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Originally Posted by GS8 (Post 8821965)

There were would have been a massive delay because no one would have known why the train wasn't moving but it was due to typical fuckstains abusing the doors and causing a malfunction.
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And they would have complained on the Internet how shitty and incompetent Translink is and that it needs to fire all its management. Also repeated mentions of "my taxpayer dollars".

Next thing you know, we need patrons with white gloves like Japan.

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Originally Posted by GS8 (Post 8821965)

Got to Olympic Village platform around 2:15pm. Looks like most of DT left work early. Platform and trains were crowded but everything was on schedule.

One peculiar thing was the trains weren't staying on each platform for very long. About half their usual time. This caused a lot of idiocy with people forcing the doors open.

Cue Rene!

Rene is an off-the-job green jacket who just happened to be on our train. He got tired of seeing people force the doors open and yelled at them to 'Stop or the train doesn't move!'

Needless to say, the idiots listened.

However, the damage was done to a particular set of doors. They would not close firmly shut and therefore, the train would not move. Rene was standing far back and asked people to slide the doors closed.

They were useless.

Rene forced his way through the crowd of phone zombies and shut the doors himself. With authority.

He then took his keys, opened the panel door and permanently shut the doors. He then went to the storage box that is near the centre section of the cars, grabs a sign and sticks to the door. He also reiterated to everyone to not use these doors. He also had to tap on the glass to tell people on each platform not to touch the doors from the outside. He also communicated with command central of his actions.

Rene was done his day and just happened to be heading home. Had he not been in that train at that time. There were would have been a massive delay because no one would have known why the train wasn't moving but it was due to typical fuckstains abusing the doors and causing a malfunction.

Thank Dog for Rene. A real MVP. Worth writing to Translink about.

10/10 story. would read again.

Has anyone made the drive to Grouse Mountain recently? How were the conditions?

9:04pm - snowing alot and sticking in south east van by 41st and Victoria area.

snowing lots victoria and 22nd area
good thing i didn't shovel yet

Blowing side ways in rmd

Just shovelled 30 min ago to avoid icing over for the upcoming rain. Now? Looks like i haven't plowed at all, in Richmond

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Originally Posted by Sentinel (Post 8822017)

9:04pm - snowing alot and sticking in south east van by 41st and Victoria area.

I just shoveled my sidewalk. It's freezing rain now

also in vic/41st area

What a joke

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For the fourth time in less than a week, SkyTrain’s Canada Line is experiencing service disruptions due to snowfall and freezing rain.

There is no train service to Vancouver International Airport; trains are only operating from Waterfront Station to Richmond-Brighouse Station.

A bus bridge shuttle is operating between the affected stations from Bridgeport Station to YVR Airport Station.

Issues with the train system began at approximately 9:40 pm.

The Expo and Millennium lines are operating normally, but some buses across the region are experiencing delays and reroutings. Earlier in the day, there were service disruptions on the Expo Line – at Commercial-Broadway Station during the morning rush hour and Gateway Station late-afternoon – due to medical emergencies.

The impact from current service interruptions is likely relatively minimal given that it began late at night instead of during rush hour, but it impacts those who may be catching a flight from the airport this evening.

Previous disruptions over the past week were the result of issues on the North Arm Bridge between Marine Drive Station and Bridgeport Station.

Compared to the system used by the Expo and Millennium lines, the Canada Line’s technology and design is more susceptible to problems from snowfall events

Love living DT. We get get the mild storm and it doesnt stick

just drove on hwy 1 from Gaglardi to 1st ave and its goddam icy :heckno:

Freezing rain is turning roads into an ice rink

https://s30.postimg.org/tz6x0lx9t/IM...208_225656.jpg

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Originally Posted by Ch28 (Post 8822054)

What a joke

What more do you want from Translink? The STM in Montreal gets delayed all the time during winter, as do their buses. It's not like snowfall is a foreign concept to them over there. Ontario's GO is also in the same boat. They experience bus and rail delays quite often due to the snow. And remember, they're places that experience proper winters, unlike the rainy ones Vancouver usually gets.

drive from coquitlam to downtown was a breeze.

couple of big puddles but no problem in my 4runner

so much for snowpocalypse

i should have hit the car with a foam cannon before going to bed last night. with all the rain this morning it would have been spotless by now.

Roads are the best they've been since it started snowing Friday.

Everyone stay at home, it's raining too hard

it's happening again on oak st. bridge... there are more potholes than there are on a tank testing ground and it's causing gridlock :(

Squamish got over 20cm last night, that has just stopped and turned to freezing rain. There is an advisory suggesting to stay off the highways unless you have to travel.

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Originally Posted by Zedbra (Post 8822108)

Squamish got over 20cm last night, that has just stopped and turned to freezing rain. There is an advisory suggesting to stay off the highways unless you have to travel.

I'm further up in Pemberton, we got over 30cm... I feel like it's more like 40cm or so.

http://i.imgur.com/g4z5bbKh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ki63C2ah.jpg

Too much rain for the Canada Line ... commuters get to ride bus bridge between bridgeport and Marine Station again.

Plowing through all the puddles, I hope I got all the salt from underneath the car.. LOL

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Originally Posted by Dragon-88 (Post 8822114)

Plowing through all the puddles, I hope I got all the salt from underneath the car.. LOL

i had the same thought, but someone here at work pointed out they streetwater is essentially saltwater from what had been put down all this time so it could be even worse? :(

in other news...

AM730 is advising people to avoid Oak st bridge and use Knight st bridge instead.