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On November 23, 2016, the Mayors' Council and TransLink's board of directors approved the first phase of the 10-Year Vision, which included provisions for new B-Line routes (including the Lougheed Highway B-Line). On July 23, 2019, the route was officially rebranded the R3 Lougheed Hwy RapidBus. [4] The R3 began service on January 6, 2020. [5]
The R1 King George Blvd is an express bus service with bus rapid transit elements in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Part of TransLink's RapidBus network, it travels along King George Boulevard and 104 Avenue in Surrey and connects Guildford, Whalley / City Centre, and Newton. The service replaced the 96 B-Line on January 6, 2020.
TransLink intends to implement 9 bus rapid transit (BRT) lines in the coming decade, including 3 that will be upgraded from RapidBus, contingent on funding from senior levels of government. [12] The lines will feature all-day frequent service with limited stops, near-continuous dedicated lanes and signal priority at major intersections, high ...
For example, bus number 12001 would have been ordered in 2012, is part of that year's "000" series (denoting New Flyer XDE60 articulated buses), and the first bus received. The order year may not reflect a bus' production year; bus number 12024 is the 24th bus in the same order placed in 2012 but was not produced until 2013.
All route destination names are based on the official TransLink bus schedules. All routes are operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company except: Routes 214 (off-peak only), 215, 227, 250–256 and 262 (operated by West Vancouver Blue Bus) [1] Routes 280–282, 370, 372, and 560–564 (operated by First Transit)
TransLink, formally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority and previously the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, is the statutory authority [6] responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport, major roads and bridges.
The 99 B-Line is the busiest bus route in Canada and the United States, [5] [6] [7] with a 2018 average weekday ridership of 55,900 passengers. [1] This number is up from approximately 45,000 passengers per day in 2007. [ 8 ]
In August 2023, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Vancouver trolley bus system, TransLink began testing a trolley bus by Polish manufacturer Solaris, called the Trollino 12. One feature of the Trollino 12 is its ability to use its battery and go off-wire – when catenary wires are damanged, during road detours, etc. – for up to 20 ...