Cathay 888 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Interestingly, 406 Steveston using the old font, but Brighouse Station using the new font for Luminator Horizon~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatBusGuy Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 37 minutes ago, ThomasW97 said: Not sure if a change is imminent, but its odd that t/l is keeping the 410 "railway", even though it goes nowhere near there anymore. Block info on tcomm displays it as 410 Brighouse Stn even tho the apparent display still hasn't changed. Hopefully they fix that soon. Not the first time there's been weird sign stuff happening around changes - I think when the 733/741 were first introduced, one of them displayed "Scottsdale Exchange" as its destination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando737 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 3 hours ago, ThomasW97 said: Not sure if a change is imminent, but its odd that t/l is keeping the 410 "railway", even though it goes nowhere near there anymore. It is going to be fixed ASAP. Not sure why it's happening, but ops are changing the signs manually so the bus will display the correct destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neopasturquoise Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just spotted 9644 on the 43 I thought this was suppose to be an artic only route. What is going on? Is BTC having a small artic shortage because they took over the 257 which need at least about 4-6 artic during peak and they only took over 3 artics and three novas which they can't put on the 257 because they promised that it would be an artic only route so they are about 2-4 artics short or are many artics in the garage getting maintenance or their midlife refurbishment/ rebuilt??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmward Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Thomasw said: Just spotted 9644 on the 43 I thought this was suppose to be an artic only route. What is going on? Is BTC having a small artic shortage because they took over the 257 which need at least about 4-6 artic during peak and they only took over 3 artics and three novas which they can't put on the 257 because they promised that it would be an artic only route so they are about 2-4 artics short or are many artics in the garage getting maintenance or their midlife refurbishment/ rebuilt??? The 43 has had 40' trips every winter for the last few years, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Thomasw said: Just spotted 9644 on the 43 I thought this was suppose to be an artic only route. What is going on? Is BTC having a small artic shortage because they took over the 257 which need at least about 4-6 artic during peak and they only took over 3 artics and three novas which they can't put on the 257 because they promised that it would be an artic only route so they are about 2-4 artics short or are many artics in the garage getting maintenance or their midlife refurbishment/ rebuilt??? They added bunch more service on the 43 and a few trips on the 145... Yesterday 9609 and 9753 made appearances on the 043. No artics added to BTC fleet aside from 8102-8104. RTC on the other hand has 4 more buses since July with 8030, 8003, 8011, 8022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Express691 said: They added bunch more service on the 43 and a few trips on the 145... Yesterday 9609 and 9753 made appearances on the 043. No artics added to BTC fleet aside from 8102-8104. RTC on the other hand has 4 more buses since July with 8030, 8003, 8011, 8022. But I don't understand why Translink would add service on this route when there's isn't enough equipment forcing BTC to use about 2 Novas a day when they could be using one artic instead On the other hand, why did RTC reactivate/get 4 old D60LFs, has RTC added service on the 49 or the 620? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Shuttle Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Thomasw said: But I don't understand why Translink would add service on this route when there's isn't enough equipment forcing BTC to use about 2 Novas a day when they could be using one artic instead On the other hand, why did RTC reactivate/get 4 old D60LFs, has RTC added service on the 49 or the 620? Artics on the 430 and other (non-620) suburban routes may explain this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 9 hours ago, Thomasw said: But I don't understand why Translink would add service on this route when there's isn't enough equipment forcing BTC to use about 2 Novas a day when they could be using one artic instead On the other hand, why did RTC reactivate/get 4 old D60LFs, has RTC added service on the 49 or the 620? An artic is 1.5 times the size of a regular bus, so 2 Novas would be higher capacity than 1 artic. Also, your logic is very suspect, given that the two Novas on the 43 were not on sequential runs, and could hardly be merged into one trip. As for why the service was added, the route is busy and using 40 foot buses for a couple of trippers is better than not providing the extra service. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 R12011 was having some issues with its fare box today On my way from UBC to Larch the fare box spit 6 tickets without to operator even asking for them after the sixth one came out to operator got pissed and hit the little fare box controller screen and after that it didn't spit out anymore tickets. I guess that farebox has a mind of its own and all it needed was some discipline, LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, Thomasw said: R12011 was having some issues with its fare box today On my way from UBC to Larch the fare box spit 6 tickets without to operator even asking for them after the sixth one came out to operator got pissed and hit the little fare box controller screen and after that it didn't spit out anymore tickets. I guess that farebox has a mind of its own and all it needed was some discipline, LOL Those fareboxes are so old anyways lol. I thought they were taking them out when the Compass card readers were put in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleowin Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 Where do they get fareboxes for additional units? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathay 888 Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 Resurrection of Route 103, but this time 103 serving Victoria Hill area as well instead of only Quayside residential areas, from Orion 2 to Fishbowls, then Cutaways~~ Plus - 105 to Uptown (That's the old 108) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 8104 (ex. 714) is doing the route it was originally sent to Bluebus for but that it didn't end up doing it half as much as it should have. https://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/8104 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Shuttle Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 The Accent Inn shuttle (an ex-Translink cutaway) is now displaying the Accent Inn logo instead of "Accent Inn Shuttle" text on its front sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P8093 Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 Is the 430 using articulated bus every day ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 37 minutes ago, P8093 said: Is the 430 using articulated bus every day ? No, just that weird block in the PM that has always been an artic for some odd reason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 Forgot to mention but I spotted B8103 (ex.713) with an MV 88** lisence plate at UBC loop today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 21 hours ago, cleowin said: Where do they get fareboxes for additional units? I'm sure Translink has tons of fareboxes, they collect them from retired buses and re-use them. At least BC Transit in Victoria does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citaro Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 There is a D40LF parked in the VPD Tactical Training Centre (next to VCC-Clark station); it is visible from the Expo Line whilst traveling eastbound. I was not able to identify it, but I do recall it had a large “S” prefix in the rear window (I think it was numbered in the 7200 range). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 19 minutes ago, Citaro said: There is a D40LF parked in the VPD Tactical Training Centre (next to VCC-Clark station); it is visible from the Expo Line whilst traveling eastbound. I was not able to identify it, but I do recall it had a large “S” prefix in the rear window (I think it was numbered in the 7200 range). That's 7254; it's been there for around a week now. Crappy shot of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Shuttle Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Express691 said: That's 7254; it's been there for around a week now. Crappy shot of it Retired from training duties now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 36 minutes ago, Community Shuttle said: Retired from training duties now? Wont say quite just yet. Could be there temporarily (few weeks to months) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 R7441 was stalled SB on the Knight Street Bridge this afternoon just past Mitchell Island partially blocking the right SB live lane on the bridge at 345pm today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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