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TransLink apologizes for seven-hour delay that caused commuter chaos
Transit riders vent over SkyTrain snarl by Jeff Nagel TRANSLINK IS apologizing after a
seven-hour shutdown of a section of the Expo Line caused huge delays and severe crowding for SkyTrain passengers Tuesday. Trouble with a section of power rail that was improperly installed during overnight maintenance work near Main Street station caused system-wide delays. Transit riders took to social media to vent, with some reporting their trip to downtown Derek Zabel Vancouver took two to three hours after waiting for bus bridges or shuttle trains to carry them between Joyce and Main Street stations. “I am one of your biggest supporters, but today’s nightmare was an epic fail on all parts,” Tracey Flattes wrote on TransLink’s Facebook page.
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Delta Libraries Operations Manager Balvir Bahia was hired as a page at the George Mackie Library in 1979 when she was 15 years old.
CHECK IT OUT: This month, Delta Libraries are celebrating 120 years of collective service See full story, page 7
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