Mountie Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 3 minutes ago, Wilson2003 said: Are you sure it was S15005? What was it doing on Broadway? Running a N19 on Kingsway, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasW97 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, Wilson2003 said: Are you sure it was S15005? What was it doing on Broadway? Yup! It was on a N19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8800GTX Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I think it was S15006 from what I saw, it was stopped/turned off during the daytime at around 4PM when I was trying to find a bus that'd take me to Chinatown (settled on the 19 so I could see it from across the street) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 As im typing this, there was a jumper at Olympic Village and the station is closed. Bus bridge is Waterfront to City Hall Station - Im Facebooking with a BTC operator who is on standby for another 30 minutes at BTC. According to him, it's the first fatality on the Canada Line ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Cat Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 On 10/21/2014 at 6:33 PM, ThomasW97 said: Heres a pic that I found of 8004 that was involved in an accident yesterday afternoon at King George Hwy and 102nd. B0aTX_TCIAEH63Q.jpg:large Holy crap. That was a near death experience. Would it be correct to say that the pickup knocked the pole into the bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Holy Crap is right. I hope the driver is uninjured. I have a friend that loves doing B-Lines. I sure hope he was not the driver here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 2253 has broken down since I saw it getting towed back to VTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidom Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Saw S7492 being towed westbound on Fraser Highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted December 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 INCIDENT: Drug dealers get BUSted - near city centre station 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Due the snow the C3 has been cancelled since 12:30 pm. Quote C3 Victoria Hill/New West Stn 12:30pm onward has been temporarily suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow1331 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Blue Bus Fan said: Due the snow the C3 has been cancelled since 12:30 pm. I take it C4 is cancelled aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 5 hours ago, Marlow1331 said: I take it C4 is cancelled aswell? Nope the C4 is operational as I can tell from the service alerts page on TransLink website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpogue Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 SkyTrain lost switch control for one of the Burquitlam switches, they're currently single-tracking between Lougheed and Burquitlam (and I guess single-tracking through the tunnel as well...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow1331 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 3 hours ago, Blue Bus Fan said: Nope the C4 is operational as I can tell from service alerts page on TransLink website. That makes zero sense. They are directly interlined , aswell they are pretty much the same route as far as the hilly areas are.. I can't see how such a huge portion of running time and distance can get cancelled like that, not simply being detoured which is extremely easy on that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 2 hours ago, Marlow1331 said: That makes zero sense. They are directly interlined , aswell they are pretty much the same route as far as the hilly areas are.. I can't see how such a huge portion of running time and distance can get cancelled like that, not simply being detoured which is extremely easy on that route. Sorry, if you didn't understand my post. I see what you mean about the hills on the C3 and C4 are similar. The only two reasons that are maybe true was part of C3 that doesn't share the routing with the C4 was to risky to operate a bus on or the buses got struck along the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow1331 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 8 hours ago, Blue Bus Fan said: Sorry, if you didn't understand my post. I see what you mean about the hills on the C3 and C4 are similar. The only two reasons that are maybe true was part of C3 that doesn't share the routing with the C4 was to risky to operate a bus on or the buses got struck along the route. fair enough. No harm done, just seems like such an odd occurrence. Usually with the private company in the past. They have gone quite far out of their way to keep service going, New west must have gotten a nice one (snowfall) yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. BusFreak Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 R9262 has had a minor accident with a car trying to get in the bus lane. The car has a big dent on it, but R9262 has no damage. This was near the Sandman Hotels near Bridgeport stn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 27 minutes ago, Dr. BusFreak said: R9262 has had a minor accident with a car trying to get in the bus lane. The car has a big dent on it, but R9262 has no damage. This was near the Sandman Hotels near Bridgeport stn. Exact same thing happened to 9280 this summer, but in the southbound lanes - same vicinity though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Drunk male somehow ran into the side of a moving sktrain New Years morning. According to ScanBC it happened at Commercial-Broadway Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpogue Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 12 hours ago, Express691 said: Drunk male somehow ran into the side of a moving sktrain New Years morning. According to ScanBC it happened at Commercial-Broadway Station. From what I heard, he "bounced off a train" and was knocked unconscious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCW Metrobus Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, dpogue said: From what I heard, he "bounced off a train" and was knocked unconscious. Put his name on the shortlist for Dumbass of the Year, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Kind of old news now but New Years Eve six 049 UBC's were jacked knifed between Alberta St. & Cambie St. around 7pm. All of them had WB traffic blocked where traffic had to detour into the oncoming lane. 2 of them had their back ends up on the sidewalk making the sidewalk impassable. Finally a shop truck showed up with chains attached to the front bumpers & dragged them across to the other side of Cambie St. On their way back to Metrotown from UBC climbing the hill on 49th just after Main St the back ends were swaying. 1 Shop guy came up with a Nova Hybrid to swap off an artic. I wonder why the rest weren't swapped off? Entire 008 Fleet was stranded between 50th & 43rd. southbound 020's were being terminated at 54th Loop & a Nova shuttle was operating between 54th Loop & Harrison Loop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Cat Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 13 hours ago, dover5949 said: Kind of old news now but New Years Eve six 049 UBC's were jacked knifed between Alberta St. & Cambie St. around 7pm. All of them had WB traffic blocked where traffic had to detour into the oncoming lane. 2 of them had their back ends up on the sidewalk making the sidewalk impassable. Finally a shop truck showed up with chains attached to the front bumpers & dragged them across to the other side of Cambie St. On their way back to Metrotown from UBC climbing the hill on 49th just after Main St the back ends were swaying. 1 Shop guy came up with a Nova Hybrid to swap off an artic. I wonder why the rest weren't swapped off? Entire 008 Fleet was stranded between 50th & 43rd. southbound 020's were being terminated at 54th Loop & a Nova shuttle was operating between 54th Loop & Harrison Loop Yikes...are the buses ok? I still haven't seen a case of jackknifing in an artic, but it's amazing that it could happen to 6 buses in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotQuite Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Large Cat said: Yikes...are the buses ok? I still haven't seen a case of jackknifing in an artic, but it's amazing that it could happen to 6 buses in a row. Actually, not that amazing. If the roads are the least bit slippery all you have to do in an artic is start a turn and apply slightly too much power trying to complete the turn and the bus can jackknife. With the drive axle in the rear section it will try to push the rear of the front section. And yes, it can happen on flat ground almost as easily as on a hill. I could have done it any time I wanted to back in my days of driving the 98's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Theres supposed to be an article on CTV explaining winter tires at the 6pm news tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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