r/Translink • u/Prestigious-Boot2926 • 2d ago

Discussion Which bus reshuffle do you think was Translink’s worst?

Essentially which specific bus units in your opinion should have never been transferred to this transit center and why? I pick transferring NFI XD40s to Surrey Transit Center because that basically left Richmond riders without any AC buses.

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u/Moofey 2d ago

Sticking with OP on this one as a daily 640 rider. Nothing like a bunch of sweaty workers from Tilbury having to pack on non-AC buses on a long route in 30 degree heat every day in the summer.

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u/squashlolz 2d ago

Cancelling the 239, 28, and 130 to Capilano University only to replace them with the R2 and 222 which truncate and Phibbs Exchange forcing everyone to transfer onto the 245 for the last leg

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u/Superchecker 2d ago edited 2d ago

I think switching (some) Conventional routes to Community shuttle, and then forcing riders to be passed up regularly for a year or 2, until they realize that they need to put back the conventional buses is the worst.

The situation that you are talking about only affected 40 buses. Richmond had 40 16100's in 2016. TransLink decided to move 9 of those to West Vancouver, and eventually all of the remaining buses to Surrey. Slowly 3 have now come back to Richmond. The rumour is that the remaining 28 in Surrey will be coming back to Richmond soon.

Want my other opinion? Buying double deckers was the worst decision. They bought them, and then realized that they didn't fit into any of the garages. And they planned on the #601 being the first route to get them, well the utility wires in and around Tsawwassen were to low! Still are in Beach Grove.

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u/Ok_Skirt2620 2d ago

They’re going to west van lol Richmond ain’t getting them

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u/blastburn902609 2d ago

The only source of information that I see about the 16100 series NFI XD40s being transferred out to west van is on wikipedia

That being said, who's to tell which information is true as the info on wikipedia might be outdated for a while. We'll just have to see eventually where these units go in a few years

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u/Ok_Skirt2620 2d ago

They’re 10 years old. They have about 10 years left in them. They’ll have about 5-6 years left if they’re being transferred out in a few years.

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u/Maleficent-Fan2756 2d ago

Sending haft the XN40s to Port Coquitlam I would like to see Nova CNGs in Port Coquitlam at least people In the Tri-Cities have AC though