-talks-break-between-unifor-and-coast-mountain-bus-company-union-seeks-strike?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR5WuFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe6p8EWUGZPCm51ajhxDsD-y14vFKTq3eWdGzWrgB36n1F4HBmTr6x7aHHeq8\_aem\_Og0FN7dFcWwW8HCeDjkDKw

Right before FIFA...

Last week I made a post about Columbia station and the various issues with it. It was pointed out that a) translink is already working on plans for a revamp of it, and b) that it was never originally intended to be a transfer station.

Some had suggested New West station, and in thinking it over, New West would be a great fit for it.

In fact, with the expo line being extended all the way to Langley, it really makes no sense in the line to be having it do that leg and north leg back up to production way.

So what if the track from Lougheed back to Columbia was reverted back to Mline, and they added in a 3rd track parallel with either 1 or 2 switches that trains coming from mline could shift over to, allowing expo trains to carry on through, and have a staggered platform at New West outbound platform.

This would give allow for easy transfers as this station has both up and down escalators if you need to cross from inbound side to outbound, with the staggered platforms its essentially the same as a centre island platform.

Now here is where I'm very much an amateur enthusiast, I have no idea how much space the trains need exactly for clearing switches, run off track, etc. Working space, there seems to be realistically 240m from where the tracks head under ground to the emergency exit stairs for the station.

There is a switch from inbound tracks to outbound coming from columbia, so it might not be necessary to add in a second set of the same closer to the station.

I know long term eventually all trains on expo and mline will be mark v's so I tried to take that into account for this idea.

So if I'm taking off from one of the Coquitlam stations on the mline, and going to say new West, or Edmonds stn, why does it have me transfer trains at production way university instead of Lougheed? This isn't the first time it's been suggested.

This is the transit app, but google maps has given me the same routing before.

And with the expo line single tracking, it's not like I have 30 seconds to transfer, it's 5+ mins.

Photos from Marcin Gromadzki Public Transport Consulting on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LAeU3nu5R/

Photo taken from this post from 2 years ago. The only comment there is obvious: its used as a storage spot, most built-in branches for expansion are used that way.

But sleuthing the progress of the Broadway corridor extension I just noticed this track too. As its part of the original Millenium line construction, what was its intended use for future expansion? Its almost as if it is meant to integrate with ground-level tracks for a future Skytrain yard?

Current XN40s aren’t too bad, way better than the nova buses but nothing will beat the old D40’s

Another Orion V unit, particularly 9280, has fallen off the grid. As of early May 2026, 7 out of 9 units remain in active service.

If you want the best chance at riding one of these classic units, pick a day that's a NON-holiday weekday and go for routes 352, 354, 601, 602, 603, 604, 606 or 608.

Do note that 601 is the only all-day route you can see them running on.

>Ride these units while you still can, a full retirement is inevitably going to happen at some point.

^(Personal side note:)

^(Some of these units have had underlying issues for a long time which would result them in being primarily assigned to trippers, with very few exceptions. Once the CVI expires for these problematic units, it is very unlikely they'll be renewed, let alone continue revenue service.)