The seemingly much-anticipated release of TransLink’s newest Compass pass caused long lineups at Vancouver’s Waterfront Station Wednesday morning.
Staff at the station said people were lining up as early as 5:30 a.m.
By 9:15 a.m. more than 500 people were in the queue to get the new TransLink Compass pass, leading to a long spiral lineup inside Waterfront Station.
The new Compass pass looks like a miniature train car, and TransLink is only releasing 5,000 of them — 3,000 blue train cars and 2,000 orange.
![TransLink’s newest Compass pass is a mini-train key chain.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/compass-mini-train-re-sized-for-web.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
While serving as a key chain, the mini-train works just the same as any regular compass card.
The mini-trains are tiny model SkyTrains that can be loaded like a regular Compass card and used to tap for payment on the SkyTrain, SeaBus or bus.
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The collectible pass can only be purchased from the TransLink Customer Service Centre inside Waterfront Station.
![Click to play video: 'TransLink releases limited edition train-shaped Compass cards'](https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/w26et1wrfy-u8jd0dmhc3/WEB_1213_BC1_COMPASS_TRAIN.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all)
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