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09-06-2009, 02:54 PM
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My experiences have all been terrible.
Worst experience I had: Taking last Seabus from North Van at 1am. Arrives at Waterfront at 113. Last Canada Line leaves Waterfront at 115. It's impossible to make that connection. And then you're stranded. Someone at Translink thinks that's realistic. Try it sometime. The distance you have to walk makes it impossible.
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09-06-2009, 04:18 PM
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#27 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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hopefully all the bums go to richmond, then a tsunami sinks it. =)
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09-06-2009, 04:31 PM
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#28 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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Canada line isn't too bad since I've already saved some money by using it. I've went to downtown on several occasions via the skytrain instead of my car; saved some money on gas. I mean I have a upass so I might as well put it to use. All the stations have workers standing there checking to see if people purchased fares. Cops also have randomly boarded the train at a stop connecting richmond and vancouver to make sure nobody was causing trouble (could have been because someone pressed the silent alarm in the train?)
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09-06-2009, 05:44 PM
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#29 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by K-Dub There's someone checking fares at almost every stop of the Canada Line. Good stuff. | soon that will stop just like the regular expo line. i've been through the canada line since it opened to change the ticket vending machines and yes, for the first week someone was there checking at each station, but as the weeks progressed, they have been disappearing and only a few station had the attendants. sooner or later, like the expo line, they will most likely vanish from the large stations and go chill. or when a crapload of people come off the trains they vanish. i've caught a couple of them sleeping already in their little break rooms.
believe it or not, i've been told the canada line skytrain attendants make more than the expo line skytrain attendants, which i believe is at about $26/hr.
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09-06-2009, 05:47 PM
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#30 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by Eff-1 My experiences have all been terrible.
Worst experience I had: Taking last Seabus from North Van at 1am. Arrives at Waterfront at 113. Last Canada Line leaves Waterfront at 115. It's impossible to make that connection. And then you're stranded. Someone at Translink thinks that's realistic. Try it sometime. The distance you have to walk makes it impossible. | Have you called them?
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09-06-2009, 06:55 PM
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#31 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic DAISO, HERE I COME!!
My son and his buddies rode the Skytrain to Richmond from SFU. His buddies, who are mostly caucasian, were like holy carp, Daiso is so cool! I think the skytrain is good for everyone. Crime will follow, I'm sure, but it can be controlled if the authorities get smart about it. | speaking of DAISO...
there's a place called Yokohama.. I think.. in Tinseltown... they sell pretty much the same stuff.
the stuff there is Japanese branded, but made in China.
HAHAHAHAH!!
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09-06-2009, 07:15 PM
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#32 | | Peanut Butter Jelly with a Baseball Bat!
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I find the Canada Line to be much more crowded than I anticipated going in both directions. Also I really don't think the connections into Richmond are frequent enough, I know that the trains alternate between going to YVR and to Brighouse but 15mins per train really seems to long to be waiting.
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09-06-2009, 07:28 PM
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lots of more whites in Richmond
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09-06-2009, 07:46 PM
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#34 | | i like gifs
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Originally Posted by Alby i've been told the canada line skytrain attendants make more than the expo line skytrain attendants, which i believe is at about $26/hr. |
wtf!
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09-06-2009, 07:58 PM
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#35 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by VancityPimp Yah how's No 3 road now? I am still avoiding it, has the traffic gotten any better there?
Discuss.  | single lanes half the time, the other half is 2 lanes, but they always have to merge back in b4 the next light anyway so dont see the point
seeing as how #3 is dt rmd i dont kno why they dont have ppl working on that road 24/7 to make sure its 100% asap?? instead they go and dig up #2 (and finish in like a week, while #3's taking 5 years?)
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09-06-2009, 09:32 PM
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#36 | | is best wrench
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Do they really expect the C-lais of Richmond to take public transits? Them and their tanker MB vehicles.
God damn, I miss the No.3 when it wasn't modded into this riced up faggotry. God damn.
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09-06-2009, 09:48 PM
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#37 | | private modder
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Originally Posted by rslater Have you called them? | of course. at first they didn't believe me. kept telling me that the schedules were realistic. when I got hold of someone more senior and told him the details, I never heard back.
And then we all wonder why people don't like taking transit? I'll stick to my car.
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09-06-2009, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by pandalove ever since that skytrain is open the amount of crime reported on revscene in richdmond has DOUBLE!!!!!!
god damn skyTRAINN!!!!!!!!!!!! |
lol.. +1?
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09-06-2009, 10:19 PM
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#39 | | I don't get it
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vancouver's infrastructure needs improvement and the canada line is one of them..regardless of the consequences it brings. not everyone has a car... and its about time that we have some form of transportation to the airport OTHER than a car...
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09-06-2009, 10:51 PM
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#40 | | MiX iT Up!
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if each of the expo line sations only had 1 entrance like the canada line - you can have 1 attendant checking fairs all the time ... save on the turnstiles - and the employees will be actually earning their wage..
but places like stadium, scineworld, all have 2 entrances..
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09-07-2009, 12:28 AM
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#41 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by hk20000 huh? I'm coming up from Richmond there are no 99 buses. | get on canada line in richmond >> get off at broadway-city hall / get on 99 eastbound >> commercial - broadway station (expo)
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09-07-2009, 12:31 AM
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#42 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld if each of the expo line sations only had 1 entrance like the canada line - you can have 1 attendant checking fairs all the time ... save on the turnstiles - and the employees will be actually earning their wage..
but places like stadium, scineworld, all have 2 entrances.. | and the new expo platform at commercial - broadway will have 2 because of the rennos that have entrance to 10th ave.
btw canada line has many more attendants than skytrain because protrans is actually paid by translink based on customer service & performance.  | |
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