TransLinked

A blog about the joys of being connected. Frequent service is 10 minutes or less. Looking for Detroit? Contributing: Karen, Richard, JMV.

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Custom made toy trains styled after the Mk5 Translink Skytrain via FB MKPLCE. Made on demand, 3D Printed using PLA. Link

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First 100 Years of Transit of British Columbia, a poster from UTDC, aka the Urban Transportation Development Corporation Ltd., a former Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario. Wikipedia says: “It was established in the 1970s as a way to enter what was then expected to be a burgeoning market in advanced light rail mass transit systems.” Poster via FB MKTPLCE.

The poster features an Interurban car made by the St. Louis Car Company and the Skytrain lead car 097 from 1985, the Mk 1 300/400 series. BTB taken near Patterson Station.

100% of the proceeds go to support the Transit Museum, apparently.

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Watch: Lego artist wows SeaBus staff with remarkable model

The most satisfying part is how people react to the creations, and the conversations around transit they can spark, says model artist Willia

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A pair of vintage posters appeared on marketplace recently…Off and Running - Local & Express Transit Service for Langley July 25, 1988 and Track to the Future Scott Road station opens March 16, 1990.

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New Skytrains! And is today the last day of service for the old Mk1s? Time will tell!

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ICYMI Samsung folded a London bus this past summer.

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https://theprovince.com/news/translink-is-retiring-150-old-school-skytrain-cars-what-should-be-done-with-them/

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First look at the future Green Timbers Skytrain Station.

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Gingerbread Skytrain! At Surrey Central.

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Here's what the 8 Surrey Langley SkyTrain stations will be called

We won't be able to ride the line for another 5 years, but now we know what the stops are named

The new station names are:

Green Timbers Station (140 Street and Fraser Highway)

152 Street Station (152 Street and Fraser Highway)

Fleetwood Station (160 Street and Fraser Highway)

Bakerview-166 Street Station (166 Street and Fraser Highway)

Hillcrest-184 Street Station (184 Street and Fraser Highway)

Clayton Station (190 Street and Fraser Highway)

Willowbrook Station (196 Street and Fraser Highway)

Langley City Centre Station (203 Street and Fraser Highway

No big surprises really…I hope there is a variety of public art planned as well. I was actually pretty impressed with the sculpture at the renovated Surrey Central Station…

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Live map of passenger train locations in North America https://boingboing.net/2023/11/29/live-map-of-passenger-train-locations-in-north-america.html

Live map of passenger train locations in North America | Boing Boing

Trains.fyi is a real-time map of train in the U.S. and Canada. This project amalgamates data from train GPS tracking and displays all trains

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Skytrain Hawaii!

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BART unveils cool anime mascots to woo youth riders | Boing Boing

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), a public transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area, has found a fun new way to appeal to youth ride

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Quirky California ramen shop invokes the spirit of Tokyo's subway system culture | Boing Boing

I just got a wonderful recommendation from our friend Donald Bell. He emailed me about a new and unusual ramen shop in the Brooklyn Basin ar