SkyTrain Station Renovations - Page 55

Jimbo604 · #**1081** Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 5:11 AM**

Source: me

jlousa · #**1082** Posted **May 1, 2014, 7:16 AM**

Lots of detailed info on the Broadway/Commercial upgrades in the following document. My recovery hit a snag this week so I won't be snipping all the juicy stuff out this time around hopefully someone else can do it.

http://www.translink.ca/~/media/docu...anagement.ashx

Jebby · #**1083** Posted **May 1, 2014, 1:50 PM**

Will the curved glass extend all the way to the west side of the station?

officedweller · #**1084** Posted **May 1, 2014, 7:42 PM**

Yup - construction is ongoing.

Don't think there's anything new in the RFP document - and there aren't any drawings (must be requested under confidnetiality obligations)

Mac Write · #**1085** Posted **May 4, 2014, 6:31 AM**

Went to Mainstreet on Friday to goto my bank found out end of May for the "End of the original stations" piece of history entrance to close. Also noticed the roof's ceiling side is completely gone (and the LED signs).

Will we get new LED display? One can dream.

GlassCity · #**1086** Posted **May 4, 2014, 6:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mac Write

Went to Mainstreet on Friday to goto my bank found out end of May for the "End of the original stations" piece of history entrance to close. Also noticed the roof's ceiling side is completely gone (and the LED signs).

Will we get new LED display? One can dream.

I sure hope so. Having been taking the Canada Line for quite a while before ever taking the Expo Line, the LED arrival information is the most glaring problem on the older Skytrain. It always takes me a while to figure out where I should be standing and what train to get on.

AverageJoe · #**1087** Posted **May 4, 2014, 9:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

I sure hope so. Having been taking the Canada Line for quite a while before ever taking the Expo Line, the LED arrival information is the most glaring problem on the older Skytrain. It always takes me a while to figure out where I should be standing and what train to get on.

With the different lengths of trains that we have it would be pretty cool to have little images of the trains programmed on our future LED signs with its destination. People would know where to stand rather than in a jumble, everywhere. They do this in Hong Kong's LRT system quite effectively and it greatly increases efficiency of boarding/alighting.

Photo courtesy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joybot/

Mac Write · #**1088** Posted **May 5, 2014, 1:32 AM**

It did used to say "2-car train" "4-care train" in the days when Mark I's ran as 2 and 4 car trains.

MIPS · #**1089** Posted **May 5, 2014, 2:59 AM**

Doesn't it now say either

MILLENIUM LINE TO
VCC/CLARK

or

EXPO LINE TO
KING GEORGE

The only issue I had was it only displays it just before the train arrives. Mind you on the SkyTrain you aren't waiting forever between trains so I don't think it hurts that much to miss a train.

Mac Write · #**1090** Posted **May 5, 2014, 5:38 AM**

What will the Evergreen line LED's be? same as Millennium line ones?

dpogue · #**1091** Posted **May 5, 2014, 5:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mac Write

What will the Evergreen line LED's be? same as Millennium line ones?

I'd imagine:
EVERGREEN LINE
TO VCC-CLARK

and
EVERGREEN LINE
TO DOUGLAS-LAFARGE LAKE
(gonna be fun fitting that on the LEDs

)

Lougheed M-Line turnback platform will probably say
MILLENNIUM LINE
TO WATERFRONT

Right now actually, Millennium line trains from VCC don't say Millennium Line, they say something like "Eastbound to Brentwood, Lougheed, Columbia, Waterfront" and eventually change to "Waterfront via Columbia".
I think it would be better to always be consistent and use the line name, except for the Expo/Millennium inbound overlap ("Train to Waterfront" is sufficient there).

GlassCity · #**1092** Posted **May 5, 2014, 6:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Doesn't it now say either

MILLENIUM LINE TO
VCC/CLARK

or

EXPO LINE TO
KING GEORGE

The only issue I had was it only displays it just before the train arrives. Mind you on the SkyTrain you aren't waiting forever between trains so I don't think it hurts that much to miss a train.

Yeah, it's like you said it shows up basically as soon as the train is arriving, instead of having the next three trains displayed and their ETA.

I was just at Waterfront last week. And on the inbound platform it said that the train was to Waterfront, but I knew there weren't any more stops after and people were still getting on. I still don't know what that was all about. Little quirks like this are all over the older Skytrain lines and they confuse the hell out of me. Short turns, etc...

Mac Write · #**1093** Posted **May 5, 2014, 7:09 AM**

I mean which display units will they use? same as M-line or newer designs?

aberdeen5698 · #**1094** Posted **May 5, 2014, 7:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

I was just at Waterfront last week. And on the inbound platform it said that the train was to Waterfront, but I knew there weren't any more stops after and people were still getting on. I still don't know what that was all about.

Why wait for the train to pull out of the station onto the tail track, reverse direction, and then pull back into the station before getting on? Lots of people don't care where the train is going because they'll get off by Columbia.

Mac Write · #**1095** Posted **May 5, 2014, 7:30 AM**

I tried to board the "Out of Service" aka Mainstreet train on the outbound at Broadway and was told I couldn't for "Security reasons" even though I knew it was reversing and coming back into Broadway. what BS "security"

GlassCity · #**1096** Posted **May 5, 2014, 7:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698

Why wait for the train to pull out of the station onto the tail track, reverse direction, and then pull back into the station before getting on? Lots of people don't care where the train is going because they'll get off by Columbia.

Well I just didn't even know where it goes after that. So it goes into a tail end and reverses back into the outbound platform?

Jebby · #**1097** Posted **May 5, 2014, 12:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mac Write

I mean which display units will they use? same as M-line or newer designs?

I don't think anyone here will be able to answer that.

Metro-One · #**1098** Posted **May 5, 2014, 12:32 PM**

Upgrading all of the LED signs to Canada Line standards should have been part of the Evergreen Line project.

WarrenC12 · #**1099** Posted **May 5, 2014, 2:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Upgrading all of the LED signs to Canada Line standards should have been part of the Evergreen Line project.

Or at least the station upgrades. Has anybody noticed new LEDs at Main St?

Jebby · #**1100** Posted **May 5, 2014, 3:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Upgrading all of the LED signs to Canada Line standards should have been part of the Evergreen Line project.

What's the point? All trains running on the new Millennium Line will have just one destination, either VCC or Douglas.