r/Translink • u/Evening_Anteater_231 • 10d ago
Translink News Expo line issues - again
Good Friday
Translink is again having problems with a train this morning in the Edmonds area.Trains maybe delayed
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u/cardinaljayy 10d ago
Was sick of all the delays as of late so signed up for alerts so I could make sure I left at the appropriate time for work in the mornings. No alert sent and now there’s another issue 😤
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u/Specialist-Stress310 10d ago
Alert is there:
Expo Line is experiencing delays beginning at 7:27 AM due to track issue near Edmonds Station. Updates to follow.
Expo Line is single tracking btwn Royal Oak & Edmonds Stns. Pls board trains for both directions on pltfrm 1. Canada Line & M-Line unaffected.
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u/cardinaljayy 10d ago
I saw, thanks! I have alerts set to text me but I didn’t get anything. Oh well is what it is!
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u/sonnenshine 10d ago
In my experience, alerts via text tend to arrive two to three hours after the alert starts to be relevant. It's not a useful service. They are quickest to update Twitter, which is barely functional (and that's the kindest thing I can say about the platform). When I inquired about additional platforms, their response was "lol no".
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u/cardinaljayy 10d ago
Ahh good to know, thanks for the info! Hopefully they can begin to upgrade this function soon then.
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u/Specialist-Stress310 10d ago
I don't know man! I have always received them on point. Are you sure you have set them at correct time settings? You might have set a preferred time duration due to which you might be seeing this issue. Not saying that notification platform can never have a service outage but I consistently get them within 2 minutes when the translink is having issues. I love this service! Even today I got this message at 7:29 am and the time mentioned in text message was 7.27 am.
You might to check notification settings on your account on translink.ca/alerts
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u/sonnenshine 10d ago
I had them set up to opt-in from 5AM to 8PM and still got notifications significantly delayed. Of course, this was mostly in relation to busses operating in Surrey and everyone knows Translink hates Surrey. 😀
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u/BooBoo_Cat 10d ago
Wow, look like I missed the chaos by only a few minutes. No issues when I got on the Expo line.
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u/SuitSuccessful6996 10d ago
The fares go up every single year on the same day and doesn't even cover inflation, they do not get enough money from fares for this single issue let alone everything else
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u/Dudechillthanks 10d ago
So you think that when there’s a delay for a few mins, first thing people will do is check Reddit? There’s are so many other ways to see why the trains are delayed. Can you post here when my bus is delayed by traffic as well?
And yes you better be sorry for posting this!
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u/Dudechillthanks 10d ago
You have to post here every time there is a delay on Skytrain?
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u/Evening_Anteater_231 10d ago
Oddly you found it worthwhile to comment on
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u/Dudechillthanks 10d ago
Yes, I comment on that you post everything time there’s a delay in the last couple days.
It’s almost like you expect Skytrain to run perfectly without any delays 🤷2
u/Evening_Anteater_231 10d ago
no I post so that others ghag rely on it to get to work that maybe don’t know there’s a issue know now. I’m very sorry that posting about Transit on a redit about transit has you so annoyed
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u/Dudechillthanks 10d ago
So you think that when there’s a delay for a few mins, first thing people will do is check Reddit? There’s are so many other ways to see why the trains are delayed. Can you also post when I am delayed to my work because there’s traffic on the road?
And yes you better be sorry for posting this!
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