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Originally Posted by nname
It is impossible to have direct service between any of these places. In fact, for the 8 places listed above, TransLink will need to run 120 bus routes in order to have a direct connection between each of these destinations - and this does not include the case where your friends home or work place is at a distance away from the town centre.
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I'm sure you're using hyperbole, but just for the math of it:
You would need
28 routes to connect 8 locations with every other location directly: (n-1)(n/2).
(Or 7+6+5+4+3+2+1)
The actual number of endpoints would
probably reduce this number to about 20, as a route that connect endpoints such as Langley and Surrey Central much go through Cloverdale and Fleetwood. And obviously White Rock and Surrey Central would go through Newton. That's still quite a few routes. I'm sure Surrey could do with a few more direct routes, but I'm not qualified to know exactly what those are. When I lived in surrey, bus service to places like Fleetwood stopped around 6PM.
Mathematically...
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