Being a tourist in Vancouver is awesome for many reasons; the food, the cocktails, the sites, and…read moretheir amazing public transportation like the SkyTrain. SkyTrain sounds like a designer drug you'd see in a dystopian Sci-fi movie, but the only high this Skytrain gave me was the feeling of ease, when going from the airport to my hotel in downtown Vancouver. I wish they made public transportation that was this smooth all over the US and not just major cities. This train runs all over Vancouver and its outliers cities and is the preferred mode of transportation by locals. The maps are easy to figure out and there's no need to purchase a day pass. If you're just doing one or two quick trips. You can just tap your credit card on the entry turnstile and kaboom... you're cruising on the SkyTrain. Ready to chase the dragon called life? Then prepare to get lifted on the SkyTrain.

Yelp Review 2023 #247:…read more I've used the SkyTrain in Vancouver to get to/from the airport using the Canada Line which takes about 30 minutes to the Waterfront Station when I'm staying at hotels nearby. From the airport, just follow the signs to SkyTrain. You'll have to go outside, cross the street, take 2-3 escalators to get to the station. There are kiosks you can use to purchase a pass/ ticket. You can pay with cash or card. And there's always a SkyTrain employee nearby should you need assistance. There's a train every 10 minutes. I've never had an issue using the SkyTrain. The times I've used it, the train was clean. There's free wifi onboard and space for luggage. There's a USB port under the window next to your seat so you can charge your phone. Be sure not to throw away your ticket as sometimes somebody checks for them. I've used the SkyTrain to get to Yaletown and Broadway and that's about it (outside of the airport and Waterfront).

Rude drivers, a lot of them are not suited for driving a bus during peak hours. 90% of times the…read morebus is late or doesn't even show up, even though it shows on the app that it's on route.

0/5stars TODAY, at…read moreRoma st station Platform 1, It is very dishearten for me that the translink personnels and 3 buses drivers from 5:15PM to 6:30PM was not allowing me to ride in the RAIL 591 going to Coopers plains because I have with me a scooter. Although I try to beg and negotiate. There are no TRAINS in service today. I normally go to my work,church meetings and other appointments thru train (with my scooter with me) I did try to explain that this is my only way to go to places thru a train and they know that there is no train services today. I TRY TO NEGOTIATE TO ATTEND OUR CHURCH ACTIVITY TODAY ): One translink personnel said I have to call translink and see if they allow me and point me to a sticker with a number. "Really at this very moment that I am running late to our church activity?" I beg the driver if only they can give me a chance as I have no other way to go and i dont have sufficient money in my bank to ride an uber. Uber cost 80- 100$ to go there. The 3rd driver told me that it is not their worries and I have to ride a taxi or uber. (GOD' sake.) How rude and heartless!!!!!!!! Buses drivers R591 between 5:15 to 6:30PM. PLEASE TRANSLINK AUTHORITY. DO SOMETHING ON THIS. WE ARE NOT ALL SAME like others who got PRIVILEDGE HERE TO HAVE A PERSONAL TRANSPORT and CAR AND HAVE LOTS OF MONEY TO RIDE A TAXI O UBER. I did research that in Queensland it is allowed as long as it gets folded.

Convenient SkyTrain station for those visiting Home Depot nearby…read more There's a drop off spot section on Gilmore, which is nice. Also nice are the bike racks in front of the station, though I have no idea how safe they are. Hopefully there are cameras.

I am not a big fan of the Gilmore station. Well it doesn't come very frequent unlike the Expo line…read more This one has a temporary parking lot that you can drop and pick up people But after Omni starts developing on site than it will be a different story. I guess this station was built to accomodate the people living just across from the skytrain and yes home depot.

