jgcanux Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 lol Ive never seen such a long line. If that same line was at GM Place it would go around and around forever lol. Couldnt they take the B-line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I was actually one of the supervisors for a event company that YVR contracted to help deal with the events going on at the airport and to help deal with crowds. I was suppose to take a place for one of the 40 workers we hired, she went for her lunch break....but after more than a hour, I realized something was very wrong...she never came back. Apparently, she threw a tantrum earlier about hating to stand there for her job. So she quit and left without telling anyone. I ended up having to take her place for hours as we were short on people. It certainly was a gong show at YVR between 2-3 pm. We had a lineup about 2-kms long, the line made several winds outside of the domestic building. We estimated about 3,000 people were waiting to get on. At that time, I also heard there were 5,000 people waiting to get on Waterfront. It was a huge mess, both how the opening was carried out and how the Canada Line was built. At 6 pm, for some reason they decided to lower the frequency of the trains. There was a train at YVR every 15-minutes despite 1,000 people still waiting in line! It was bull. I knew today would be a disaster, but this is beyond my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Woooah that's crazy. I should've videoed the lineup at Waterfront. It was freakin insane. Where in Richmond was this? At the start of the RC station. Here's a map of it: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=49....mp;t=k&z=18 Station is to your left, right between 3Rd and the empty lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I was actually one of the supervisors for a event company that YVR contracted to help deal with the events going on at the airport and to help deal with crowds. I was suppose to take a place for one of the 40 workers we hired, she went for her lunch break....but after more than a hour, I realized something was very wrong...she never came back. Apparently, she threw a tantrum earlier about hating to stand there for her job. So she quit and left without telling anyone. I ended up having to take her place for hours as we were short on people. It certainly was a gong show at YVR between 2-3 pm. We had a lineup about 2-kms long, the line made several winds outside of the domestic building. We estimated about 3,000 people were waiting to get on. At that time, I also heard there were 5,000 people waiting to get on Waterfront. It was a huge mess, both how the opening was carried out and how the Canada Line was built. At 6 pm, for some reason they decided to lower the frequency of the trains. There was a train at YVR every 15-minutes despite 1,000 people still waiting in line! It was bull. I knew today would be a disaster, but this is beyond my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockeh Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 It'll be a step down from SkyTrain but a step up from the articulated trolleys...in other words, an articulated trolley on steroids. LRT works well in corridors that don't have the demand for high-capacity rapid transit rail systems, like SkyTrain or subways, but are rather more suitable for more lower-capacity rapid transit rail systems like LRT. And it certainly is a good alternative (as they are cheaper to build) for corridors like 41st Avenue, Hastings, Victoria Drive, Arbutus corridor, etc. Often, entire traffic lanes are given to the LRT/streetcar for its own right of way....and the trains are given traffic signal priority at intersections to lower the travel time. In Calgary, they are notorious for car crash accidents....but of course, it happens on every LRT system: "> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd22_ Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Gong show and a half... so glad I didn't go down today. That's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Anarchy Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I suppose that there wasn’t a press release stating that this thing would be running tomorrow as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitronuts Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) wtf Edited August 18, 2009 by nitronuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanuck14 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 LOL! I don`t even know what to say about those line ups. Can someone please explain to me why you would wait 2-3 hours to get on a train? And after the Golden Ears mess you expected this to be any different? Translink can not do anything right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 holy crap thats a crazy long line... just go on it later in the week people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcanux Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I was actually one of the supervisors for a event company that YVR contracted to help deal with the events going on at the airport and to help deal with crowds. I was suppose to take a place for one of the 40 workers we hired, she went for her lunch break....but after more than a hour, I realized something was very wrong...she never came back. Apparently, she threw a tantrum earlier about hating to stand there for her job. So she quit and left without telling anyone. I ended up having to take her place for hours as we were short on people. It certainly was a gong show at YVR between 2-3 pm. We had a lineup about 2-kms long, the line made several winds outside of the domestic building. We estimated about 3,000 people were waiting to get on. At that time, I also heard there were 5,000 people waiting to get on Waterfront. It was a huge mess, both how the opening was carried out and how the Canada Line was built. At 6 pm, for some reason they decided to lower the frequency of the trains. There was a train at YVR every 15-minutes despite 1,000 people still waiting in line! It was bull. I knew today would be a disaster, but this is beyond my imagination. lol Finding people to work should be so easy