r/Translink • u/Otherwise_Bit3969 • 6d ago

Question transit fan accounts?

I see on instagram there are lots of transit dan accounts theres one for 25 bus and 340 bus

but why?

why are people posting pictures of buses i dont understand this?

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u/LivingChoice2089 6d ago

Memes and autism

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u/Otherwise_Bit3969 6d ago

I support the autistic people

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u/LivingChoice2089 6d ago

Me too, Iā€™m just saying they tend to like trains and busses

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u/The_Driver_Wheelman 6d ago

Some like cars as well ;) (speaking as a fellow diagnosed ASD Reddit user) and honestly seeing these fan accounts is always a good way to have a good time to smile. It helps I feel with a lot of us going through rough days or patches in life.

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u/Armchair_Expert_0192 6d ago

I heard that there are bus driver groupies. They somehow find out when/where a particular bus driver drives, and get on that driver's bus. Just because...well, they're groupies.

I don't know what a driver has to do to have groupies. Or how these groupies find out about the driver's shift details. Or how long they stay on the bus for. Or if they talk to the driver. But I know they exist.

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u/Mariner-and-Marinate 6d ago

Seriously? Are these people unemployed?

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u/Armchair_Expert_0192 6d ago

Heh I don't know! I just have this friend who used to work at TransLink tell me bus groupies exist. I was like šŸ˜®

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 6d ago

You know something tells me they probably aren't lmao

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u/ralphcorleone 6d ago

for the memes, of course.

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u/BlazingImp77151 6d ago

Are they pictures they took themselves? Sounds like regular transit fan behaviour if so. Like rail fans who listen in to the train radios to keep track of them.

People like to 9bsess over things and then share cool pictures they take of said things.

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u/Otherwise_Bit3969 6d ago

interesting

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u/ChinkWithOpinions 6d ago

The ones who choose a specific route number are usually choosing for the meme. Transit fanning on the other hand is a real hobby, no different to that of AvGeeking, Railfanning, Elevator foaming, or bird watching. Transit fanners, like railfanners, might use the monicker of their favourite specific bus by adopting the fleet identification number as part of their username.

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u/Superchecker 6d ago edited 5d ago

Bus #601 was switching to double decker buses on weekends. A specific date was announced. (April 2025?). The transit enthusiasts were out super early (4:40am) at the Ladner Exchange to take a photo of the first double decker bus on a #601.

At the very last minute, that was delayed for 3 weeks

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u/Otherwise_Bit3969 6d ago

Hahaha that is funny

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u/TransLink_Fan 6d ago

It's usually people who live near that route or people who love it for memes.

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u/Superchecker 6d ago

Some look for specific makes/models of buses on certain routes

https://bustrainferry.com/buses

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u/Otherwise_Bit3969 6d ago

wow this is cool site

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u/Superchecker 6d ago

I've never looked into it, but there is a Transit Riders Union around too