Again, Switch Problems Stall SkyTrain! Come On TransLink, Enough Is Enough

Posted by on Thursday, July 18, 2013 · 1 Comment 

Really, Translink can do much better.

The claim that the switch is used 500 times a day excuse doesn’t hold water as there are literally hundred of transit systems around the world that have switches that are used 500 times a day or more, yet do not have the problems that are plaguing our aging SkyTrain light-metro.

Isn’t time that Translink thoroughly investigate the matter, to prevent service disruption, instead relying on Mr. Zabel’s weak excuses.

Switch problems delay SkyTrain service once again

The Columbia Station switch is used more than any other in the SkyTrain system

CBC News

Posted: Jul 17, 2013 5:14

Thousands of SkyTrain commuters were delayed for the second time this month because of a broken switch at New Westminster’s Columbia Station.

TransLink says the station’s switch is used 500 times a day because Columbia Station serves as a hub between the Millennium and Expo lines.

“This one is the most active switches in the entire system,” said TransLink spokesman Derek Zabel.

“We do recognize that more wear and tear is going to occur on that switch. We try to keep regular maintainence, we try to stay on top of it, but anything mechanical, it can break down.”

So far this year, TransLink says there have been 13 switch-related service disruptions, three more than the same period last year.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/07/17/bc-skytrain-delays.html

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One Response to “Again, Switch Problems Stall SkyTrain! Come On TransLink, Enough Is Enough”
  1. Malcontent says:
    July 19, 2013 at 2:18 am

    I think we will start seeing a lot more problems on the Expo line. It is what, about 28 years old or so? So it is going to need major maintenance so to speak sooner than later i think.

    It is too bad we ever went the SkyTrain route in the first place, we could of had LRT ‘every where’ by now….