The 99 B-Line began service 23 years ago, on September 3, 1996.  It was Vancouver's first "express"…read morebus, meaning that it stops at only select stops, so in theory it's "much faster" than a regular bus (in reality, it's only a little bit faster, depending on traffic, and in the evening, it's better to just catch the #9 if it's going to be a ten minute wait for the 99). The B-Line runs along Broadway between Commercial-Broadway Station and UBC, stopping at Clark, Fraser, Main, Cambie (where you can transfer to the Canada Line), Heather (the stop for the hospital), Granville, Arbutus, Macdonald, Alma, Sasamat, and Allison Road, although the Fraser and Arbutus stops weren't added until December 2009, despite those streets being major connections to busy bus routes.  (And before the Millennium Line branch of the skytrain was built in 2002, the B-Line went past Broadway Station, as it was then called, stopping at Boundary Road and various stops in Burnaby.) Compared to the other bus routes in Vancouver, the B-Line is great; it runs on weekends and evenings, and the service is now fairly frequent, although in spring 2011, they didn't have early morning service going to UBC on weekends -- I know this because I had my microbiology final exam at 8am on a Saturday morning (a double "fuck you" from the school), and there were NO bus routes, the B-Line included, that could get me to school more than 10 mins before my exam -- if it wasn't late -- which is not enough time to run from the bus loop to the exam, let alone take a much needed piss after a long bus ride. However, because the Broadway corridor is such a busy route, and the B-Line connects with the skytrain, the crowding on the bus is horrible. Back in the mid-2000s, I had to take the B-Line to work,  and I regularly had to wait over half an hour and five buses just to be able to get on a bus at Commercial-Broadway Station, because there were so many people waiting to get on.   I fortunately no longer take the B-Line on a regular basis, and I never have to take it during the morning rush hour.  But on the occasions I do take it, it's still quite crowded most of the time (like today when I was going to class), and people are often rude assholes.  It's still an unpleasant bus to take because of the crowding, but due to a lack of other alternatives (such as an express bus running on weekends down 41st Avenue, another extremely congested traffic corridor), it's a necessary evil. I can't wait until the new skytrain line is built along Broadway, even if it only runs to Arbutus and not all the way to UBC (something that should have been done 15 years ago).  The 99 B-Line is a great concept, but it doesn't work well because of the high volume of users and the traffic congestion along Broadway.  But it's better than the #25! [Yelp collections: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles]

99 B-Line or basically anything that has to do with Translink is no more than 3 stars. Yes it is…read morethat bad. Delayed service is common. But that is not the issue. The bus is dirty. The bus driver doesn't care what is going on behind him. Sometimes, the driver can be pretty reckless in driving. I have seen passengers falling. People don't usually give up their seats to seniors or disabled people. This happens quite often. It is sad. Again, most of the bus drivers are heartless and don't want to deal with situations on the bus.

Not only is the SeaBus a quick, cost-efficient way to cross to and from downtown to North…read moreVancouver, it's also an entertaining little aquatic voyage for out-of-towners such as ourselves. Canada has public transport "figgered out" (quoting Letterkenny here) in a way that will take America decades to catch up, and this little waterborne ferry is a prime example of that.

I like Seabus in general. But Friday evening is chaos…read more After I had fun at Shipyard night market and evening breeze, I wanted to go back to Vancouver at 10pm. However the officer closed the gate for the amount of seated passenger. I understand they needed for safety but we could see, lots of room to stand inside of boat. Next Seabus was 30 min later. It was frustrating but something learned about the service that night.

Reviews for transit companies are kind of like writing in diaries. Only terrible, sad and…read moreunfortunate experiences are noted and reviewed. I love taking the skytrain. Affordable, timely, spacious and clean. Damn efficient I may add. Let's just put it this way, if I were to drive from Coquitlam to Vancouver during rush hour, it would give me a numbing irritable experience as likely I would to have deal with impatient drivers, stuck in grid lock and deal with bumper to bumper traffic. Hop on the skytrain then take the connecting bus, no headache and no stress. And it is even FASTER and CHEAPER!!! So what is there not to like. Sure, the impatient teenager me once thought riding transit was terrible, cuz I haven't yet been stuck on Highway One due to some jackass thought he was clever and can be quick weaving in and out finally causing a multiple pile-up blocking all lanes. I'll take the skytrain over driving any day especially during rush hour.

