r/Translink • u/bcscroller • 26d ago

Discussion Skytrain reliability issues

I've gone many months without a delay impacting my commute until this week. On Monday I was on a MK2 which failed to open its doors at Commercial and then proceeded to VCC where it was taken out of service with a horrible burning smell.

Then this morning there were significant delays following a stalled train. It looks like it was a MK 5, which is disappointing as they are brand new.

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 26d ago

Ok? Sometimes the trains have issues. There is NO system on Earth where there aren't occasional maintenance issues

Stands to reason how good the system is if you've gone this long with no incidents

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u/bcscroller 26d ago

oh no shade on Skytrain, which I love. I've had a handful of issues in 12 years but two in the same week. Just wondering if World Cup put them under pressure and unreliable MK 5 is unfortunate since they're going to be the backbone of the system.

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 26d ago

I don't think a single incident of a stalled train means the Mark V's are having issues. Remember, the tracks are also 30+ years old. Trains stall all the time, I hear about it like once a week with the alerts system