Local transit enthusiast here! These are trolleybuses. Those poles are attached to wires that give electricity to the buses. If that bus did not have those wires, it would break down. If a bus does not have those poles, that means it is gas powered!
2026-10-17 00:33:08
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🇨🇦 Mike in Canada 🇵🇭 :
we have a "bus on leash" policy to avoid stray busses. sorry it's Friday.
2026-10-16 18:31:31
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frogprince :
cuz they run away
2026-10-16 15:33:03
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Oneluv79 :
Those are connected to electricity not gas
2026-10-16 14:50:54
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shooti :
they have attachment issues
2026-10-16 21:59:54
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Amrit Gill :
Those are electric trolleybuses. They’re 100% electric. Unfortunately, they could barely go about 1 block off of the wires. However, TransLink bought new buses which could go 20 kms off the wires. They’ll slowly come into service over the next few years.
2026-10-16 16:45:27
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Kristee :
We had electric busses long before battery powered cars was a thing
2026-10-16 15:32:18
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Adrian again again :
It stops them getting lost. Most Canadians grow up with their mittens on strings for the same reason.
2026-10-16 20:10:01
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arehnn :
Lmfao why did I always think it was so they stayed on route
2026-10-17 05:33:05
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bring dodo birds back 🦤 🇨🇦 :
they're called troley busses and we had them in Toronto until the 90s too.
2026-10-16 19:24:58
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69balla :
So they don’t get stolen [Innocent]
2026-10-16 16:59:47
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Keeks :
Take a super wild guess Kay.
2026-10-16 19:46:38
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user123 :
trolley busses. Great on hills, zero emissions.
2026-10-16 17:08:17
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MoonlightStar :
we are saving the earth by using electricity for the bus
2026-10-16 21:48:27
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Nxjdncufooehebrucudgsgevbr :
For …… power
2026-10-16 19:30:43
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p_a_t_r_i_c_k_b :
They power the bus. Hope this helps.
2026-10-16 16:44:29
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Surface Tension :
Those are the water tubes and hydraulics.
2026-10-18 07:08:27
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JamesfromVancouver :
Electric busses
2026-10-16 17:43:05
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Teresa Vanbeek :
same question I asked my daughter
2026-10-16 20:07:03
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carla :
‘cus people might steal it😏
2026-10-17 12:25:12
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Andrea T 🇨🇦 :
And let me tell you, when the poles drop on the bus mid ride, it’s loud and scary! Ask me how I know! 😫
2026-10-17 14:43:53
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Anaïs🌹 :
idk, it fucking sucks. sometimes the cables go down and the bus shuts down.
2026-10-16 21:52:15
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transitenthusiast :
trolleybuses i personally hate them now that battery electric buses exist but they’re like streetcars in the TTC bus a bus not a train
2026-10-16 17:52:39
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🦖 :
Electric busses that move due to the wires,
2026-10-17 00:23:01
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