What Skytrain stations have you never been to?

[geoff's two cents]

Could somebody please change the title of this thread to "What Skytrain stations have you never been to?"

[punkster1982]

I have only never been to Lake City and King George surprisingly.
When the M line opened, me and my friend got off at every station and examined its architectural qualities. Lake City wasn't build then. Plus, I don't think it was a bus loop like most the others? Virtually every other station I've caught a bus to somewhere else from it

Is there a prize for having visited the most stations? If so I think Deasine should be disqualified casue he's a mod

[Metro-One]

The prize is a free "Buzzer" pamphlet. You can collect it on the train! hehe.

P.S. sorry about the spelling mistake. wasn't really paying attention i guess.

[Overground]

Clark for me.

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by punkster1982

I have only never been to Lake City and King George surprisingly.
When the M line opened, me and my friend got off at every station and examined its architectural qualities. Lake City wasn't build then. Plus, I don't think it was a bus loop like most the others? Virtually every other station I've caught a bus to somewhere else from it

Is there a prize for having visited the most stations? If so I think Deasine should be disqualified casue he's a mod

It doesn't count if you were going to a station just to go to the station. Didn't you get the memo?

[touraccuracy]

Originally Posted by tintinium

What did you use Lake City Way for?

volunteer work at the red cross (their office is right next to the station)

[1ajs]

all of them lol

[worldwide]

ive been to every station in the system many times... yes including lake city and sapperton.

[paradigm4]

Waterfront - SeaBus, bus connections, Gastown
Burrard - my "going downtown" station
Granville - Pac Centre, bus connections
Stadium - Tinseltown, Library
Main - Science World, Washrooms
Broadway - MLine transfer, Megabite pizza, bus connections, Commercial Drive
Nanaimo - bus connections
29th Ave - bus connections
Joyce - bus connections
Patterson - home, Central Park
Metrotown - mall, bus connections, Silvercity
Royal Oak - drop off station, Fitness World
Edmonds - met friends here a few times
22nd Street - bus connections to Richmond
New Westminster - early transfer point to MLine, Old Spaghetti, New West Quay
Columbia - transfer point, Subway, Mac's
Scott Road - park and ride, bus connections
Gateway - taken pics around here for the developments
Surrey Central - bus connections home, mall, SFU
King George - bus connections, Infinity, Holland Park

Sapperton - taken pics here
Braid - bus connections for IKEA
Lougheed - bus connections, mall
Production Way - bus connections to SFU
Lake City Way
Sperling - visited Burnaby Lake recently
Holdom
Brentwood - mall, bus connections
Gilmore - drop off location, White Spot, took an interview near here once
Rupert - bus connections
Renfrew - bus connections
Commercial - transfer point, Megabite
VCC - reversed SkyTrain to get a seat, during a bike ride, and to go to the Purple Thistle

I think it'll be my goal to go visit Lake City and Holdom now

[Dave2]

Which station is the closest to a public restroom? There's a good reason

[Metro-One]

Production way might have the closest, you simply walk down from the platform and go into macs/Subway, they have a public bathroom (which i might have used once or twice as i transfer to the 145.)

[AKA-007]

Here's mine:

E:
-Nanaimo
-29th Ave.
-Patterson
-Royal Oak
-Edmonds
-22nd St.
-New Westminster
-Columbia
-Scott Road
-Gateway
-Surrey Central
-King George

M:
-Braid
-Sapperton
-Production Way
-Lake City
-Sperling
-Holdom
-Renfrew

used once:
-Main St.
-Lougheed
-Brentwood
-Rupert

I actually have a bus pass (upass), I live in vancouver proper and I use the transit system. I've just never had a reason to use any of the other stations.

[arashi_1987]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Production way might have the closest, you simply walk down from the platform and go into macs/Subway, they have a public bathroom (which i might have used once or twice as i transfer to the 145.)

Wow this is so useful thanks...I think this deserves a new thread...public bathrooms along skytrain...no bathrooms at our stations because we (some people) are ONLY paying $5 for 3 zone fare on a 2 hour ride...



Anyway...

I've never got off at:

Rupert (Is there a superstore there??)
Sperling (right...let's go to the clogged Burnaby Lake)
Lake City (industrial wasteland...I just remember there was a huge tree on the field that fell down Winter 2006-07...)
Sapperton (haven't had to visit the hospital yet)
Royal Oak (the station to blame for all the delays, I'll never get off there who knows what will happen!!)
29th Ave
Nanaimo
Gateway

And technically never used:

King George (just rode to the end for the sake of it
Scott Road (many years ago I decided to just cross the bridge for fun...and turned back there because I was told as a kid that Surrey is "dangerous")



I just wanted to use this post to point out "the most out of place skytrain station":

Braid Station

Reason: one huge transfer for Coquitlam/Poco/Maple Ridge buses or car rides, I never recall anyone walking out of the station as the surrounding area is deprived of anything useful (greyhound depot has since moved). I've always wanted to suggest to Translink that all those buses should just end up at Lougheed instead (and make the ultimate super bus loop). Anyway that's another story.

[jlousa]

29th Ave is next to Slocan park which has public washrooms, they are being renovated due to a fire a few months ago and are making due with portapotties but normally they do have public washrooms, only about 100m from the station.
This thread is going sideways, and I'm not helping

[David]

well once the evergreen line goes in and they get rid of the 169, braid will truly be useless until that big development happens

[SpongeG]

braid links to that weird area of new west - whats it called? the area on that road that tskaes you to surrey

for the life of me my brain has gone blank at the name of the street - the one that comes off patullo and goes to kingsway and 10th etc

omg wtf is it

let me look at google maps

mcbride blvd thats it

theres a large dense cluster that the busses run from there to braid

[worldwide]

yeah i use braid a lot, and never to get to coquitlam. the 154/155 are great to get to uptown new west.

[nname]

Originally Posted by David

well once the evergreen line goes in and they get rid of the 169, braid will truly be useless until that big development happens

Don't forget Maillardville (153, 156, 157), IKEA/SilverCity/Superstore/Greyhound (159, 177), and all the employments/stores/casino along United Blvd (177, 791 - but I don't know if they'll still run this one)...

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by nname

Don't forget Maillardville (153, 156, 157), IKEA/SilverCity/Superstore/Greyhound (159, 177), and all the employments/stores/casino along United Blvd (177, 791 - but I don't know if they'll still run this one)...

The 177 is well used. The 791 express isn't used as much but they did just upgrade it from commuter hours to mid-day service as well (Maple Ridge express).

They're the only buses that serve United Blvd. United Blvd will get a WHOLE lot more useful when they replace the single lane bridge that exists now and extend it to Brunette.

[arashi_1987]

I wasn't trying to say that the station or the bus routes themselves is not used much...just that it doesn't seem many people walk to the area around it (compared with say New West or even Sapperton!)

Oh well.

and 169 will still be faster during some times of day than the to-be-completed Evergreen Line...