Finally, a decent way to get from downtown Vancouver. Sure we're all paying through the nose for…read morethis line, but I'm sure most people would agree that this line is WAY overdue. With that said, I still can't believe they had to tear up those brand new bus lanes running (they were there for less than 2 years) down No.3 Road. The stations are nice and clean, though their size leaves much to be desired. There is barely enough room to stand around on the platforms. The trains are wider than those of the Expo line, but they're also much shorter (2 cars instead of 4). Also you can tell they cheaped out when the stations on the Richmond side literally jut out onto the freaking street. Would it really have cost that much more to slide the entire station 3m to one side? One thing I always like to do is sit at the front of the trains and look out the front window. If you haven't done this before, it's actually pretty cool. The biggest complaint I have about the Canada Line is the fact that the trains only run every 10 minutes or so. Compare that to the Expo Line (1 every 2 minutes) during rush hour. Having the signs that show the ETA of the next train is nice, but it really sucks when you look up and see that you still have to wait 7 minutes. And this is assuming you're not going to Richmond, because now there's a chance you're going to wait (literally) twice as long. With that said, the YVR leg is awesome. Vancouver is now the only Canadian city to have a direct rapid transit link to the downtown core. I'm sure many of the cabbies out there aren't too happy about this. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

Amazing. These Aquabus things are great. The staff is so…read moreinformative, friendly and resourceful, I rode to multiple stops, checked out places, then jumped back on to cruise around more! And it's extremely reasonable Kudos!

I've been on the Aquabus twice this past summer (& several times over past summers) & only now have…read moreI just realized - it's awesome. What took so long!? What a great way to see different angle views of False Creek. I've had guests staying over from overseas & they just absolutely loved it. The next time you're at Granville Island & have some extra time to kill, I'd highly recommend doing the round trip from Granville Island & back. It costs about $15 return & it's worth it. A day pass is also available for multiple trips as well - I highly recommend this option if you have a few hours to spare. Pay onboard. Do this during a clear blue sky summer day. If it's cloudy or overcast, don't bother. Staff are friendly & helpful. The seating is comfortable & you can get up to take pictures as you move through False Creek. Like I said I experienced the Aquabus twice this summer & found it so relaxing to be on the water after dinner. Kinda had sea legs after my last trip, when I got back & started walking. LOL. It's a great way to see False Creek along the water. Open daily from 7am till 915pm.

Waterfront station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit…read moreterminus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Very nice and clean. Easy to move around. Trains always on time.

Terminus of the Canada and Expo lines, as well as the S terminal for SeaBus, and W terminus for the…read moreWest Coast Express. The outside of the station is pretty cool and historic. Pretty sure it used to be a train station way back. The Canada and Expo lines can be traversed here, but involves walking through a long tunnel. Being underground, the station also has multiple exit scattered throughout the vicinity which is pretty useful. Fun fact - the first Starbucks location outside USA is located in the historic building part of the station.

One of the original (Expo line) stations, on Royal Oak near Rumble…read more There is a passenger pickup area to the SE of the station, which is nice. This station is pretty old and dumpy. Pretty much unchanged since the 1980s. Futuristic look back then. Now it looks like a worn down space station. To be honest, the station itself isn't very good for several reasons. First, it doesn't actually span the road - the entrances are only on the E side. Secondly, the original station was obviously built without accessibility in mind. The staircases are narrow and steep. There are also no escalators. Looks like they added a ramp as part of a later series of renovations. Lastly, the platform area is pretty cramped. Yes it does the job, but it's definitely not one of the nicer stations in the network.

A super conveniently located Skytrain Station in Burnaby along the Expo line…read more This station is not that busy compared to the station before it. The station is clean. It is very quiet at night. Most people don't get on or off this station.

I don't recommend taking this bus all the way downtown unless you want to scenic and people…read morewatching route as taking the skytrain from Main and walking is easier, however, going the other way up Main is a breeze. I find this easier than walking 20 blocks to the record store when I am really lazy on the weekends and just want to chill. The downfall to this station is that they closed the two star bucks while you're waiting. Most of the stops on main have an LED board which tell you when the bus is coming. Drivers for the most part are friendly. Never really had a driver look too hard at my pass. I take this bus twice a week.