Bus service increases coming to routes serving outdoor destinations and major employment areas

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Starting April 18, TransLink is making targeted service changes to better serve the region.

We are reintroducing and increasing service on routes that serve some of our region’s most popular outdoor recreation areas. 

• English Bay beaches,
• Buntzen Lake
• Lynn Canyon Park
• White Pine Beach
• Deep Cove
• Grouse Mountain
• Lonsdale Quay
• Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal

Changes on seven routes take effect in April with three more seasonal routes receiving service increases in May. Transit is a green, cost-effective way to access the natural beauty our region has to offer. Parking can be hard to find near many of these destinations. We are pleased to provide these options for our customers. 

We listened to feedback from our customers and are adding service to some of the region’s industrial employment areas. Service is being increased on four routes to address overcrowding including:

• Route 319 serving destinations along the Scott Road corridor and the industrial employment area at the foot of Scott Road hill 
• Route 418 serving Richmond’s Kingswood industrial area 
• Route 501 serving Langley’s Port Kells industrial area 
• Route 531 serving Surrey’s Campbell Heights industrial area.

As with every spring service change, Route 9 along Broadway in Vancouver will terminate at Alma Street beginning April 18 to coincide with the end of the post-secondary semester. Customers travelling to UBC can use the 99 B-Line as an alternative. 

Express route 394 from White Rock to King George Station is being adjusted to better connect to Newton Exchange. Two stops are being moved from King George Boulevard to 72^nd Avenue closer to the exchange. This will relieve overcrowding on local routes that serve Newton Exchange by offering an alternative travel option between White Rock and central Surrey.

Millennium Line Service Span
Millennium Line hours of operation are changing because of an expansion to an Operations and Maintenance Centre. Trains which had been previously stored on the guideway near Production Way–University Station overnight will now be stored at the new facility between Inlet Centre and Coquitlam Central Stations. This means the repositioning trips at the start and end of each service day to and from Production Way will no longer be required.  

Customers who have been traveling on these repositioning trips will be asked to use bus service instead. Ridership data shows an average of approximately 35 customers per day may be affected by this change. NightBus service on the N9 has been increased along this corridor so customers have adequate late night/early morning transit options. 

More information:
Full list of Spring Service Changes

Media contact:
TransLink Media Relations
E: media@translink.ca