right now. So many people dont have jobs. lol I dont too but Ill have to quit for school in a few weeks if I did. I wouldve volunteered to be honest, I need hours for school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 LOL! I don`t even know what to say about those line ups. Can someone please explain to me why you would wait 2-3 hours to get on a train? And after the Golden Ears mess you expected this to be any different? Translink can not do anything right. What was Translink supposed to do, tell people to stay away on opening day? I still think it's a good sign that people here are so excited for a new transit line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris19 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 One word. FREE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcanux Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 What was Translink supposed to do, tell people to stay away on opening day? I still think it's a good sign that people here are so excited for a new transit line. Ya it is a good sign but having your 1st time on the Canada line be waiting hours then being crammed into a train with weak AC isnt a good start. I was pretty lucky, didnt need to wait too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minion Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ya it is a good sign but having your 1st time on the Canada line be waiting hours then being crammed into a train with weak AC isnt a good start. I was pretty lucky, didnt need to wait too long. The trains actually weren't as crowded as I expected. Like when I was riding the Expo to get to Waterfront it was more crowded than the Canada Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMayFan Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I was actually one of the supervisors for a event company that YVR contracted to help deal with the events going on at the airport and to help deal with crowds. I was suppose to take a place for one of the 40 workers we hired, she went for her lunch break....but after more than a hour, I realized something was very wrong...she never came back. Apparently, she threw a tantrum earlier about hating to stand there for her job. So she quit and left without telling anyone. I ended up having to take her place for hours as we were short on people. It certainly was a gong show at YVR between 2-3 pm. We had a lineup about 2-kms long, the line made several winds outside of the domestic building. We estimated about 3,000 people were waiting to get on. At that time, I also heard there were 5,000 people waiting to get on Waterfront. It was a huge mess, both how the opening was carried out and how the Canada Line was built. At 6 pm, for some reason they decided to lower the frequency of the trains. There was a train at YVR every 15-minutes despite 1,000 people still waiting in line! It was bull. I knew today would be a disaster, but this is beyond my imagination. I guess I was lucky then. When I lined up at YVR the line was just starting to turn back on it's self for the first time. And yes, at Waterfront, at 1:00 there must have been at least 6,000 people in line. 5,000 is probably a conservative guess. ^^^ This was probably taken at around 12:45 from what I saw down there. This was the course of the line: P.S. I was in the first 100 people in this line. Mwa-ha-ha-ha! Edited August 18, 2009 by BradMayFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truculence Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 What was Translink supposed to do, tell people to stay away on opening day? I still think it's a good sign that people here are so excited for a new transit line. They just want to know where their 2 billion dollars went. Most expensive and boring roller coaster EVER. I'm going to try riding the bike lane on the bridge on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ya it is a good sign but having your 1st time on the Canada line be waiting hours then being crammed into a train with weak AC isnt a good start. I was pretty lucky, didnt need to wait too long. If people were expecting otherwise they were crazy... As for me, I didn't wait at all. I went to the Olympic Village station and it was completely empty. And when I got on a train, it was full but not uncomfortably so, I think they did a good job with how many people they let on a train at once. Really, unless you wanted to board at Waterfront or YVR in mid-afternoon, the experience probably wasn't soo bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Anarchy Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 P.S. I was in the first 100 people in this line. Mwa-ha-ha-ha! Congrats to you for waking up earlier than most others in line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGillis58 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I was actually one of the supervisors for a event company that YVR contracted to help deal with the events going on at the airport and to help deal with crowds. I was suppose to take a place for one of the 40 workers we hired, she went for her lunch break....but after more than a hour, I realized something was very wrong...she never came back. Apparently, she threw a tantrum earlier about hating to stand there for her job. So she quit and left without telling anyone. I ended up having to take her place for hours as we were short on people. It certainly was a gong show at YVR between 2-3 pm. We had a lineup about 2-kms long, the line made several winds outside of the domestic building. We estimated about 3,000 people were waiting to get on. At that time, I also heard there were 5,000 people waiting to get on Waterfront. It was a huge mess, both how the opening was carried out and how the Canada Line was built. At 6 pm, for some reason they decided to lower the frequency of the trains. There was a train at YVR every 15-minutes despite 1,000 people still waiting in line! It was bull. I knew today would be a disaster, but this is beyond my imagination. They should have made those Canada Line stations 80 meters long and the trains 4-car sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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