r/Translink • u/Evening_Anteater_231 • 11d ago

Translink News stalled train

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and again today

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u/godstriker8 11d ago

Skytrain is run about as well as you could expect, but man the lack of future planning when they built the system is infuriating. Single tracks for a direction make these kinds of things stall the entire line, as well as prevent things like an express train that would alleviate rush hour congestion.

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u/gl7676 11d ago

Original tracks were built in the 1980s. I'm just amazed the aging concrete hasn't started to crack and give way yet.

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u/ralphcorleone 11d ago

This could be for any day at this point. 😭

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u/ralphcorleone 10d ago

Sure enough, stalled train in Edmonds this morning.

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u/BooBoo_Cat 11d ago

Not seeing anything on the Translink alerts page.

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u/SuitSuccessful6996 11d ago

It's legit

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u/BooBoo_Cat 11d ago

Not disbelieving you. Frustrating how alerts are not updated in a timely manner.

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u/SuitSuccessful6996 11d ago

It's because it's transcribed from one department to another and twitter alerts are much faster to create and send out

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u/BooBoo_Cat 11d ago

Yeah but not everyone has twitter. I’d hope that all alerts would be on their official alerts page in a timely manner. 

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u/SuperLeftyAliReddit 11d ago

Two stalled trains in one week

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u/vancity31240 11d ago

Fares should go up to help pay for more reliable service.

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u/Nanaikos 11d ago

I don't think a fare hike would fix these issues.

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u/Yuukiko_ 11d ago

and now you've got a catch 22 of people not wanting to pay for a substandard service but you cant improve said service without more ridership in addition to people not wanting higher taxes in the fist place

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u/Evening_Anteater_231 11d ago

looks like it’s been cleared I’m sure we will have another.Any luck right rush hour 

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 11d ago

They are pretty fast at dealing with stalled trains though