Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, 9924 said: It means if a 20 is running late, it can now be short turned through the aforementioned wires in Chinatown to get it back onto schedule. Oh? So a late 20 will TURN AROUND AT THE WIRES? Just heard of it today! Someone should add late To Chinatown trips on them Wiki. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCW Metrobus Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 11:53 AM, VancouverTrolleybus said: Don’t know what that means, never seen a 20 To Chinatown trip. At some point during construction of the Canada Line in the mid-2000s, the 3 was semi-permanently truncated at Chinatown. It probably had something to do with work being done near Waterfront Station, but I don't remember details. I do remember that this was before the new trolleys had been delivered, and of course there was no rollsign exposure for "Chinatown" in the old trolleys, so the signs were simply left on "3 Main" and a small card marked "Chinatown" was placed in the front windshield. I might have pictures somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 Thanksgiving holiday service today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 7:39 PM, MCW Metrobus said: At some point during construction of the Canada Line in the mid-2000s, the 3 was semi-permanently truncated at Chinatown. It probably had something to do with work being done near Waterfront Station, but I don't remember details. I do remember that this was before the new trolleys had been delivered, and of course there was no rollsign exposure for "Chinatown" in the old trolleys, so the signs were simply left on "3 Main" and a small card marked "Chinatown" was placed in the front windshield. I might have pictures somewhere. The shortening of the 3 was unrelated to Canada Line construction, and came out of a proposal from the 2005 Vancouver/UBC Area Transit Plan. It was to free up service hours for other improvements in the plan, since boardings on the 3 were fairly low in Downtown. At the time, the 3's Downtown loop went all the way south to Davie St, and cutting back to Chinatown reduced peak bookout by 8 buses. But, people complained about the forced transfer at Main and Hastings, so as a compromise a new switch was added from WB Hastings to NB Seymour, and the 3 was given its current route to Waterfront only in December 2008 where it has remained (other than the attempt run it to Robson and interline the 3 and 20 from Sept 2009 to Sept 2010) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 7:39 PM, MCW Metrobus said: At some point during construction of the Canada Line in the mid-2000s, the 3 was semi-permanently truncated at Chinatown. It probably had something to do with work being done near Waterfront Station, but I don't remember details. I do remember that this was before the new trolleys had been delivered, and of course there was no rollsign exposure for "Chinatown" in the old trolleys, so the signs were simply left on "3 Main" and a small card marked "Chinatown" was placed in the front windshield. I might have pictures somewhere. Yes, but what about the new 20s? Do thems say Chinatown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: Yes, but what about the new 20s? Do thems say Chinatown? Do you not know what a short turn is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, 9924 said: Do you not know what a short turn is? Yes I do, when thems are late, they end them blocks early and turn around to get back on them schedules. But what I means is what will them DISPLAY for short-turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8010 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 48 minutes ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: Yes I do, when thems are late, they end them blocks early and turn around to get back on them schedules. But what I means is what will them DISPLAY for short-turns. Probably 20 Downtown and the driver will announce that they are ending their run at whatever the last stop is before the switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: Yes I do, when thems are late, they end them blocks early and turn around to get back on them schedules. But what I means is what will them DISPLAY for short-turns. Same thing as most other short turns: N I S 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 5 hours ago, 9924 said: Same thing as most other short turns: N I S If you display anything else you will confuse the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCW Metrobus Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 15 hours ago, Phillip said: If you display anything else you will confuse the people. 555 PORT MANN EXP / TO 156 ST ONLY (Which is technically possible now that the NIS routing has been changed...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin607 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 7:08 PM, Michael Marriott said: Minor observation, but some of the trolley wire on Carrall St is usable again. Since the bike lane was put in in 2008, and the wire was never shifted for the new lane configuration, using the wire required trollrybuses to knock aside tree branches. Then, in 2014 a crane lift one weekend resulted in the WB wire from Columbia to Carrall beimg removed; when it went back up the switch from WB Hastings to SB Carrall was never reactivated, the left turn wire was missing a proper curve segment and had extra insulators installed to keep it unpowered. Earlier this year, the Carrall between Cordova and Hastings got shifted due to construction, moving it out of the trees. And a couple of weeks ago the switch on Hastings was reactivated, the curve segment finished, the turn wire powered and the wire on Carrall between Hastings and Pender moved out of the trees. The final block from Powell to Cordova still needs to be realigned. The biggest advantage to this is that you can now short turn a late 20 in Chinatown without having to drop poles. Thanks for the interesting update but would the 3 and 20 use the short turn you described rather than left onto Pender, right to Columbia and right onto Hastings and back to Main? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 99s terminating at VCC-Clark AGAIN, after 2:50 PM. Diagram below and sorry for it bad drawings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9924 Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: 99s terminating at VCC-Clark AGAIN, after 2:50 PM. Diagram below and sorry for it bad drawings. What do you mean after 2:50pm? That screenshot is from 1:09pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, 9924 said: What do you mean after 2:50pm? That screenshot is from 1:09pm. I drew it beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 hours ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: 99s terminating at VCC-Clark AGAIN, after 2:50 PM. Pretty sure you were looking at tweets/alerts for Saturday, since there was no alert put out for the 99 today. It's very unlikely Translink would know about a protest with that precise a time in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 8 hours ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: 99s terminating at VCC-Clark AGAIN, after 2:50 PM. Diagram below and sorry for it bad drawings. That was from yesterday! There were NO 99 Detours today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 12 hours ago, dover5949 said: That was from yesterday! There were NO 99 Detours today! Oops, sorry, I will not do thats again’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 New West has the new displays Down to King George, Nanaimo, Waterfront, and Burrard with the original older ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDOOM Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 17 hours ago, Express691 said: New West has the new displays Down to King George, Nanaimo, Waterfront, and Burrard with the original older ones And the ones at KG are currently non-functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 D40LF on thé 41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 12 hours ago, VancouverTrolleybus said: D40LF on thé 41. And your point is? This is not the first time they have been on the 041 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouvers Trolleys Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/25/2020 at 12:01 AM, dover5949 said: And your point is? This is not the first time they have been on the 041 Uh, I has thought that them only appear once or twice a month. And must I posts only the first time things happen? Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Platform 2 at VCC is closed until 2:30pm: Millennium Line trains either skip VCC IB platform and right to the tail tracks or do the reverse into platform 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Spotted 2210 being towed EB on 41st at Rhodes this afternoon at 345pm. Front & Rear doors were wide open so something to do the doors VTC unable to repair requiring it to be fixed at Burnaby Overhaul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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