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Here’s why people are saying #ThanksTransit

It's time to celebrate and honour every transit worker who helps to keep Metro Vancouver moving because March 18 is Transit Operator and Worker…


SeaBus officer Mila Gonzalez on the SeaBus wheelhouse

A dream come true: Mila’s voyage to becoming a SeaBus Officer

“It’s not common to see women in the marine industry,” says Mila Gonzalez. It's something she realized as a young kid when she found out women…


Father-son duo Michael and Keith Edema pose for a photo on the SkyBridge

Like father, like son: family duo bonds on the SkyTrain rails

Working together wasn't in the plan for Keith and Michael Edema, a father-son duo at SkyTrain — but they wouldn't have it any other way. Keith is a…


Reece standing in front of a trolley de-icer

Popular transit YouTuber shares why he loves Metro Vancouver’s system

Reece Martin, the 'RM' in RMTransit, is a full-time YouTuber producing videos about transit systems around the world. Amongst many destinations,…


Kai holds up his Orion VI bus made from LEGO

Check out this LEGO enthusiast’s incredible replica buses

Growing up Kai Ang Bowes regularly took the bus with his mother as they didn't have a car. Little did he know at the time that it was instilling a…


A mechanic inspects the engine of a bus while another takes notes

TransLink named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2023

TransLink has once again been recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers — for the ninth year in a row!  Now in its 18th year, BC's Top Employers is an…


Holding up a Compass Card in front of fare gates with Tap In to Win decal

TransLink wins BCAMA Marketing Excellence Award

TransLink's Tap In to Win sweepstakes campaign is the winner of a Marketing Excellence Award from the British Columbia chapter of the American…


A person uses the Compass Vending Machine simulator on the computer

Compass simulator to help agents deliver better customer service

Have you ever had to give someone instructions to access a program online or navigate a website — but you couldn't see their screen? For the agents…


Photo of Stephen Wright standing in front of the Movember bus-stash double-decker bus

Here’s why three Metro Vancouver buses are sporting moustaches

For years, Stephen Wright, Maintenance Engineer at Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC), has donned his greatest ‘stache for Movember. This year his…


Leslie Broacto, SkyTrain Guideway Serviceperson

Get on track with a rewarding career at SkyTrain  

There's an adage that teamwork makes the dream work — or it takes a village to raise a child. Nowhere does it ring more true than at British Columbia…


Former TransLink Vice-President named new SkyTrain President and General Manager

After a competitive search, British Columbia Rapid Transit Company's (BCRTC) Board of Directors have appointed a new President and General Manager.…


TransLink Volunteers Mark and Evelyn are dressed in blue and yellow branded-gear and pose outside of Burrard Street Station for a photo

Husband-wife duo shine in new role as Community Transit Volunteers

Decked out in their yellow and blue branded-gear, husband and wife duo Mark and Evelyn are ready to take on their first shift as TransLink…


Keith Story standing behind a bus he drove to bring kids to Variety Charity's Grouse Mountain picnic

Transit Operators and CMBC support Variety picnic with transportation

The base of Grouse Mountain was abuzz with excitement as a group of 190 kids prepared to soar 2,800 feet above the trees on the SkyRide gondola. They…


Colin and Ross Blamey

85 years of service spans generations for the Blameys

Colin and Ross pictured holding Ray Blamey's BC Transit jacket​ For Colin Blamey and his father, Ross Blamey, a career in transit runs in the……


Travel training manager Chris Chan stands outside Lansdowne Station

Travel-training workshops aim to set new riders up for success

Public transit in every city has its own distinct quirks. Chris Chan learned this as a newcomer to Canada in the 1990s. Arriving from Hong Kong,…


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